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Motor Car benefit

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA TX-UK Exams › Motor Car benefit

  • This topic has 9 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by Tax Tutor.
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  • March 21, 2015 at 2:50 am #233511
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    for a car with 60 gms emission, the formula in kaplan text is:

    Basic % – less than 75gms

    .. what is the basic %??

    thanks in advance

    March 22, 2015 at 10:39 am #233642
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    You should not be concerned with the label applied by Kaplan – simply with what is the answer! If you look at the rates and allowances provided to you in the exam you will see that for a petrol car not exceeding 75 gm/km the relevant % is 5%

    March 22, 2015 at 12:39 pm #233648
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    so for a 60 g car how wd we compute the answer?

    March 22, 2015 at 9:44 pm #233695
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    If you have worked through Chapter 9 Employment Income, page 63 you should be able to answer that question!!

    March 22, 2015 at 11:16 pm #233704
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    am asking cause i didnt understand!

    March 29, 2015 at 8:36 pm #239465
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    With respect I answered your question in my first reply above – “If you look at the rates and allowances provided to you in the exam you will see that for a petrol car not exceeding 75 gm/km the relevant % is 5%” This is not something that requires understanding as per your latest comment as it is a rule and a rule which you are given in your tax rates and allowances so does not even need to be learned.
    In my previous response I directed you to the page in the OT course notes where in example 4 there is an example that actually deals with a car that has 60gm/km (albeit a diesel car and hence a 3% supplement on top of the standard 5%.

    March 29, 2015 at 9:38 pm #239475
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    “not exceeding 75 gm/km” … the key here was i missed/failed to understand the meaning of the phrase “not exceeding” …. which basically means ‘less than or equal to 75″.

    that was a failing on my part of the english language.

    i have used ot for all my fia papers and could not have reached f6 had john moffat not been around. i deeply respect him and this site because of him. my avg for fia was 83%.

    so i like to study hard and ask a lot of dumb questions…..

    thank u

    April 6, 2015 at 4:26 pm #240311
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    hello Sir can kindly assist me on chapter 9 example 4 Lewis was provided with a new diesel powered company car on 6 august 2014 the motor car has a list price of 13500 and an official emission rate of 122grams per kilometre. the taxable benefit is calculated as follows
    the emission are above 95g/km so the the relevant percentage is 20% why is it 20% and is their no other formula for car benefit.

    April 6, 2015 at 4:29 pm #240312
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    why is the emission of 122grams per kilometre not included in calculating the answer

    April 6, 2015 at 8:30 pm #240336
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    The 122 gms/km IS considered in deriving the answer as per the note that precedes the example – “> 95g/km – Add an additional 1% for every complete 5g/km above 95 g/km”
    and in the answer itself which shows the calculation of the 20% –
    “The CO2 emissions are above 95g/km, so the relevant percentage is 20% (12% + 3%(diesel car) + 5% (1% for every complete 5g/km above 95g/km ie 120-95 = 25 / 5 = 5%).”
    Have you listened to the relevant lecture?

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