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Cars – advisory fuel rates for company cars

  • Advisory rates only apply where employers reimburse employees for business travel in a company car or require employees to repay the cost of fuel used for private travel in a company car.
  • If the rate paid per mile of business travel is no higher than the advisory rate for the particular engine size and fuel type of the car, HMRC will accept that there is no taxable profit and no Class 1 NIC liability.

The advisory fuel rates for journeys undertaken on or after 1 March 2026 are:


Engine size

Petrol
1400cc or less 12p
1401cc – 2000cc 14p
Over 2000cc 22p

Engine size

Diesel
1600cc or less
12p
1601cc – 2000cc 13p

Over 2000cc
18p

Engine size

LPG

1400cc or less
10p

1401cc – 2000cc

12p

Over 2000cc
19p

Hybrid cars are treated as either petrol or diesel cars for this purpose.

The Advisory Electricity Rate for fully electric cars is below. Electricity is not a fuel for car fuel benefit purposes.


Advisory Electricity Rate
Home Charger 7p
Public Charger 15p