Benefit in Kind / Buying a used Hybrid as a company car

Benefit in Kind / Buying a used Hybrid as a company car

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W4NTED

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733 posts

221 months

Tuesday 28th May
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I have an itch to buy a BMW i8 as a company runaround for the summer but am struggling in what the benefit in kind penalties would be on something circa £50k? Is BIK based on a vehicles price when new and how would one calculate this and know? Also the cars I am looking at are 5 years old how does that work?

Have spoken to a few BMW dealers who had no idea and my accountant is away on half term this week and said he'll need some time to look in to this once back.

fatjon

2,298 posts

220 months

Tuesday 28th May
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List price when new including any accessories, also at list price.
Makes no difference what the first buyer paid for the car, it’s LIST price for tax purposes.

Dunclane

1,263 posts

176 months

Tuesday 28th May
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Have a look on www.comcar.co.uk it'll tell you what the liability is based on your circumstances.

Based on a 2019 Roadster with List price of around £127k you'd be looking at £500ish a month in tax as a higher rate taxpayer.

W4NTED

Original Poster:

733 posts

221 months

Wednesday 29th May
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Dunclane said:
Have a look on www.comcar.co.uk it'll tell you what the liability is based on your circumstances.

Based on a 2019 Roadster with List price of around £127k you'd be looking at £500ish a month in tax as a higher rate taxpayer.
Thank you and Wow! Thats high...

oop north

1,615 posts

135 months

Wednesday 29th May
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W4NTED said:
Thank you and Wow! Thats high...
Phev only get decently cheap with good pure electric range these days and I don’t think the i8 had much of a pure EV range