Ohme is one of the few charger brands built around the electricity tariff rather than the other way round, which is exactly why its data is worth reading. If you drive a company car and charge it at home, your employer can reimburse that electricity free of tax and National Insurance — but only for electricity that went into the company car, not into the house. ChargeReport reads every charging session from your Ohme account and turns it into a monthly statement your payroll team can actually use.
Supported Ohme models
ChargeReport supports the following models of the Ohme range natively, with no extra hardware:
- Ohme Home Pro
- Ohme Home+
- Ohme ePod
If your model is not listed but has an OCPP 1.6J interface, it will most likely still work — our gateway accepts any OCPP 1.6J compliant charge point. If you are unsure, see our setup guide for wallbox brands or get in touch before you sign up.
Connect your Ohme wallbox in 3 minutes
Ohme is cloud-first: the charger talks to Ohme's own backend, and that is where ChargeReport reads from. Three steps: (1) pick "Ohme" in the setup wizard and sign in once with your Ohme account. (2) ChargeReport lists the chargers on your account and you choose the one you use for the company car. (3) From that moment our sync worker checks for new sessions every 15 minutes, and it back-fills the last 30 days so your first monthly statement is complete rather than starting from zero. No electrician, no router settings, no firmware changes.
What your employer can reimburse — and what they need from you
If you drive a company car in the UK, your employer can reimburse what it costs to charge it at home free of income tax and National Insurance — electricity is not treated as fuel for the car fuel benefit charge, so the exemption in s.239(2) ITEPA 2003 applies. HMRC attaches one condition to it: the employer has to be satisfied that the reimbursement is solely for the company car and not for the household. No particular meter or method is prescribed. ChargeReport reads every session from your Ohme charger and turns it into a monthly statement — each session with date, time and kWh, plus monthly totals — which evidences exactly the separation HMRC asks for, in a form payroll can file.
More on the legal side: Company car home charging in the UK: what your employer can reimburse tax-free
Ohme charging and your employer — who pays for the electricity?
Charging a company car at home is paid for by you first: it runs through your domestic electricity contract. Your employer can reimburse that amount without tax or National Insurance, but only for the electricity that went into the company car. That is the whole difficulty — a household meter cannot tell the car from the dishwasher, and an annual bill from your supplier cannot either. This is a different route from the 7p per mile advisory rate, which only ever covers business mileage and needs a mileage log rather than kWh. ChargeReport produces the evidence for the first route from the readings your Ohme charger already takes.
Common questions about Ohme & ChargeReport
Which Ohme chargers work with ChargeReport?+
Ohme Home Pro, Ohme Home+ and the Ohme ePod. All three report through the same Ohme cloud account, so the setup is identical — ChargeReport picks up the model automatically.
Can my employer reimburse home charging tax-free?+
For a company car, yes. Electricity is not treated as 'fuel' for the car fuel benefit charge, so reimbursing the cost of charging a company car at home falls within the exemption in s.239(2) ITEPA 2003. HMRC's guidance (EIM23900) makes one condition explicit: the employer has to be satisfied the reimbursement is solely for the company car. That is the part a monthly statement answers.
Does HMRC require a specific meter?+
No. Unlike Germany, the UK sets no prescribed measuring method — HMRC states the outcome, not the technique. What matters is that you can show the electricity was for the company car and not the household. Your Ohme session data does that in a form you can hand over.
How does this compare with the 7p per mile advisory rate?+
They are two different routes. The Advisory Electricity Rate reimburses business mileage only and needs a mileage log, not kWh. Reimbursing actual home charging cost has no cap and also covers private mileage — but it needs the evidence described above. Most company car schemes with full cost cover use the second route.
I got my car through salary sacrifice. Does that change anything?+
No. A car leased through salary sacrifice is an ordinary company car for tax purposes, so the same treatment applies. It is also why this question comes up so often — salary sacrifice is the fastest-growing route into an EV in the UK.
Further reading
If you run a Ohme wallbox, these guides are worth a look:
- Company car home charging in the UK: what your employer can reimburse tax-free
- EV charging reimbursement: how it works
Next step
Signing up takes two minutes and the first month is free to try. All you need is your number plate and access to your Ohme wallbox. Questions about the legal side? Our FAQ section covers the common ones, and the pricing page shows exactly what a report costs.