Second-hand company car tax

Second-hand company car tax

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fly

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Saturday 28th May 2022
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I'm in the 46% income tax bracket (in Scotland), a director of a ltd company, and have some questions about company car tax. I've never had a company car before, so not quite sure how it works. If the company buys a SECOND-HAND fully electric (zero emission) company car for me, can anyone give me a breakdown of both what the company needs to pay, and what I need to pay, either as a one-off or monthly?
For example, let's say the P11D is £85,000 and the purchase price of the second-hand car is £75,000.

And then what happens when it comes time to sell the car? Let's say, for example, the company sells it for £40,000 after a couple of years. What does it get back? What does it pay? What do I pay?

fly

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69 posts

78 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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Mr Spoon said:
If your company provide you with a vehicle it is taxable.

As above, on the list price including options..

Using the vehicle as a pool car is an option, but you are unlikely to hold up to scrutiny if it isn't a genuine pool car.

You can drive it for work purposes only, in essence buy yourself something else for home. A sportscar for example. Use the Tesla for business only, keep mileage records and hey presto no p11d reportable.

Business purposes can be created using imagination and forward planning.


Just to confirm I've understood right... With a pure electric car, even with private use, there's practically no tax to pay (46% of 2%... And the business NIC is 15% of 2%), right?
Compared with taking money out the business with 46% income tax, and buying the same car privately, it seems like a no-brainer. But I feel like I'm missing something...?