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ACFO launches new Digital Brief web series
Date: 23 April 2018 | Author: Sean Keywood
A new series of webinars on key industry issues is being launched by fleet operator organisation ACFO.
The new Digital Brief service will begin with a briefing on fleet-related tax changes in 2018/19 and in the future. This will take the form of a 15-minute question and answer session between ACFO chairman John Pryor and Richard Cox, senior consultant at Arval UK.
The conversation will be available for ACFO members to listen to in their own time from 1pm on 3 May via the ACFO website.
Issues will include: changes in company car benefit-in-kind tax; the impact of optional remuneration arrangements (OpRA), which came into effect last year, but could leave employees with demands for unpaid tax in 2018/19; increases in vehicle excise duty and the introduction of a diesel car supplement; a tightening of the capital allowance thresholds, and rises in car and van fuel benefit charges and the van benefit charge.
Following the Digital Brief, members will be able to ask follow up questions by emailing info@acfo.org.
Pryor said: "The Digital Brief is an added-value service for members. As well as addressing what fleet decision-makers need to know, we will be aiming to address some of the nuances and 'what if' scenarios that the tax changes will trigger and how they could impact on fleet policies and company car choice lists."
ACFO is hoping to hold further Digital Brief sessions on key issues such as the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the arrival of the new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) for vehicle fuel economy and emissions.
Pryor said ACFO was also open to suggestions for future Digital Brief topics, which can be made via its website.
He added: "There is an unprecedented level of change taking place in the fleet industry and insight and advice is critical for employees with fleet responsibility, irrespective of their experience.
"We believe that the webinars and initiatives such as the Digital Brief will continue to be popular for our busy members and also act as a recruitment platform for new members."
