Story: RALPH MORTON
COMPANY pick-up tax must be paid if a driver uses a company double or single cab pick-up for private mileage.
HM Revenue & Customs classifies these pick-ups as vans as long as they have a payload of 1 tonne (1000kg) or more. Payload is defined as the vehicle’s gross vehicle weight less its unoccupied kerb weight.
Don’t forget that where a pick-up has a hard top, this is given a generic weight of 45kg. So a pick-up that has a payload of 1010kg will be considered as a car under these definitions. So it’s important to ensure your pick-ups qualify.
A more complete explanation, together with updated figures from the most recent Budget, can be found if you click here.
