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Fleet Industry News 2 Dec 2019Uncertainty over new company car tax rates
Required legislation on hold, with new BIK rates, including the 0% rate for electric company cars, needing approval of new Government before they can be used.
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Latest Fleet News 2 Oct 2019Fleet Live: New tax rules will impact your temporary drivers - warning
Fleets temporary driver recruitment costs will increase up to 30%.
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Fleet Industry News 29 Aug 2019HMRC publishes new advisory fuel rates (AFRs) from September 1
HMRC has released its latest advisory fuel rates (AFRs), to come into force from September 1.
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Fleet Industry News 27 Jun 2019HMRC 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 May 2019Company 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 2019
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 2018
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 2018
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 Aug 2018
HMRC 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 Aug 2018HMRC 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 Aug 2018HMRC 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 Jul 2018Overcoming 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 Jul 2018HMRC 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 Jul 2018Fewer 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 Mar 2018Optional Remuneration Arrangements (OPRA) - are you and HMRC ready for them?
By Alastair Kendrick, employment tax specialist
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Fleet200 News 29 Nov 2017Driver 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 Nov 2017ACFO 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 2017
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 2017
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 Aug 2017Delivery 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”.
