The car is not yours. But you risk having to pay the tax

Or a craftsman who has been provided with an assembly truck?

Or truck driver in a trucking company?

So you now run the risk of being stuck on the bill if your employer does not pay the periodic tax on the car for one reason or another.

The Danish Motor Agency has changed the rules for who must be registered as users of a vehicle that is available for 30 days or more.

So, for example, company drivers.

The surprising side effect

It is now a requirement that all “users” of the vehicle be registered. As an example, the Motor Authority cites a tradesman who is provided with a mechanic’s car by his employer.

Here, the employer must be registered as the primary user and the employee as the secondary user. This applies regardless of whether the employee is to be taxed on the free car or not.

The purpose of the new requirement is, among other things, to give the authorities a better opportunity to identify who has driven a given vehicle, who has, for example, been driving recklessly.

But with the new requirement also comes a surprising side effect.

Pay even if you don’t own the car

From now on, all owners and users of the vehicle are also jointly and severally liable for the periodic charges. This means that if the boss in the above example does not pay the tax, the craftsman is left with the bill.

Even if it is not the craftsman who owns the car.

From the Motor Authority’s side, it sounds like the registered primary user – that is, the company – is only charged the tax according to “fixed administrative practice.”

If the primary user does not pay, the amount is subsequently collected from the owners and possibly other users of the vehicle, writes the Motor Authority.

The car industry has already noticed that secondary users – for example employees – are now jointly and severally liable for the periodic tax.

– We have come across a problem that we are currently discussing with our customers. Namely the challenge that the secondary user is responsible for any arrears and debts that the employee’s company may have or will have in the future, writes the leasing company SAC on LinkedIn.

When the rules come into effect

There is a difference in when the rules come into force, depending on whether it is a vehicle with full tax, no tax or cars registered on proportional tax.

Initially, fully taxed vehicles (typically vans) and lorries and trailers without registration tax are covered.

From 1 October, vehicles subject to proportional registration tax (typically company cars) will also be covered by the order.

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2024-08-07 03:47:26
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