Hi
I’m hoping somebody can help with a situation that’s arisen.

I recently left a job where i incurred travel expenses in the form of mileage

I use my own vehicle at 45p pet mile as per hmrc guidelines

My ex employer states I need to provide receipts (by law) to claim the couple of hundred of miles I travelled and didn’t get chance to claim for.

As I understand as long as I can provide the number of miles I don’t need a receipt
I’ve offered to provide bank statements showing spends at petrol stations as I don’t have the receipts now

I’ve never had to produce receipts before

Am I to understand they are trying to reclaim vat ?
But that’s vat I paid ?

Anyway / hmrc website doesn’t say need receipts relating to business miles

Any help would be good to clarify