The Meridian Finance Car Tax Calculator

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#008000" VLINK="#5B5B5B" ALINK="#00FF00" LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0"> <TABLE WIDTH="778" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="25"><IMG SRC="navbar/off/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="Lotus-Elise.jpg" WIDTH="287" HEIGHT="209" BORDER="0"><BR><BR><BR><BR><IMG SRC="lr_discovery.jpg" WIDTH="284" HEIGHT="219" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1">In the Budget on 21 March 2000, the Government announced the new regime affecting the taxation of company cars to apply from 6 April 2002. The existing regime that encourages company car drivers to drive unnecessary miles is to be replaced by a system that encourages the use of more fuel efficient vehicles. </FONT></DIV> <BR> <DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1">This tax calculator compares the existing regime to the new regime in order to provide you with an indication of how the changes affect you. The Government's proposals are as follows: </FONT></DIV><BR> <UL STYLE="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; font-size: smaller"> <LI> <P>List price still to be used as the basis of the taxable benefit calculation</P> </LI> <LI> <P>Business mileage discounts to be replaced by a sliding scale based on CO<SUB>2</SUB> emissions </P></LI> <LI> <P>Minimum and maximum benefit charges of 15% and 35% respectively to remain</P> </LI> <LI> <P>Starting level of CO<SUB>2</SUB> emissions attracting the minimum 15% charge to be 165g/km (reducing to 145g/km in 2004/05) </P></LI> <LI> <P>An increase of 1% for each 5 g/km of CO2 emissions over the minimum</P> </LI> <LI> <P>Diesels to attract a 3% supplement due to the emission of other poisons</P> </LI> </UL></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B>| <A HREF="http://extranet.lvl.co.uk/hosting/partners/lvp/cartaxcalc.html">Click here to use our interactive Tax Comparison Calculator</A> |</B></FONT></DIV><BR> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B>| <A HREF="home.html" TARGET="_top">Home</A> | <A HREF="services.html" TARGET="_top">Services</A> | <A HREF="online_quote.html" TARGET="_top">Online Quote</A> | <A HREF="quote_request.html" TARGET="_top">Request a Quote</A> |<BR>| <A HREF="car_tax_calc.html" TARGET="_top">Car Tax Calculator</A> | <A HREF="proposals.html" TARGET="_top">Proposals</A> | <A HREF="specials-car.html" TARGET="_top">Car Specials</A> | <A HREF="specials-van.html" TARGET="_top">Van Specials</A> |<BR>| <A HREF="contract_hire_xfers.html" TARGET="_top">Contract Hire Transfers</A> | <A HREF="classic_car_finance.html" TARGET="_top">Classic Car Finance</A> | <A HREF="home-personal.html" TARGET="_top">Private Car Finance</A> | <A HREF="contact_us.html" TARGET="_top">Contact Us</A> |</B></FONT></P><BR> </TD> <TD WIDTH="25"><IMG SRC="navbar/off/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>