Van will soon be 37% more expensive!
What will change in 2025? Everything about BPM for commercial vehicles
For you as an entrepreneur, a lot will change in the coming period. For vans, there is currently a bpm exemption, but that will end in 2025. From that year on, you will have to pay tax for a van, just like for a passenger car. Commercial vehicles will become 13,000 more expensive on average. For electric commercial vehicles the bpm discount will continue to exist. In this article we will tell you more about the BPM for commercial vehicles, what the changes mean for you, and the choices you can make with a view to the future.
What is BPM?
BPM (Passenger Car and Motorcycle Tax) is a tax levied in the Netherlands on the registration of new vehicles. The purpose of this tax is to regulate the number of vehicles on Dutch roads and to generate income for the government. The bpm only applies to passenger cars. You can drive company cars for business use bpm-free. But be warned, because this exemption will soon expire!
The BPM discount is abolished
The government has decided to abolish the 100% bpm discount on company cars. This is not a distant threat, but a new reality that will have a huge impact on your company car fleet. As of 1 January 2025, the grey license plate scheme will disappear and entrepreneurs will have to pay BPM for a new company car.
This is how much more expensive your company car will be
The BPM for commercial vehicles with a combustion engine is based on the actual CO2 emissions of the vehicle. Vans with higher CO2 emissions are taxed more heavily than vehicles with lower emissions. It has been determined that you will pay 66.91 euros per gram of CO2. What does that look like? An Opel Vivaro L2 2.0 Blue HDi 145 hp with a catalogue price of 28,800 euros and 189 grams of CO2 emissions will see a price increase of 12,646 euros as of 1 January 2025, or 37%!
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What can you do?
The most important advice we can give is: don't wait until the last minute. We expect a big run on company cars and delivery times are already running up to 12 months or longer. Take action in time! There are a few measures you can take to avoid having to pay bpm later:
- Replace your van in 2024
- Lease and register a new commercial vehicle before 2025
The vehicle then still falls under the old bpm-free scheme.
Current conditions for bpm exception
Until 1 January 2025, the current business scheme for vans will still apply. If you meet this condition, you do not have to pay bpm:
- Demonstrable business use: The van must demonstrably be used for business purposes for at least 10%
This means that you must be able to prove that the vehicle is mainly used for your business activities.
From 1 January 2025, no access to the environmental zones in the case of a new diesel or petrol/hybrid commercial vehicle +13,000 euros more expensive due to BPM levy
Which places have an environmental zone?
The Climate Agreement stipulates that at least 30 Dutch cities must have a zero-emission zone from 2025. At the moment, 65 cities are already planning to introduce an environmental zone. And we are not just talking about Amsterdam and Utrecht.
The size of the zone is determined per municipality. This can be the streets around the city centre. Green-minded municipalities such as Arnhem and Nijmegen, but also the peripheral cities will elevate everything within the ring to an environmental zone
New commercial vehicles with a first registration date after 1 January 2025 will not be allowed access to these emission zones and, in addition, these vehicles will be on average 13,000 euros more expensive than in 2024.
What can we do for you?
These announced measures require significant changes in your fleet. A logical step is to invest in zero-emission vehicles, since no BPM will be levied on these from 2025 and zero-emission vehicles are allowed to enter environmental zones. However, at Eurocars Bedrijfswagens we understand that not all entrepreneurs are ready for the transition to electric and that dealing with these changes can be challenging. For this reason, we have developed our financial lease contract, in which we support and relieve entrepreneurs in the transition to electric.
If you conclude a financial lease contract with Eurocars Bedrijfswagens, you can trade in your company car for an electric company car in the coming years without penalty, whenever it suits you. We will then conclude a new lease agreement with at least the same term as your current contract. This way, you do not have to incur additional costs when switching to an electric vehicle and you can always adapt to changing circumstances. In addition, you avoid extra high purchase costs due to the abolition of the BPM exemption if you conclude your financial lease this year. Read all about our financial lease contract in our blog. In short, don't wait any longer and take action today!
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- No annual figures required
- Buy online: not satisfied, money back. So no worries if the company car doesn't suit you after all!
- Free home delivery throughout the Netherlands with online purchases
