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Budget 2007
Latest Budget 2007
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06 Jul 07HMRC's final call for AMAP response
HM Revenue & Customs is calling for more fleets to air their opinion on the admin burden attached to the three tabled changes to Approved Mileage Allo... -
13 Jun 07Low-CO2 car review calls for fleet opinion
HM Treasury has kicked-off the King Review of low carbon cars by calling for evidence from interested parties, with fleets listed as one of the groups... -
04 Apr 07Gordon's mixed messages
The Budget's latest tax measures proves the Chancellor Brown can't make his mind up on clean diesel and biofuel, writes Guy Bird -
04 Apr 07If your head's hurting, let contract hire take the strain
You can always opt out if you find all the latest Budget complications and calculations too confusing, says Rupert Saunders -
30 Mar 07Richard Schooling's Blog: March
Wales' workplace smoking ban starts next Monday amid dire warnings of chaos and meltdown for fleets who, unlike in Scotland, have to incorporate cars ... -
27 Mar 07BUDGET '07: The hidden business costs
The vast proportion of changes to taxes effecting business motoring were hidden in the Budget document and only now that the industry has had time to ... -
23 Mar 07ADVERTISING FEATURE: Honda's Budget beaters
The Chancellor had gas-guzzling 4x4 firmly in his sights for this year's Budget, and a 30% increase in road tax and rises in fuel duty make these cars... -
23 Mar 07ADVERTISING FEATURE: Inaction on AMAP rates means continuing uncertainty, says Masterlease
The 2007 Budget provided few surprises for the business car industry with the annual fine-tuning being focused on the usual, and expected, Vehicle Exc... -
22 Mar 07BUDGET '07: Brown sets tough green measures
The biggest news in Chancellor Gordon Brown's 11th and final Budget speech was left until the very end, a healthy 2% reduction in the basic income tax... -
22 Mar 07BUDGET '07: Company car tax frozen
Gordon Brown stuck to his promise of giving businesses at least three years' notice of changes to company car taxation and revealed thresholds would b... -
21 Mar 07Businesses brace for Budget
Stay tuned to www.BusinessCar.co.uk/Budget2007 from 12.30pm today as Chancellor Gordon Brown announces his Budget for 2007. -
21 Mar 07BUDGET '07: Green road transport review ordered
The Chancellor has announced a report into how the UK could develop a greener road transport system to be co-authored by Nicolas Stern, famed for his ... -
21 Mar 07BUDGET '07: VED changes in full
Gordon Brown has raised the level of Vehicle Excise Duty on petrol and diesel cars producing 226g/km CO2 (band G) by £90 to £300 with immediate effect... -
21 Mar 07BUDGET '07: Stay of execution for ECO schemes
Surprisingly, Chancellor Gordon Brown has resisted the temptation to tweak AMAP rates to the detriment of cash opt-outs and ECO schemes. -
21 Mar 07BUDGET '07: Brown backs biofuel
Company car drivers will benefit from a 2% discount in their company car tax bill if the car they use is capable of running E85, an ethanol-petrol mix... -
21 Mar 07BUDGET '07: Inflation predicted to fall back
An ebullient Chancellor of the Exchequer, clearly enjoying his last Budget speech, boasted of the UK having the "longest period of sustained economic ... -
21 Mar 07BUDGET '07: Brown modernises capital allowances
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has confirmed the long-awaited modernisation of capital allowances, which will affect tax treatment of depreciation on... -
20 Mar 07Saab issues green advice to Chancellor
Saab is urging the Chancellor to adopt a favourable approach to biofuels in tomorrow's Budget. -
20 Mar 07AMAP rates to be Budget target
AMAP rates are believed to be likely to change in Wednesday's Budget in order to curtail the use of employee car ownership schemes. -
19 Mar 07Budget set to hammer worst polluting cars
Wednesday's Budget statement will be another attack on cars with higher Co2 emissions, according to reports this morning.
