company car

[tali122]

friend has a company car( middle of the range) which are bulk fleet purchased by his employer , but what if my friend wanted a better car(ie top of the range) and was prepared to pay the higher tax benefit in kind for that car - would his company allow this? (i am NOT on about opting out - or ,is this opt out the only option for him ?)

[maviscoull]

he can only ask !

[NORMANTHEDOG]

most companies offer a price range for a company car to go with the job he does,ie if he were just a ordinary salesman,say 12/15k,but if he were a senior salesman it would be 15/18k,got the picture.and so on.

[mccfluff]

our system is banded, if you are a certain grade you can have x type of car and so on, it really depends on what how his company work their scheme, but at a guess opt out may be the best answer

[spaced]

as a fleet manager myself, the main problem with managing a fleet of company vehicles is that this can be a very emotive area. What I mean is that he could upgrade his vehicle, if the company allows it but it may cause others on the same salary or job to have a bit of a moan.

Plus, at the end of the day upgrading a vehicle will always costs more money for both the driver and the company.

A company car is no longer a perk, it is only your work tool. He should think of it like that. A company should only supply a vehicle if the person needs one to do his/her role. If they let their staff dictate to them what cars should be given, then they need to sort the priorites out. If one of my staff asked me that question, I would that he only cared about the car, better alloys and faster speeds and not his job.

That said, companies should always provide the most comfortable and cost effective vehicles, there would be no need for a top of the range vehicle, ubless he/she was a CEO, director, chairman etc

[tali122]

thanks for answers, im understading that this choice is at the sole discretion of the company, ( i was wondering whether there were legal obligations to employees in allowing such choices- it appears not )now a bog vectra will cost around �600 per year and a flashy alloy wheeled vxr will cost �1800 - i would (if i could )pay extra tax for the vxr -its a personal choice and fellow emoloyees should not be resentfull - after all im paying extra tax - and surely a nicer car would give me far more job satisfaction and determination to repay the company for allowing such a nice perk?