DAK... benefits to car sharing (aside from environmental ones) when sharing with people other than your own company.
I am self-employed (via my own ltd. co. ). I own my own vehicle and pay myself mileage (IR recomendded rates) for business mileage. I typically work at client sites most of the time on short term contracts.
My current client runs a car share scheme. AIUI employees within such schemes receive small tax breaks or similar for using their vehicle on a car share basis e.g. if they use their car to transport themselves and other employees to and from work they can receive a tax-exempt mileage allowance or somesuch.
However, if I were to give an employee a lift obviously my client couldn't do this for me being self-employed. But is there any other system that could "reward me"?
I'll hasten to add that I'm happy to car share in this way because of the ecological reasons (I'd also be happy to car share with someone else if convenient of course); I'm just interested if being self-employed I would receive the same "help" that employees would get (if indeed they do of course!).
And would the situation be the same if several people shared a car to a similar town/city/whatever but they all worked at differnt places?
cheers ian