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Join Date: Apr 2007
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I am going into the negotiation stage with a new employer and they are asking about sweeteners to the package, they are talking about a company car, fuel card, insurance etc etc and a mobile phone. I am in sydney and just would like ideas about what this package is worth so I can go into the meeting with some various ideas.
It will be a Mercedes Vito, the only problem is I was thinking about trading in my ute for a more family type car and i don't really want to go away on holidays in the future in a Vito I would rather have a Ford so i can be in style any ideas are welcome regards |
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A fully maintained company car can be worth anything from $12k per year up for a basic model with average kms.
What sort of car are you thinking of? How far will you be driving it? How long will you have it? 2 years? 3 years?.....more? |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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12k???????????????????????????? A $40 thou brand new 'family car' packaged up will be in the order of low 20's per annum fully fuelled and maintained.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Sth East Qld
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My car allowance is 19200.00 plus fuel card . I cover all outgoings other than fuel.
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Do you get it for personal use? I have a company car but can only use it to and from work.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Id say a base model fully maintained vehicle with petrol averaging about 30,000k's pa is worth about 22K per year...
That's what its averaged for me..
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Gisborne Victoria
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I get a $37k FBTvalue allowance on car purchace. I drive 40km per annum. So I always get a XR6 ute optioned to about $40k retail. If I was to pay for this as a lease it would be about 22k a year for car, fuel, reg, insurance, 1 set of tyres and service costs. So a 40k car is about 22k a year, a 45k car is about 24k a year. Of course, each time fuel goes up you get an instant pay rise to match so its good value. I have done a lot of research on this but my numbers are based on $1.20 per litre so its gone up. Steve |
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Groan......$12 for basic model with average kms gents!
You all talking about $40k+ optioned up things. Thats not average..... |
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At the end of the day its what its worth to you. A car is not worth a cracker if you walk to work. |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Perth
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I have take home work car which is worth around 6 grand a year and I have to pay nothing apart from wash it and even that I'm claiming on tax these days .
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If your not gonna like driving it dont get it, I have a work ute and its a piece of junk, I hate driving it, therefore I dont, its pointless.
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The last 2 cars I had were an SV6 at 15k per year and a SSV at 22k per year. did 172,000km in the SV6 over 2 years and used more in fuel, tyres, servicing than I paid for the car. best value ever. Only had the SSV for 4 months before I changed jobs, but put 23000km on it, including a return trip to Adelaide just for the hell of it. |
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Join Date: May 2007
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Having a ford would feel you better, but I think it would cost much . . . rather think of alternative for that!
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In my case with the 172,000km (110,000 in year one) I had 3 windscreens fitted, 3 minor accidents (family hit wombats/kangaroos and son sideswipped an armco barrier while avoiding a kangaroo) 5 sets of tyres etc and I did not pay one cent more than the operating lease cost. Basically Telstra fleet made a loss on the car. |
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The rules are different for a Van as opposed to a car. A van is a commercial vehicle. We have people at work who commute in their vans and don't have to pay FBT because it is a commercial vehicle. the people who have cars do have to. An accountant can confirm this, don't take my word.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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another point is that a lot of the suggestions about the value of a company car sort of assume that you'd otherwise be paying that cost yourself.
Most people I know with company cars wouldn't have bought one of those same cars had it not been provided, so you can't necessarily consider it to be saving you $20k (or whatever amount its worth) per year. The real value of a company car is going to be different for every person. Its got less to do with the price of the car you're offered than the value of the car you would otherwise have been driving, and the fuel you would otherwise have been buying. So best do your sums and work out based on the km's that you do how much you'll be saving... |
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im doing 1,500kms a week, on the toll roads all day...
Wonder how much im costing the company?
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For the record, with the price of fuel going the way it, is I am glad I stuck with a company car. Steve |
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