CM CLUB: Buying a people carrier!..need advice on financial side for business!

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ok so today we have discussed and decided if i can get one more full time mindee, i will buy myself a people carrier for th business.
(probably a luverly nice bright multipla as seen a scenic today and wasnt impressed)

how can i make it work financially for me? ie: how can i get the most money back/tax deductable from it?
can i write it all off? or a percentage?

by the way i do not want to 'write it all off' as in write the car off!..god forbid, i bumped this one and dont want to jinx myself!!!

help?..please??

i bought a renault scenic for the buisness but as i claim mileage i cant claim a for the car. you can either claim your 40p per mile or for the car.......a proportion of it anyway.
i think 40p a mile is generous if you do a fair biot of mileage as i do,otherwise may make more sense to claim for the car. hth?!

watching this thread with interest as i'm buying one as soon as we've moved.

what do you reckon you will go for? shall i start a 'review' thread where people can name their people carrier and tell us what they think?

good idea looneytune...........in hindsight i proberly wouldnt have bought a scenic as i can only fit a max of 4 children in,having said that its boot space is huge whereas the 7 seaters have a tiny boot.

well i like the multiplas, but dp showed me a scenic(the one with 7 seat but middle seat in middle has lap belt?) and today i saw a fiat ullysees or something which also had 7 seats!

oh i didnt know you could get a 7 seat scenic! how odd having a lap belt in middle tho?! dont know why they do that,not safe in my opinion mine has a 3 point belt in middle.
i think if i were to get another mpv it would be a ford galaxy,loads of room and parts are cheap!

think its a scenic??????

nah, just looke dem up dont like ulyses or what ever they are!

oooooooooooooh i like the mazda5!!!.sadly cant go that high!

Work out your weekly mileage x by 50

The work out your depreciation (say 25%) over 5 yrs {eg((((((10,000x25%)x25%)x25%)x25%)x25%)= £7,600 approx}

Add in services/parts/MOT/Insurance etc (all for 5 yrs) (then divide by 5)

Then compare the 2 figures
that will tell you which way to go

zaphira

ive got a zafira and i love it.

i do like zaphira's but the interior is so plain (in comparison to a multipla i suppose most is!)

it depends what model you get, the higher spec it is, the nicer it is inside, however i do agree that zafiras interiors are plain \nd boring,i hate my grey seats..yuk!

soooo..what if im buying the car solely for business 100% only used for my work??can i claim back the full amount as tax deductable????