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30th Jan 2007 6:52 pm
DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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I opted out and still get a fuel card 8) 8)
After the allowance, mileage tax relief and the saving in tax I was paying the tax man, I am no better or worse off than when I had a mondeo ST220 estate as a company car. Except I have a 45K car nowrather than a 24K car, and I own it Duncan
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30th Jan 2007 7:13 pm
mick
Member Since: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Yorkshire
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I have my own buisness but use a VW T5 auto and have to watch the wife drive off in the D3
Mick
30th Jan 2007 7:58 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Its my company, but I still claim 40p per mile for 10000, then 25p per mile for the rest tax free. You can just about run the D3 on that, but the purchase/depreciation is out of pocket. Its worth it though.
30th Jan 2007 8:11 pm
fisherman
Member Since: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Hornchurch Essex
Posts: 1789
Mine is mine, bought and paid for, all the costs of fuel and insurance and depreciation and maintenance are all mine too!
The only plus point I can see is I love it more than any car I've ever had before.
Seems good value to me.
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I have my own buisness but use a VW T5 auto and have to watch the wife drive off in the D3
Mick
I was in the exactly the same situation. I've had various vans, but last one being a T5 174 LWB (excellent van)...but then watched my wife have the RRS all day. So I sold both vehicles and got two new replacements. I now have a D3 for work and she has a Mini Cooper Convertible, which cost the same as the T5 van. The D3 costs hell of a lot more to run than the T5 though and of course you can't claim the VAT back on the purchase price.
And your customers think you're charging too much when you pull up in a D3, whereas before they would comment on "nice van". Now they say "is that yours "
In 10 months, the D3 has done 18,000 miles and the Mini has done only 3,000 miles. Our motoring costs have gone through the roof!Matt
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30th Jan 2007 9:04 pm
mick
Member Since: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 2049
d3matt wrote:
mick wrote:
I have my own buisness but use a VW T5 auto and have to watch the wife drive off in the D3
Mick
I was in the exactly the same situation. I've had various vans, but last one being a T5 174 LWB (excellent van)...but then watched my wife have the RRS all day. So I sold both vehicles and got two new replacements. I now have a D3 for work and she has a Mini Cooper Convertible, which cost the same as the T5 van. The D3 costs hell of a lot more to run than the T5 though and of course you can't claim the VAT back on the purchase price.
And your customers think you're charging too much when you pull up in a D3, whereas before they would comment on "nice van". Now they say "is that yours "
In 10 months, the D3 has done 18,000 miles and the Mini has done only 3,000 miles. Our motoring costs have gone through the roof!
My customers always want to know wy i put the price up £5 or £10 at a time ,its because thats all i can add up in.
mick
30th Jan 2007 9:44 pm
HarrisonB
Member Since: 03 Dec 2005
Location: Leicester
Posts: 238
All mine, privately owned. Business miles result in about £4000 of expenses claims of which around £2000 goes the treasury in income tax. The government should wake up because if I go green I’ll get to keep most of it and spend it on more holidays in the USA producing more gases. All this and the cows will still emit sufficient gases to send us in to the new ice age. A new ice age, fantastic get the D3 D3 gone for now
30th Jan 2007 9:52 pm
timd3
Member Since: 30 Nov 2006
Location: Bucks
Posts: 250
48 days to go.......
current D2 is on a company scheme - however, when it came to doing the sums for the D3 - just had to opt out of the scheme and take the money. I will end up paying less per month for the D3 than I am currently for the D2 - better discount from dealer, better interest rate, better insurance, etc. - allround better....
...oh yeah, and its mine, all mine!!!!2007 TDV6SE Auto Stornoway Grey - now sold...
Wouldn't let filthy mongrels get any part of their body near my truck. Let alone own /part own it.
I wear the lot.Did you think I would leave you crying,
When there's room in my D3 for 7,
Climb in here Joe we'll soon be flying,
I can go just as fast with 7.
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Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: People's Republik of Kalifornia
Posts: 168
It's a company car. In fact the Co subsidised me to the tune of $8K to buy me out of my old car lease for the LR3. Turns out there are special tax deductions for a business vehicle with a GVWR of 6000 lbs or more, and the LR3 qualifies!! 8)
BTW the US is a great country!!! There are also special tax deductions for a Hybrid car as well!!!.....but who would want one of those?
Go Figure. We can get it coming and going...............
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31st Jan 2007 6:23 am
catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
hmmm....you're all a bunch of high flyers here (or so it seems). I'm just a contract tradesman who owns the whole lot (when the wife lets me), missus uses it to go to work and I dirty it after hours and then I get the pleasure of cleaning it too
31st Jan 2007 8:25 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15214
Gareth wrote:
Its my company, but I still claim 40p per mile for 10000, then 25p per mile for the rest tax free. You can just about run the D3 on that, but the purchase/depreciation is out of pocket. Its worth it though.
Mine is Mine
I use it for my business and claim as Gareth.
You do know that you can also claim VAT back at .0149p per mile???I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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