Lease drivers with a fuel card or charge card from the company that they can use for unlimited private use are currently getting a good deal. You could even say they are experiencing a bit of deflation; rising fuel prices in many cases do not affect their monthly expenses. But what does road pricing mean for business lease drivers when it comes to costs per kilometer and the addition?
It seems that the lease driver does not currently pay road tax, but that is included in the lease amount – the lease company simply pays it to the tax authorities. Road pricing replaces road tax, so something will also change in the costs for the business lease driver.
At the moment, the central government does not yet know anything about the effects of road pricing for lease drivers. The ‘pay according to use’ plan is still in its infancy and the measure will only start in 2030. Nevertheless, various scenarios are already conceivable.
Still one rate per month for road pricing for lease drivers?
If there are no specific rules, leasing companies can of course choose to maintain a single rate for the private use of the lease car. They now do the same with the fuel card, regardless of how many kilometers are driven. With the data they have now, they can probably calculate it. The companies are not charities, so it will be passed on in a certain way.
Or variable addition for business lease drivers with road pricing?
It is also possible that in the next eight years a plan will be forged for ‘variable addition’. The Mobility Alliance and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management asked the Business Drivers’ Association (VZR) to investigate variable addition. They already conducted a pilot in 2021 with this form of road pricing for lease cars.
Variable addition is as simple as it sounds; the lease driver will pay per kilometer driven. It remains to be seen how much the variable addition would cost. If you look at the average mileage of the business lease driver and the average addition, VRZ arrives at an amount of 35 cents per kilometer.
Variable addition ensures fewer private kilometers
VZR also investigated what the influence would be on private use. The higher the amount for private kilometres, the fewer private kilometers the Dutch would drive. At a price of 18 cents per kilometer, the number of private kilometers would decrease by 4 percent.
At 60 cents, the number of kilometers would decrease by as much as 25 percent. The effects then level off: at 70 cents, there is also a 25 percent decrease. At the previously set amount of 35 cents per kilometer, the number of private kilometers would decrease by 15 percent.
Or just drive with the lease car?
A third option is that the company lease car also participates in road pricing. The lease amount would then be reduced (because the road tax will be reduced) for the employer and the employee, but payment would then be made per kilometer. The addition could in principle remain the same, because that has nothing to do with road tax and everything to do with income tax.
Lease drivers must start driving electrically in 2025
A small side note: there are currently plans to make all new lease cars compulsory electric by 2025. Traditional lease terms run for two to five years, so by 2030 most lease cars will be electric. EVs are currently still exempt from road tax, but that too will change. Electric cars will also have to be paid per kilometer by 2030.
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