Opinion – Page 2
-
Opinion
Alastair Kendrick: Employers seek solutions to rising fuel costs
Some of the ideas that are being explored include permitting more home working with better IT capability, which enables employees working at home to Skype/video conference into meetings, removing the need for them travel to the office.Employers may also allow staff that do need to travel in to work to ...
-
Opinion
Peter Crabtree: Choose right car funding method
While managing cars is likely to be a pain, it’s a highly valued benefit for staff. So how do employers minimise costs while also providing employees with cars they want and value?There are many options available to organisations to manage and fund cars. Although contract hire is by far the ...
-
Opinion
Damian James: Employers should plan now for future company car tax changes
The coalition government has continued the policy of tightening benefit-in-kind tax thresholds year on year and has already announced rates to the end of 2016/17. In 2013/14, the 10% company car tax rate applies to cars with emissions of 76-94g/km, but that will rise to 11% in 2014/15, with corresponding ...
-
Opinion
Julie Jenner: Tax effect on private fuel provision
However, about 15 years on since the tax increases started to bite, data from HM Revenue and Customs (2010/11) shows that 240,000 staff continue to pay tax on employer-paid-for fuel used privately.But if those employees did the maths, industry figures suggest 97% would be better off giving up the ‘perk’ ...
-
Opinion
Sharon Gilkes: Tax implications of eco-friendly company cars
Whatever your thoughts about green driving a few years ago, chances are they’ll be more positive now.Manufacturers have responded to demands from the public and from businesses to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of cars. In the Budget 2013 on 20 March, the Chancellor announced plans for a new ultra ...
- Previous Page
- Page1
- Page2
- Next Page