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Understand new company car BIK rates with free online guide

Fleets and company car drivers delayed replacing their company cars as they awaited tax clarity from the Government., now the new rates have been published, a new layer of complexity has been added to what was already a far from clear picture.
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6 November 2019

IN light of the new company car benefit-in-kind tax rates, Venson Automotive Solutions has released a Company Car BiK whitepaper designed to improve knowledge on the tax benefits and incentives.

It is aimed at fleet decision-makers and company car drivers making their fleet choices over the next three years. The free online guide addresses key questions about BiK, and the tax advantages of embracing plug-in cars.

Many fleets and company car drivers delayed replacing their company cars as they awaited tax clarity from the Government.

Now the new rates have been published, a new layer of complexity has been added to what was already a far from clear picture.

Time to review company car choices

Danielle Tilley, Business Development Director at Venson Automotive Solutions said: “Now is the time to comprehensively review company car choice lists and profile driver journey and mileage usage per individual.

“The latest company car benefit-in-kind tax has a focus on electric vehicles, so fleet managers need to embrace the new drive-chain to limit employees’ tax burden.”

Businesses can adopt ‘plug-in’ vehicles as part of their fleet offering to deliver minimum benefit-in-kind tax bills for drivers. But even if, at this stage, fleet managers are unable to adopt electric vehicles, the Venson guide sets out the tax benefits associated with petrol and diesel vehicles.

For example, opting for an RDE2-compliant model or finding alternative ways of travel with the advent of Business Mobility-as-a-Services (BMaaS) will help mitigate the future company car benefit-in-kind tax burden.

Tilley added: “From our own findings, we know there is a greater willingness by company car drivers to adapt to an EV world, even though there are concerns over vehicle availability and the practicalities of being able to charge a vehicle at homeN.

“However, EVs are here to stay and are the future, and there are some generous tax incentives to help with the transformation.

Meeting the government’s emissions targets

“If we are going to meet the ambitious target set by the Government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 at the earliest, then in many cases it is just two fleet vehicle replacement cycles away.

Therefore, Fleet decision-makers need to be thinking ahead and factoring electric vehicles into their long-term fleet management plans.”

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Chris Wright

Chris Wright

Chris Wright has been covering the automotive industry nationally and internationally for 30 years. Following spells with consumer titles he became News Editor of Automotive Management (AM), Editor of Automotive International, International Editor for Detroit-based Automotive News, and Editor of Dealer Update. He has also co-authored several FT Management Reports and contributes regularly to Justauto.com

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