Bren (from Norflex) wrote:
Ive PM’d you Andrew.Dont worry, I’m not trying to sell to you.
Unless I can charge consultancy fees?
Based on what you’ve written on here you’re worth fuck all as a consultant. You’re either very stupid or you’re making the assumption that everyone else on here is; which is it?
Capital allowances only apply during the time you own the van, once it’s disposed of then any further reduction in value is reclaimable against tax.
So in your scenario, if the van is worth £11,500 less at the time of disposal then that’s exactly what is claimable against taxable profits, less any capital allowances already claimed. Any interest payments are also fully tax-deductable.
Your ‘explanation’ of GRT is the biggest load of bollocks I’ve ever read. You’re selling a flexible rental product, not lease or contract hire – how can you possibly seek to justify charging your users a vehicle’s on the road costs as an up-front one-off fee? The big selling point of your product is the flexibility to change from one vehicle to another. You’re saying that in order to keep this option open they have to pay you an extra £156 per year (60p/day) or pay the £50 fee up front? If they change vehicles after paying this £50 do subsequent users of the vehicle not get charged the 60p/day?
You come across as a typical salesman telling half truths in an effort to baffle your customers.
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Posted by Alec at 10:43 am, November 9, 2007
No you’re not baffling anyone – we can all see that you’re talking bullshit.
Yet that’s what you wrote; you charge your customers 60p/day extra if they don’t want to pay the £50 up-front fee.
Explain why the first user of a vehicle should have to pay YOUR on the road costs, while apparently subsequent users get it for free. Do you charge the first user extra for number plates and delivery as well?
That’s exactly what you said: “customers may prefer to pay a smaller daily charge in the event that a vehicle may be returned”.
So they have a choice of paying 60p/day extra or £50 every time they change a vehicle? If that’s not what you meant please be more clear; your customers are obviously as confused about this policy as you seem to be.
So when I request a brand new vehicle and change it to a larger one after a month you’ll only charge 60p X 22 days = £13.20?
So, as you’ve said that subsequent hirers won’t be charged GRT, are we to assume that in that situation Norflex just write off the remaining £36.80? I don’t believe you.
Do you seriously expect us to believe that your policy is to penalise long-term users of your ‘flexible’ rental product while not penalising short term hirers? Either you’re a liar or your company needs to take a serious look at it’s policies.