Old May 23, 2007 | 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Ginge !
mate its to stop the business people buying cars for work that are not needed as such or to stop people using the " buy your own car" tax loop hole

at present the companys can issue a travel allowence that is tax free rather than a company car

they give there staff 500 quid YOU rent the car rather than the company

thats what its stoping,,, btw why do vicars need cars to visit there parrish,,,, theres fucking busses and they scam the tax system all the time anyway not to mention rob people of there money with false claims of god


the media is stiring up a shit storm

people who sell franking machines and photocopiers dont NEED a audi or bmw to get about

the business man has too many perks already and the poor people like us get fuck all,,, and so the rich poor divide gets bigger and the POOR complain to help the rich get richer

just like landrovers are 5 quid a week company car tax due to being a commercial vehicle and also you can claim the vat back on them for business use

this is one tax i agree with,, my old boss has a ranger pickup so he pays fuck all company car tax,,, same as the accountant,,,,, whats he need a 4x4 for,,,, all hes gotta carry is a fucking calculator,,,, he needs a KA,,, hell he could have a moped

i can see estate agents are gonna be pissed now,,,,,, the ones who started the scam of company cars,,,,, fucking M3's to drive clients round
Litter ginge...

This is another back door stealth tax. The company car 'opt out' choice was a tax dodge to be fair. Company cars historically were given as perks and this is where the misconception has always come from.

This extra tax will hit all essential cars users. Not your cushy boss who is paying his accountant well, as he has obviously been given good counsel and gone down the crew cab route. Btw, this tax dodge has gone the way of the dodo as well; all crew cab and van drivers, welcome to my world where Gordon gets his KY out on a daily basis!

When i had a company car i was paying about 2k net for the car and about 1.5k benefit in kind for the fuel card. This was all out of my wages - you tell me where that is cushy sat in my company car. There is sod all way i can do my job without a company car (or 'opt out' company car in my case)

Its almost equivalent to the flipping window tax - or taxing a technicians tool box. If you have a 3/8ths ratchet thats a fiver, got a snap on philips, thats another fiver...pah!
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