ronburgundy

They are taking their time this year, they still haven't fully recovered from computer system eff up they had earlier in the year. Service standard is 30 days (used to be 28) so if it has been longer than that get on the phone to your accountant and tell him to chase it up - same happened to me, same has happened to some clients and a call to the ATO results in what they call an 'escalation' and likely a quicker resolution. On the plus side they pay you interest for every day over the 30 days...

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Clearly reading is an Optional Extra on anything below G-Spec tab...

Just pointing out (and everyone is saying the same thing!) that it isn't ONLY in the GRANGE!!! It pretty clearly states the entire E3 range is getting them unless I'm even worse at reading than I think I am. Far be it from me to let facts get in the way of the discussion though

Am I the only one that read beyond the headline??!!

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Mate I'm not having a go at you so relax, I'm just trying to make sure there is no misinformation in the thread. With all due respect this might be your 6th one but I'm an accountant and I promise you I've seen more than 6, and know enough about the rules. There are plenty of (car) tech related threads here which some people rely upon and no doubt there is information that is not entirely accurate. I just want to make sure we don't have the same thing for something I actually DO know about (cos I know feck all about cars!)

All I am saying is based on what you're telling me, it isn't a lease. Maybe you don't have the facts quite clear but as I said my statements are based only on your info. Unless they have changed the tax rules in the last week or so, you don't claim GST up front on a lease.

Definitely not a lease then if GST is claimed up front

2 things mate: 1. We haven't had a 40% tax bracket for 14 months now 2. I'm pretty sure you can't have equity in a lease; this is because under a lease you don't actually own the car. Usually when you get a car under a lease and have paid a deposit to the dealer, that amount gets refunded to you at handover. Be surprised if yours wasn't a CHP or something, which is a different beast altogether. Also if you paid more than $57k your car is a luxury car and thus for tax purposes won't be treated as a lease Also I would be VERY surprised if you were actually coming out ahead on such an expensive vehicle, where the running costs relative to the cost of the car aren't that high (trust me I have a G6ET, which I fortunately paid less than $43k for BRAND NEW, and I do over 25,000 klms in a year - even I am only marginally ahead and I am in the 37% bracket.)

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dynamite

to echo what smicky said, and not just because I have a vested interest, talk to an accountant! Not doing so would be like not knowing anything about cars but then doing your own mods and not consulting a mechanic. Except with this you're talking 50k!

And GST too (yes, I'm the resident Forum Accountant!) Although you can claim depreciation under a CHP too, but the GST implications differ - a whole other discussion Goes with the (G-Spec) territory I think...

Actually under a chattel mortgage I think title passes up front

Of course none of these amounts consider GST or tax issues (And could also be a Chattel Mortgage too!)

At 9% for 5 years/30% residual you're looking at $830 a month ballpark

depends on how long you want to lease it for and how much residual you want to have. Maybe try looking for LEASE CALCULATOR at Google... Oh and it also depends on the interest rate! You'll generally pay a higher rate on a car that is more than 4 years old too

I was looking through the specifications section to find out my external dimensions would you believe... there is a section for Interior/audio, and there was a little underlined link for bluetooth which said click here for phone compatibility

You're right - I just looked at Caller ID Displayable and assumed that meant the name. Silly me. Must be the cataracts playing up...

Hey folks a bit of an update - browsing the Ford website (wanting to check up my external dimensions actually) and found this link - seems my phone should be compatible! Pardon the ignorance but what does BPM 3.0 mean? Is that referring to Bluetooth software version and thus do I need to get my dealer to fix this up for me? Linky

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