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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

2298.0. "Signwritten Cars ?" by BLKPUD::WARNESG (This space deliberately left blank) Wed Aug 10 1994 17:04

    
    
    Does anyone know anything about the possible tax benefits of running
    a signwritten company car - you know, company logo on doors, boot
    bonnet &c ?
    
    My brother has recently started work with Mercury and has a company
    Astra diesel, resplendent with Mercury logos.  He was saying he'd heard
    that some  employees had been removing the stickers (particularly the
    large bonnet logo, which IMHO resembles a helicopter landing pad ;-) and 
    this had caused a stir because of an adverse tax implication.
    
    Turning this situation around somewhat, could we humble Deccies profit from
    having our vehicles adorned with Digital logos ? 
    
    
    Graham Warnes

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2298.1	Always wanted to do it!!	BAHTAT::HILTON	Beer...now there's a temporary solution	`Wed Aug 10 1994 21:04`	8
	I always had this nagging idea, to flog the spare space on your car and make some extra cash, especially as I do a fair few miles per year. YEh, I doubt Digital would let me, but I've always wondered about it!! Cheers, Greg
2298.2		VANGA::KERRELL	Hakuna matata!	`Thu Aug 11 1994 08:01`	7
	re.0: I think tax breaks are based on business versus personal usage. It would be a tenuous argument that said the car was in constant business use due to advertising! Dave.
2298.3		UPROAR::EVANSG	Gridlocked on the Info Highway	`Thu Aug 11 1994 10:21`	2
	Didn't Digital find that when this was done in the past, break-in's to the cars occurred much more regularly?
2298.4	Well, you could always put an "Imagine" sticker in your window! ;^)	CMOTEC::POWELL	Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it?	`Thu Aug 11 1994 12:40`	0