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Fleet Industry News 27 JunHMRC BIK statistics suggest dramatic company car decline
But tax office says new pay reporting option could have skewed figures, with fall much less than suggested.
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Editor's view: The Big Picture 30 MayCompany car drivers still in the dark
Government's Brexit turmoil leaves company car owners still seeking answers
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Fleet Industry News 23 Jan
Scrap diesel company car tax surcharge to mitigate WLTP, says TMC
Fleets should press the Treasury to scrap the 4% diesel surcharge next year to mitigate the impact of the new emissions testing regime on tax, says TMC.
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Fleet Industry News 19 Nov
Government accused of U-turn on salary sacrifice cars
Tusker, one of the country’s leading providers of cars via salary sacrifice maintains it remains a “unique and valuable” benefit for employees.
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Fleet Industry News 29 Aug
Changes to salary sacrifice could increase cost of cars
Insurance, maintenance, tyres and breakdown cover could now be taxed when provided via a so-called Optional Remuneration Arrangements (OpRA).
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Fleet Industry News 24 AugHMRC announces new advisory fuel rates from September
HMRC has published its latest advisory fuel rates (AFRs), which come into force from September 1.
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Fleet Industry News 8 AugHMRC to publish advisory fuel rate for 100% electric cars
ACFO welcomes HMRC decision to introduce a mileage reimbursement rate for electric company cars of 4 pence per mile (ppl) from September 1.
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Tax and Legislation News 6 AugHMRC gives BIK tax exemption to undercover police
Government performs U-turn on tax changes that would have seen drivers of unmarked emergency vehicles charged company car tax for journeys made while ‘on-call’.
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Electric Cars and Hybrids 31 JulOvercoming the obstacles to ULEV take-up
Organisations wanting to add electric vehicles to their fleets have traditionally faced many barriers, but these are being solved. Andrew Ryan reports
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Fleet Industry News 16 JulHMRC figures show cost of company car tax increase
There were 940,000 employees paying benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax on a company car in 2016/17 – a 2% fall on the 960,000 recorded the previous financial year.
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Fleet Industry News 9 JulFewer paying company car tax, but Treasury takes extra £360m
Average figure paid per employee increases by 27% year-on-year, says HMRC.
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Legal 12 MarOptional Remuneration Arrangements (OPRA) - are you and HMRC ready for them?
By Alastair Kendrick, employment tax specialist
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Fleet200 News 29 NovDriver education and creating a safety culture top list of biggest challenges for fleets in 2018 - Fleet200 roundtable debate
Fleets felt that one of their biggest challenges was to improve safety. The two biggest issues were educating drivers and creating a culture within the company that promotes safety and gets buy-in at board level.
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Fleet Industry News 2 NovACFO promises to continue lobbying HMRC for plug-in AFRs
Fleet industry calls for HMRC to provide advisory fuel rates (AFRs) for plug-in company cars have been ignored by the Government.
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Fleet Industry News 27 Oct
Undercover police officers may feel force of benefit-in-kind tax
HMRC has rejected suggestions that it is unfairly penalising undercover police for company car tax.
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Fleet Industry News 23 Aug
Fleet bodies demand to know when HMRC will base tax on WLTP data
Fleet operators call for clarity on the future basis of vehicle taxation beyond the current system of CO2 emissions derived from the combined mpg figure.
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People News 10 AugDelivery companies welcome Taylor’s self-employed recommendations
Companies that use self-employed drivers have welcome new employment legislation, but unions say they don’t go far enough to “fix a broken system”.
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Fleet Industry News 8 Aug
HMRC figures show number of company car drivers hits five-year high
The number of employees paying company car tax has reached a five-year high, boosting Treasury coffers by millions of pounds, newly-released data shows.
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Fleet Industry News 7 Jun
New TMC guide explains business mileage payments for EVs and plug-in hybrids
With no official fuel expense rates for electric cars, TMC publishes advice on reimbursing drivers of company-run or ‘grey fleet’ plug-in cars.
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Fleet Industry News 11 MayCall to publish mileage reimbursement rates for plug-in hybrids
Fleet body ACFO says official mileage rates from HMRC ‘would encourage’ drivers to switch to EV mode.
