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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1210.1 | | BIGHUN::THOMAS | The Devon Dumpling | Tue Sep 04 1990 17:35 | 13 |
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To decide which tax bracket YOU fit into, you can only claim the
business miles YOU do.
The way the inland revenue knows how many business miles you do, is
via the P11D, these miles are taken from your expense forms.
To claim business miles that someone else does - no matter who's car -
is tax evasion, and illegal (if these miles would have taken you into
a lower bracket).
Heather
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| 1210.2 | | YUPPY::FINN | | Thu Sep 06 1990 17:20 | 4 |
| What about the other way round? Suppose you did n miles on business
during a year, but did them in different cars, which because of their
engine sizes were in different tax ranges? What about pool systems,
where you take whichever car is available that day?
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| 1210.3 | | NEARLY::GOODENOUGH | | Thu Sep 06 1990 17:57 | 9 |
| As far as I'm aware the tax is based on the availability of a car for
your personal use. I use two different cars in the year that my lease
changes over (a simplified example), and I am taxed on the first car
for the period I have it in my possession, and on the second car ditto.
If you had a different car each day (how often does that happen?) *and*
took it home, I imagine the taxman would work out some composite rate.
Jeff.
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| 1210.4 | poolcar =/= company car | RUTILE::COX | It all comes ... from within ... | Wed Sep 12 1990 15:22 | 7 |
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I think that there is an exemption here, I've heard alot of accounts
of pool cars not being classed as your own company cars and are not
taxable. Dunno if this was affected in this year's budget tho'
Nik.
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| 1210.5 | Definition of a pool car | IOSG::MITCHELL | Elaine | Wed Sep 12 1990 16:04 | 10 |
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I'm not sure but...
To avoid being taxed for a company car - the pool car must not be
available to you on a regular basis - IE you cannot take it home every
night - and no one pool car is "yours" - (unless of course the company
only has one:-) ), and the car must be available to other company
employees.
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| 1210.6 | a plan so sly,that if you put a tail on it... | RUTILE::SMITH_A | No-one puts baby in the corner | Wed Sep 12 1990 18:05 | 11 |
| Rathole - or thought,
what if...
you got your company to change your title to 'Chauffeur' - and you had
to be on-call 24 hr / 7 days. Therefore you have to have the car with
you all the time...
...but no-one ever called you to drive ?
AmS
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| 1210.7 | IR will get you, anyway... | CURRNT::RUSSELL | Middle-aged Mutant Hero Turtle (UK option) | Wed Sep 12 1990 22:05 | 17 |
| re .6;
sorry, it doesn't work that way.
There was a recent case involving a fire brigade officer, who was on
call 24 hours a day, and provided with a car that had a blue flashing
light and siren, and "Fire" (or whatever) written on the side.
Since he took it home, the Inland Revenue classed it as a company car
that he had the use of, and was therefore taxed on the benefit.
I think they work along the lines of "If you take it home, you pay the
tax". It's a long tradition that they guard jealously of making you pay
full whack for commuting, with no allowances.
Peter.
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| 1210.8 | Won 2nd time I believe... | BONNET::MARTIN | The Corporate Rat - 828 6236 | Thu Sep 13 1990 16:38 | 6 |
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But according to the Times Law Report he won his case on appeal, as
the car was classified as special purpose beacuse it has various
options, radios etc fitted.
Rat
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| 1210.9 | So, fit a blue light.. | CURRNT::RUSSELL | Middle-aged Mutant Hero Turtle (UK option) | Thu Sep 13 1990 18:00 | 6 |
| re .8;
Ah, I see.... I must have missed the Times Law Report that day.
Peter :^)
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