My vehicle notes
Vehicle questions, written down properly
I get asked many of the same questions about funding, running costs and changing vehicle rules. This is where I write down the useful answers for owners who want to understand the issue before they make a call.
Before comparing vehicles
Five useful things to write down.
- 01What job does the vehicle need to do?
- 02What does it need to carry?
- 03When does it need to be working?
- 04How long might you keep it?
- 05What has changed since the last one?
The articles
The subjects I’m asked about most often, written without pretending one article can answer for every business.
Funding / 01
Could salary sacrifice work for a smaller business?
How salary sacrifice works, what the employer has to put in place and the questions to take to your accountant or payroll adviser.
Running costs / 02
What does a vehicle cost over the time you keep it?
The monthly payment is only one part of the cost. The numbers worth gathering before you compare two vehicles or funding solutions.
Electric vehicles / 03
Electric vehicle tax: which figures are current?
Rates and allowances change, and old articles stay online. Where the current official figures live and which details need checking for your own business.
Insurance / 04
When is fleet insurance worth considering?
The information an insurance adviser will need, along with the questions to ask when several vehicles are insured separately.
What these articles can and cannot do
Useful context before personal advice.
The blog can help you arrive at a conversation with better questions, but it cannot account for your business’s exact agreement, mileage, vehicle use, tax position or insurance history.
Where a decision depends on accounting, tax, legal or insurance advice, I’ll point that out and link to the relevant official source. I can help with the vehicle side and make sure the right questions are on the table.
No hard sell
If the decision can’t wait for reading.
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