Company Car Tax - on a Grey Import?

Westyfield2 · 1 Jan 2008 at 17:45

Dad's company car is due for replacement soon, and as the company buys the car outright (then keeps it for *yrs before being sold on/made a pool car) he's been looking at getting a brand new Japanese import (eg this from Litchfield).

I know that Company Car Tax is calculated on purchase price & emissions, so what's done tax wise for a Grey import?

Purchase Price - as the car doesn't exist on the UK market, would they just guess a UK price? Or lookup how much it is in Japan? Or just take the price the importers charge (including shipping SVA etc).

Emissions - would they find the official Japan emissions? Or use the figures recorded at the SVA (on UK Fuel etc)
<Cough> Run it on a special 'SVA map' <Cough>

Anyone have any ideas? I've googled but didn't find any answers

ugatennis08 · 1 Jan 2008 at 20:15

Found this on google

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general-1/50380-grey-import-company-car.html

pinkaardvark · 2 Jan 2008 at 07:40

ugatennis08 said:
Found this on google

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general-1/50380-grey-import-company-car.html

from 2001, and tax laws have changed a fair bit since then.

wassap · 2 Jan 2008 at 09:12

I thought it was based on List Price rather than purchase price, is there a Euro list price for that car yet, if so convert it into pounds and you wont be too far off the mark.

Westyfield2 · 2 Jan 2008 at 14:18

wohoo said:
is there a Euro list price for that car yet, if so convert it into pounds and you wont be too far off the mark.

The car (Legacy Estate) exists in Europe/UK, but the Japanese version is higher spec including the 2.5T engine (which isn't available on the UK's even as an option), so the model in question is only available in Japan

- meaning there isn't & wont be a Euro list price....

InvaderGIR · 2 Jan 2008 at 14:22

Phone up a government body like the DVLA and find out what they think would happen?

I'd be impressed if a company allowed him to get a grey import though, would have thought they'd say something like UK cars only.

InvG

Joe T · 2 Jan 2008 at 15:18

HMRC would be better than DVLA imo.

Westyfield2 · 3 Jan 2008 at 19:04

InvaderGIR said:
I'd be impressed if a company allowed him to get a grey import though, would have thought they'd say something like UK cars only.

InvG

I reckon he'd get it through, he's high up there :cool:

and I know someone else there sourced their BMW from Europe himself (don't know why he did though!)

Was hoping they'd be an answer somewhere online, as surely someone before will have imported a JDM for their Company Car...