Feb 22, 2021 | Company Cars, COVID-19
Driving is harder than I remembered. In fact, I confidently predict a rise in accidents as people who’ve been stuck at home return to the roads post lock-down. The actual driving of the car is ok. Like riding a bike, you might say. It’s those other three banes of...
Feb 18, 2021 | Company Cars, Pollution
If we really want to get people out of cars and into public transport we need to think about where they park those cars. There seems to be a view held by Government, and in particular in Local Government, that ALL car use is bad and should be made as difficult as...
Feb 16, 2021 | BEV, Company Cars, P11D, PHEV
“Company Car Tax in the UK in 2020/21” is an unlikely title for a Douglas Adams novel, but his humour helps make sense of the ridiculous situation we find ourselves in. Do you remember the answer to the Meaning of Life? 42. The problem was nobody knew what the...
Feb 15, 2021 | BEV, Company Cars
Can I ask a question please? I’d really like the an electric car. But would I get one? They tend to be expensive and many boast realistic ranges of just 200 to 300 miles, or even less. So would you spend a load of money on it only to find that the same performance is...
Jan 18, 2021 | BEV, Company Cars, P11D, PHEV
David Chandler and I have spent much of the last twenty years developing software to complete forms P11D, and we think this coming season may be the hardest yet. Consider company cars where the rules are now near comically complex. Was the car registered before or...
Jan 8, 2021 | BEV, Company Cars
2020 was a disastrous year for many, and in particular the UK motor industry. The SMMT have today issued their registration stats for the year which show an overall decline of 29.4% compared to 2019 (2.31m versus 1.63m in 2020) We summarise the key data in the table...
