Originally Posted by Thrush
Ginge - company cars for reps and the like don't REQUIRE leather and air con tho do they? There are luxury options as you say, and the people who buy or lease the cars PAY extra for that luxury. I can have aircon if I want, but I have to stump £500 for it - which I can't afford!
So Mr Big who gets a job as a company rep and drives about all day in his flash merc ferring clients etc about can have air con cos the company PAID for it when they specc'd the car!
My boss's car doesn't have air con or leather, cos she has a car allowance, and chose to get a nicer car with less toys than a not as nice car with loads of toys...
thrush there paid for as a tax break
you get 400 quid of the govenment to get from here to birmingham for a day
you take a plane,, if you NEVER got the money and had to get to birmingham you would take the coach
the money they pay on the options is claimed back of the government,,, that means that if they ca choose the flash options the govenment should NOT have to pay for it
you paying for aircon is cause the company cant claim it back as a business needed expence for a van as its a option
but if a car COMES with aircon as standard you cant penalise for it,,, thats where the scam is
btw company vehicles is for use of the company, traveling to work is comuting and is NOT allowed as its comuting and the way people scam is is they claim the work and different locations
you cant claim for milage to and from work if you work at the same place of business every day, as you are comuting and not doing business millage