VAT chance

I am starting a new job where I will receive an allowance instead of a company car. Today, I bought a car from auction and was wondering whether I can claim back the VAT. Do you know, or can you direct...

Healthy option

I was wondering if you could advise me on a tricky question. My employer wants me to drive a company car that I know has faulty brakes. I have asked numerous times for them to be rectified and the response...

Auris borealis

My daughter is about to get a company car to replace her beloved C4. She can have a Ford Focus 1.8D or a Toyota Auris 2.0D. Her company miles are around the A1, A10, M11 and M25. For private use she often...

Carbon shoe sighs

I read and enjoyed your review of the new 155 - 178g/km diesel engines that Volvo plans to release for the S80. Do you know if these will be available for the XC70 any time soon? My company has recently...

Verte to us

I contacted you earlier in the week about changing our company car. We had decided on either a Ford Mondeo or a Ford Focus. However, our Head Office thinks we should go greener and have a Honda Hybrid....

Car, or taxy?

I am due to change my company car and two cars that have caught my eye are the Lexus IS220 SE and the new Toyota Avensis. I could have an Avensis TR 2.2 (150) diesel or the TR 1.8 petrol free or make...

Carbon taxbreak

In your review of the Toyota IQ 1.0 litre you state: "they all qualify for 100% first year capital allowance, so if your company buys one for you it can claim the entire cost against one year’s profits....

Taking the BIKsit

I work for a small privately-owned construction company. The owner drives a company owned Audi that he uses exclusively on company business. He has his own privately owned vehicle for private use. HMRC...

Runout models

I have to hand back the keys to my company car next month, and have started my own business. I need a comfortable motorway cruiser, to do approx 30,000 miles per annum, but do not have a great deal of...