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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:Cars in the UK
Notice:Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:COMICS::SHELLEYELD
Created:Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2584
Total number of notes:63384

2298.0. "Signwritten Cars ?" by BLKPUD::WARNESG (This space deliberately left blank) Wed Aug 10 1994 21:04

    
    
    Does anyone know anything about the possible tax benefits of running
    a signwritten company car - you know, company logo on doors, boot
    bonnet &c ?
    
    My brother has recently started work with Mercury and has a company
    Astra diesel, resplendent with Mercury logos.  He was saying he'd heard
    that some  employees had been removing the stickers (particularly the
    large bonnet logo, which IMHO resembles a helicopter landing pad ;-) and 
    this had caused a stir because of an adverse tax implication.
    
    Turning this situation around somewhat, could we humble Deccies profit from
    having our vehicles adorned with Digital logos ? 
    
    
    Graham Warnes
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2298.1Always wanted to do it!!BAHTAT::HILTONBeer...now there's a temporary solutionThu Aug 11 1994 01:048
    I *always* had this nagging idea, to flog the spare space on your car
    and make some extra cash, especially as I do a fair few miles per year.
    
    YEh, I doubt Digital would let me, but I've always wondered about it!!
    
    Cheers,
    
    Greg
2298.2VANGA::KERRELLHakuna matata!Thu Aug 11 1994 12:017
re.0:

I think tax breaks are based on business versus personal usage. It would be a
tenuous argument that said the car was in constant business use due to
advertising!

Dave.
2298.3UPROAR::EVANSGGridlocked on the Info HighwayThu Aug 11 1994 14:212
        Didn't Digital find that when this was done in the past,
    break-in's to the cars occurred much more regularly?
2298.4Well, you could always put an "Imagine" sticker in your window! ;^)CMOTEC::POWELLNostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it?Thu Aug 11 1994 16:400