{"id":15171,"date":"2023-04-16T16:10:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T16:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/deductions\/carsharing\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T16:10:40","slug":"carsharing","status":"publish","type":"deduction","link":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/en\/deductions\/carsharing\/","title":{"rendered":"Carsharing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Shared mobility: is using a shared car more advantageous than buying your own car?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Since the concept of shared mobility is relatively new, the legislation on the deductibility of shared cars is not yet very clear. The general rule is therefore that <strong>carsharing<\/strong> is <strong>partially deductible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Do you rent a shared car exclusively for business purposes? In that case, a broader deduction could be justified\u2026 But of course only on the condition that you can prove the trip was purely professional and that you didn\u2019t stop along the way to do some shopping. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-cost-of-a-shared-car-is-partially-deductible\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">The cost of a shared car is partially deductible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Carsharing is partially deductible, following the same principle as <a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deductibles.be\/car\">\u2018normal\u2019 car expenses<\/a>. To determine the tax deductibility of a shared car, you therefore need to take into account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list list-disc list-outside ml-0 mb-4 space-y-2\">\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\">the <strong>CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions<\/strong> and fuel type of the shared car\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\">how old the shared car is (check the vehicle info from your carsharing service)<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\">its professional use<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">An example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">You book a <a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/cambio.be\/nl-vla\">Cambio shared car<\/a> to visit a potential new client. The total cost of your booking is \u20ac60.00. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list list-disc list-outside ml-0 mb-4 space-y-2\">\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\"><strong>Electric car<\/strong>: if the shared car is 100% electric, you also enjoy a tax deductibility of 100% (still until 2027). In that case, you can deduct the full \u20ac60.00.<br><\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\"><strong>Hybrid car or combustion engine (diesel, petrol or LPG)<\/strong>: the deductibility then depends on how old the car is. For a shared car from before July 2023, the gram formula applies:<br><br><em>120% \u2013 (0.5% x [coefficient] x CO2)<\/em><br><br>Suppose it\u2019s a hybrid shared car (diesel coefficient = 1) from 2021, with CO2 emissions of 50 grams per kilometre: the deductibility is then 95%. So you can deduct \u20ac57.00.<br><br>Is the shared car more recent (from July 2023)? Then the same formula applies, but with a maximum of 50% this year (2026) and 25% in 2027. For brand-new fossil-fuel cars from 2026, no deduction is possible any more (plug-in hybrids still between 75% and 100%). You can find all the details in <a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deductibles.be\/car\">our article on car expenses<\/a>.<br><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">In practice, it\u2019s actually a lot simpler: in Accountable you can create a car profile that matches the shared car you use most often, and then assign all your expenses to that profile. <em>That makes your bookkeeping a lot easier.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Do you stop by your grandmother\u2019s after your business visit and then drive on to the supermarket? Then the use is not 100% professional and the cost is only partially deductible. <em>It\u2019s up to you to make a realistic and honest estimate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"deductible-vat-on-carsharing\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">Deductible VAT on carsharing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Just as with your own company car, you can only partially deduct the VAT on a shared car. <strong>The maximum is 50%<\/strong>. You also need to reduce this percentage if your trips are not exclusively professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-if-you-need-to-refuel-or-charge\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">What if you need to refuel or charge?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">If you cover a lot of kilometres with the shared car, chances are you\u2019ll need to stop to refuel or charge. Good to know: fossil fuel you buy for a hybrid car is never deductible at more than 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">However, in most cases a <strong>fuel or charging card is included<\/strong> with the booking of a shared car. So no need to worry about it: these costs are included in the total price of your booking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"which-proof-do-i-need-to-deduct-the-shared-car\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">Which proof do I need to deduct the shared car?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">If you also want to deduct part of the VAT, you need the official invoice. You can request it from the carsharing service. Make sure your official name and VAT number are mentioned on the invoice. Carsharing services often have an option for professional use. Make use of it and automatically receive a valid VAT invoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re not subject to VAT, the proof of payment is sufficient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","deduction_tag":[557],"class_list":["post-15171","deduction","type-deduction","status-publish","hentry","deduction_tag-transport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Carsharing | Accountable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/en\/deductions\/carsharing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carsharing | Accountable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shared mobility: is using a shared car more advantageous than buying your own car? 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