"Rent a Car" vs "Car hire" : Are they the same?

[sojan]

folks,
My personal car needs to go to garage for a week. During this short time, I'm planning to use "Rent a Car" from Enterprise . I have seen multiple threads about "Car Hire", but not sure if "Rent a car" is same as "Car Hire" ?

Just checking, if I can pay "Rent a car" from company account & claim as expense, as it used to commute to my place of work for a week until the car is repaired. (Im not really worried about the mileage expense, but actually about the rent-a-car costs)

Cheers

[cojak]

folks,
My personal car needs to go to garage for a week. During this short time, I'm planning to use "Rent a Car" from Enterprise . I have seen multiple threads about "Car Hire", but not sure if "Rent a car" is same as "Car Hire" ?

Just checking, if I can pay "Rent a car" from company account & claim as expense, as it used to commute to my place of work for a week until the car is repaired. (Im not really worried about the mileage expense, but actually about the rent-a-car costs)

Cheers

Rent a car is a British term. Car Hire is an American term. They both mean the same thing.

[sojan]

Rent a car is a British term. Car Hire is an American term. They both mean the same thing.

oh.ok. Thanks mate

[northernladuk]

oh.ok. Thanks mate

Oh dear lol........

[sal]

Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but AFAIK if YourCo pays for a rented car it will incur BIK, making it pointless. The better option is to hire privately and claim mileage.

[psychocandy]

Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but AFAIK if YourCo pays for a rented car it will incur BIK, making it pointless. The better option is to hire privately and claim mileage.

Not sure if its BIK but I guess it could well be. IMHO always better to just pay yourself and claim mileage anyway.

[jamesbrown]

Rent a car is a British term. Car Hire is an American term. They both mean the same thing.

Yep, but the other way around...

[jamesbrown]

Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but AFAIK if YourCo pays for a rented car it will incur BIK, making it pointless. The better option is to hire privately and claim mileage.

BIK on a car rental, as with anything else, is about private use; there's no BIK for legitimate business use.

[Craig at Nixon Williams]

Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but AFAIK if YourCo pays for a rented car it will incur BIK, making it pointless. The better option is to hire privately and claim mileage.

If there is any personal use then a BIK will arise; if is has been used exclusively for business purposes then there will be no BIK.

[Project Monkey]

Yep, but the other way around...

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