How I run my business car

MARK TAIT runs his own software development company, MAT Systems. Mark explains how he organises his business car travel - in a rather swish new Audi A4 Cabriolet.

Opinion

R By Ralph Morton

19 April 2010 2 min read

Director of MAT Systems, Mark Tait, with his Audi A4 Cabriolet

Mark and Audi A4 Cabriolet: uses tax-free AMAPs

Mark Tait, director, MAT Systems

Car: Audi A4 Cabriolet

Finance method: outright purchase

Mark Tait is the owner and director of software development company MAT Systems, based outside Winchester, Hampshire.

Like many business owners, Mark has bought his car privately and runs it on business for those occasions when he needs it.

“I don’t do many business miles,” explains Mark, who had just bought the 2004 plate Cabriolet from Portsmouth Audi. “The very nature of my business means I tend to work remotely.

“The tax burden of a company car is too much, as well. If I did lots of business miles it might be worth it, but I don’t go and visit clients that often, and when I do I usually take the train. Although with this new Audi I might make a few more exceptions!”

Mark uses the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment scheme (AMAPs) to repay himself 40p per mile tax free for all his business mileage when he does drive to visit clients.