Advisory Fuel Rates (AFRs) – from 1st March 2018

Advisory Fuel Rates (AFRs) – from 1st March 2018

Company cars: Advisory Fuel Rates (AFRs)

Use Advisory Fuel Rates (AFRs) to work out mileage costs if you provide company cars to your employees.

The rates below apply from 1 March 2018.

Engine size     Petrol – amount per mile       LPG – amount per mile
1400cc or less     11 pence       7 pence
1401cc to 2000cc     14 pence       8 pence
Over 2000cc     22 pence       13 pence

 

Engine size     Diesel – amount per mile
1600cc or less     9 pence
1601cc to 2000cc     11 pence
Over 2000cc     13 pence

Hybrid cars are treated as either petrol or diesel cars for this purpose.

Employee vehicles: Mileage Allowance Payments (MAPs)

MAPs are what you pay your employees for using their own vehicle for business journeys.

You can pay your employees an approved amount of MAPs each year without having to report them to HMRC. To work out the approved amount, multiply your employee’s business travel miles for the year by the rate per mile for their vehicle.

Type of vehicle

Rate per business mile 2018 to 2019
Car For tax purposes: 45 pence for the first 10,000 business miles in a tax year, then 25 pence for each subsequent mile.  For National Insurance purposes: 45 pence for all business miles
Motorcycle 24 pence for both tax and National Insurance purposes and for all business miles
Cycle 20 pence for both tax and National Insurance purposes and for all business miles

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HMRC:  Click here for more information     Find out more about reporting and paying MAPs.

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