BCF Wessex has been asked several questions regarding home chargers in the last few months. The enquiries mostly centre around salary sacrifice and whether a home charger can be included in the employee’s gross salary sacrifice, thereby unlocking income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NIC) savings on the cost of the home charger and its installation.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement was delivered against the backdrop of continuing economic uncertainty. Designed to promote long-term stability while bringing down high rates of inflation…

Last April we prepared, tested, and launched calculators reflecting the implementation of the new HSCL, never dreaming that by 22nd September 2022 the government would announce its reversal and we’d need to undo all those updates!

Our Fleet Tax Guide for fleet, leasing companies and manufacturers has been updated to include a summary on the Kwasi Kwarteng mini-budget of September 2022.

Jeff Whitcombe (BCF Wessex) takes us through the government’s Growth Plan, and examines how it might affect leasing product take up in the fleet sector.

The BCF team have updated AFRs for Gensen as well as the Glossary and FAQs to help keep your consultants abreast of legislation and market developments. The filtering and car images have been upgraded, too.

July’s BVRLA Leasing Outlook reports that the product grew an astonishing 41.2% to reach a total of 35,134 cars. However, not all leasing brokers are offering customers the option of a salary sacrifice product. Brokers can capitalise on this growing sector of the market and open up further sales channels.

In adopting, embracing and managing the transition to electric, we all continue to have our parts to play. From a consulting perspective, there’s still value and rationale behind the ICE choice, too, if you ask the right questions of your fleet managers and policy planners in the run up to 2030.