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VAT – New company car fuel rates

By   31 May 2016
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Advisory fuel rates from 1 June 2016

HMRC have published the new rates which apply from 1 June 2016. These rates apply to employees using a company car and HMRC will also accept them for VAT purposes. 

Engine size Petrol – amount per mile LPG – amount per mile
1400cc or less 10 pence 7 pence
1401cc to 2000cc 13 pence 9 pence
Over 2000cc 20 pence 13 pence
Engine size Diesel – amount per mile
1600cc or less 9 pence
1601cc to 2000cc 10 pence
Over 2000cc 12 pence

Hybrid cars are treated as either petrol or diesel cars for this purpose.

HMRC website here

VAT – New road fuel scale charges from 1 May 2016

By   22 March 2016
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If a VAT registered business purchases fuel for business use of its vehicles, but there is also private use of cars and other vehicles, an adjustment is required to ensure no VAT is claimed on the private consumption of fuel. This is called the VAT fuel scale charge

To make accounting for VAT on private use of fuel by car drivers a business may apply a VAT fuel scale charge, this adds back a fixed sum, per VAT period, to account of private consumption of fuel.

The scale charge is calculated according to a car’s CO2 emissions and the charge is added to Output VAT it reflects a charge for the private use of the fuel.  The road fuel scale charges are amended at each Budget.  The new rates come into effect from 1 May 2016 and may be found here

Businesses must use the new scale charges from the start of the next prescribed accounting period beginning on or after 1 May 2016.

Other Budget changes

Apart from the VAT registration limit being raised by £1,000 to £83,000 and the deregistration limit has been increased to £81,000 both with effect 1 April 2016, there were few VAT changes in the budget.