Who gets company cars?
Discussion
jonah35 said:
you can lease an a class for 109 pm plus vat
you can lease an slk 200 amg with leather for 219 plus vat
some company cars now have a 'trade up' so for example a neighbour who works at rbs has an e class diesel which costs 550 per month all in.
it is often now cheaper to have your own car and lease it rather than pay company car tax (depending on miles etc)
Very valid. you can lease an slk 200 amg with leather for 219 plus vat
some company cars now have a 'trade up' so for example a neighbour who works at rbs has an e class diesel which costs 550 per month all in.
it is often now cheaper to have your own car and lease it rather than pay company car tax (depending on miles etc)
Another plus for co car if your made redundant you hand the keys back no issue or ongoing cost without a job paying for it. Quite apt in the current environment.
Working in Field sales role I get a company car (ie rep type role)
nothing special tho, at my level its a meganne, then managers get laguna, then 3 series then 5 series
dont really understnad why all the office based staff also get cars - seems stupid to me
old job gave us car allowance - meant i drove far better cars, but with my current comapny car I can have a weekend toy too
so pros and cons to it really - but it is pretty handy having a car to use and abuse and not really worry about
nothing special tho, at my level its a meganne, then managers get laguna, then 3 series then 5 series
dont really understnad why all the office based staff also get cars - seems stupid to me
old job gave us car allowance - meant i drove far better cars, but with my current comapny car I can have a weekend toy too
so pros and cons to it really - but it is pretty handy having a car to use and abuse and not really worry about
Howard- said:
Devil2575 said:
People who have to take a company car because they do a lot of company miles should not be taxed on them
They won't if they don't use the car for personal use. i always got told it was only the case for commerical vechiles - ie vans etc?
because I do no personal miles but still get taxed
Being in the motor trade I get a company car. I did opt out for around 5 years or so. However I got fed up paying to run 2 cars (I need an estate car for my dogs and tbh it stinks to high heaven of damp golden retrievers so is nto something I want to drive in my work cloths. So in September last year I opted back in to the company car scheme. Currently running a new Astra GTC 2.0CDTi SRi, I dont mind paying a bit more for company car tax in order to run something nice, at the end of the day it still works out a whole lot cheaper than buying the thing (plus I have a tendancy to get bored with cars easily), the other plus side is when something breaks someone else is footing the bill.
325Ti said:
Howard- said:
Devil2575 said:
People who have to take a company car because they do a lot of company miles should not be taxed on them
They won't if they don't use the car for personal use. i always got told it was only the case for commerical vechiles - ie vans etc?
because I do no personal miles but still get taxed
Vans: The vans are all classed as pool vehicles I guess, all have a fuel card and no personal mileage is allowed, so there's no tax. Given that there is a van for every site operative (except trainees), if you wanted to there's nothing to stop anyone using the vans as their own personal vehicle at the weekend completely tax free and with free fuel, although I'm sure nobody would dream of doing something so illegal (I certainly never did for the 2 years I had a van!)
Cars: The cars are all allocated to a specific person, they are provided for personal use as well as business, and we have to pay for our own fuel up front, fill in a mileage claim form at the end of the month and we get 14p/mile back for our business mileage. Compared to the deal the site lads get for van use, it's s
t, and a big hit to the wallet. Some of the site lads who've been promoted and got nice shiny cars have asked for their old vans back 3 or 4 months down the line after realising they're noticeably worse off with the car (this is generally where their other half already has a car so they've no need for two)!I would agree to a certin extent that if you have to do loads of business miles you shouldn't have to pay tax on it (I do around 35,000 a year and I resent the tax being so high, especially as I don't get any free fuel at all), however when you look at the figures, a tax-free company car with a fuel card and personal mileage allowed would be worth 000's per year and be seen as a massive benefit in kind by the HMRC
My sister looks after some of British Gas' IT servers (I think) and haa to be in various offices about the country and has an Alfa Giulietta company car. Has covered around 15k in 7 months in it.
I'm a few grades off company car level but I'm not entirely sure if that includes field work, however there is some visiting of other offices involved
I'm a few grades off company car level but I'm not entirely sure if that includes field work, however there is some visiting of other offices involved
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