In the scenario that Jo Blow wants to buy a $70k car, which he can afford outright, with a $120k salary…
Yes, his taxable income comes down to around $108k meaning he saves around $4k on tax/year BUT…
Novated leasing costs him around $1800 per month.. so over a 3 year period, not only does he fork out $65k, at the end the company still claims he owes another 35k if he wants to buy the car..
Yes you don't have to pay for fuel, servicing or insurance… but no way that comes to 10k a year? (travelling 15 000 kms)
am I missing something?
Also, has anyone done it for an electric car? How does that work? Do you get some sort of discount because they don't have to pay for fuel? Do you get 'free' access to fast-charging networks?
The residual value is set by ATO
Cashflow, and if he pays his cards right, benefits from other income based tax deductions.
He needs to watch out for stage 3 income tax cut for FY24/25, but my crystal ball tells me the govt will introduce a tax reform before that hits