Quick & easy BIK question

rymus

I'm having a bit of trouble finding clarity in the whole benefit in kind thing. From what I gather currently, vans are exempt but cars are, quite obviously, not. What about car van's though? I was looking at a standard Golf van; no windows in the back, no seats behind the passenger & driver seat. I saw this on the revenue website and I think the whole thing is coming a little clearer.

This includes cars within the ordinary meaning of the word, estate cars and crew cabs/jeeps (with side windows and seats to the rear of the drivers and front passenger seats).

So, if a Golf has no side windows or seats to the rear, is it a van and therefore exempt from BIK? I know this is probably a basic thing to most of ye, I just need it clarified. Cheers.

vector

IF
-rear windows blanked out
-rear seats noexist

AND
-commercial tax
-commercial insurance

THEN
-definately (IMHO)

HOWEVER
-look into the tax and insurance

appolgies for not having concrete info, but this will act as a bump if nothing else

junkyard

As far as I know there is a different rate of VRT on a carvan its not as cheap as a bigger van which has only a charge of 60euros on it I think.