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Car Benefit Value

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Car Benefit Value

If you’re an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you must usually:

  • Report them to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
  • Pay tax and National Insurance on them

Examples of expenses and benefits include:

  • Company cars
  • Health insurance
  • Travel and entertainment expenses
  • Child care

Company Cars And Fuel

As an employer providing company cars and fuel to your employees, you have certain National Insurance and reporting obligations.

You’ll usually need to report:

  • Company cars used for private journeys
  • Fuel for private journeys
  • Fuel for volunteer work
  • Company cars for employees working from home during coronavirus (COVID-19)

What’s Exempt

  • Privately owned cars
  • Cars available for business journeys only
  • Cars adapted for an employee with a disability
  • Fuel that employees pay for
  • ‘Pool’ cars

What To Report And Pay 

  • Cars for private use
  • Fuel for private use
  • Fuel for volunteer work
  • Company cars for employees working from home during coronavirus (COVID-19)

How To Work Out The Car Benefit Value:
Car Benefit value mainly depends on:

  • Co2 Emission
  • Electric Mileage
  • Fuel Type

Below Table shows the fuel types and percentage (%) of benefit on the list price:

Fuel Types
FDiesel cars which meet Euro 6d standard
DAll other diesel cars
AAll other cars
P11D Table
Co2 EmissionElectric RangeFuel Type A&FFuel Type D
0-0#NA2%6%
1-50>= 1302%6%
1-5070-1295%9%
1-5040-698%12%
1-5030-3912%16%
1-50<3014%18%
51-54 15%19%
55 16%20%
60 17%21%
65 18%22%
70 19%23%
75 20%24%
80 21%25%
85 22%26%
90 23%27%
95 24%28%
100 25%29%
105 26%30%
110 27%31%
115 28%32%
120 29%33%
125 30%34%
130 31%35%
135 32%36%
140 33%37%
145 34%37%
150 35%37%
155 36%37%
160 37%37%
165 37%37%
>=170 37%37%
P11D Calculation Examples
Car TypeFully ElectricHybridDiesel
List Price60,000.0060,000.0060,000.00
Capital Contribution by Employee
Date first RegisteredAfter 06.04.2020After 06.04.2020After 06.04.2020
Fuel TypeAAD
Approved CO2 emission05095
Electric MileageNA62NA
Applicable P11D %0.020.080.28
P11d Value12.0048.00168.00
Company ER NIC (13.8%)1.666.6223.18
Individual Tax   
If Basic Rate (20%)2.409.6033.60
If Higher Rate (40%)4.8019.2067.20

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