Can my employer do this? ( company car)

Red_Cat

Can you a hire a car on expenses?

bryanb

DVardysShadow wrote: »

I would have absolutely no problem in pointing to my car in the car park and saying it is not available for company business, not even at 40p/mile. Do they have a right to make calls from your personal mobile? Does the MD have a right to drop by your house on his way to or from work and use the toilet?

All depends on how much you need to keep your job.

DVardysShadow

bryanb wrote: »

All depends on how much you need to keep your job.

Nobody but nobody should offer up their car for employers use feeling that they would otherwise lose their job, especially if thei was never contracted for. Are we becoming a nation of doormats?

mikey72

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Nobody but nobody should offer up their car for employers use feeling that they would otherwise lose their job, especially if thei was never contracted for. Are we becoming a nation of doormats?

No, just billpayers.

mikey72

I had a £1500 golf I did about 10,000 mile a year in, at 40p a mile. Last thing I wanted was a pool car, or a company car.

Regshoe

Leaving aside the company car option and focusing on the 40p per mile and the £350 a month options, will you not actually be better off? You say that you think you will be over 10,000 miles a year - they say not, lets assume you are right.

10,000 miles @ 40p per mile = £4000 - (none taxable as the 40p limit is chosen in part as it is below the threshhold)

12 months @ £350 = £4200 I would think is a taxable benefit.

So after tax I would think you are better off at 40p per mile. If you do more than 10,000 then you can claim up to 25p per mile tax free

vij

a personal car would be unusable for work if it did not have business use on the insurance

trevormax

vij wrote: »

a personal car would be unusable for work if it did not have business use on the insurance

Very true. In fact there is a thread here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1899237&highlight=ticket+business+insurance where a guy got a fine for not having business insurance even though he had fully comp insurance.

bap98189

Regshoe wrote: »

10,000 miles @ 40p per mile = £4000 - (none taxable as the 40p limit is chosen in part as it is below the threshhold)

12 months @ £350 = £4200 I would think is a taxable benefit.

So after tax I would think you are better off at 40p per mile. If you do more than 10,000 then you can claim up to 25p per mile tax free

Except that with your own car you have to pay for the fuel, insurance, repairs etc. so it seems unlikely the OP will be better off.

trevormax

bap98189 wrote: »

Except that with your own car you have to pay for the fuel, insurance, repairs etc. so it seems unlikely the OP will be better off.

You will have to use the £350/month allowance to buy fuel, pay for repairs, insure your car and if you don't do business mileage, you still need to insure your car and pay for repairs (although probably fewer repairs due to using it less).