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Does BIK increase after the first year?

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My son has a company car, as he is a service engineer. He has just noticed that his tax code has dropped for the next tax year due to the increase in his BIK.  Should the BIK remain the same on a company car once it has been assigned. 

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  • Hoenir
    Hoenir Posts: 7,742 Forumite
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    edited 11 December 2024 at 10:36PM
    If this current year wasn't a full tax year of availability. Then yes, proportionately there'll be a higher BIK to account for. 
  • The charge is increasing pretty much across the board by 1% of list price next tax year
  • Yes, it will drop his tax code - i.e. make it worse - because the government increase the taxation on company cars with an escalator every year.
  • ...to make it worse, even if a reassigned car that was valued at say £30k brand new is assigned to you when it is four years old, i.e. you are driving a car that is now worth only £12k, say, you still pay company car tax on its original £30k value.  This oft causes outrage at people who first get assigned a company car that was used by someone else first, i.e. new employees.
  • DullGreyGuy
    DullGreyGuy Posts: 18,613 Forumite
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    smjxm09 said:
    My son has a company car, as he is a service engineer. He has just noticed that his tax code has dropped for the next tax year due to the increase in his BIK.  Should the BIK remain the same on a company car once it has been assigned. 
    No, the government frequently changes the rate. Its currently planned to go up one percentage point (eg from 15% to 16%) each year until 2028 and at that point there is a big jump for hybrids currently going from 8% to 18% the next year
  • Biddyman2
    Biddyman2 Posts: 1 Newbie
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    My company asked us to pick a company car based on a 3yr 90k miles. Looked into the BIK and increased from 6-7-8% which i was happy with. Car now ordered on a 4 year lease and ive been lumbered with the additional 10% hike in year 4.
  • silvercar
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    Electric cars have much lower BIK rates.
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  • sheramber
    sheramber Posts: 22,548 Forumite
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    Biddyman2 said:
    My company asked us to pick a company car based on a 3yr 90k miles. Looked into the BIK and increased from 6-7-8% which i was happy with. Car now ordered on a 4 year lease and ive been lumbered with the additional 10% hike in year 4.
    Not HMRC’s fault.

    The order is not want you were offered. 
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