P11D - paid back expenses

[richard dorset]

My employer had completed a form P11D and stated my General expenses allowance for business travel.
He has stated the full amount as a taxable payment, even though I pay all the expenses back. Is this right?
He states that I have to then contact the tax office to state that these expenses were for business.
Surely he should state this (under the 'made good' column) ?
Otherwise there is just an additional layer of bureacracy...
Is my empoyer's accountant wrong to do it like this? I've never had to do this for any other employer when I have paid all expenses back.

[AvocadoK]

I am not sure what you mean when you say you 'pay your expenses back.' You're not an MP are you?
If you mean you only claim for expenses that you incur for business, your employer may well be right in putting them on your P11D, and that you should put in a claim to HMRC to prevent being taxed on them. As you say, this seems like unnecessary bureaucracy. Most employers avoid this by obtaining a P11D dispensation. This saves them the bother of putting the expenses on the P11D in the first place. But they have to apply for the dispensation - it's not automatic.
AK