"Vehicle Salary Packaging - How Can it Save You Money?" - Summary

Putting it All Together
We've talked about the three ways of saving money when you salary package a vehicle via a Novated Lease. You can save money on:
- the purchase price;
- on GST; and
- on the salary packaging.
Now lets put it all together with a realistic example.
Say Mr. A. Person wants to buy a Ford Focus TDCI (Hatch) with a recommended retail price (On Road and with accessories) of $31,800.00.
The Novation company, with their access to fleet discounts etc. is able to purchase the car for $28,100.00.
Saving 1: $3,700.00
The Tax Invoice price for the vehicle of $28,100.00 includes GST of $2450.00. This GST is claimed by the finance company as an Input Tax Credit. (So is not included in finance contract.)
Saving 2: $2450.00
By Salary Packaging the vehicle under the Employee Contribution Method your net take home savings are approximately $4135.00 per year.
Saving 3: $4135.00 x three years = $12,405.00
Total Savings: $18,555.00
When you analyze a Novated Lease agreement the savings are quite considerable. Why would you go out and buy a car yourself - paying the total price and putting a great deal of your savings into the purchase - if you are able to novate one? The more I learn about this, the more I'm convinced its the way to go.

"Vehicle Salary Packaging - How Can it Save You Money?" - Part 3

Saving Tax
The third way to save money when you salary package a vehicle via a Novated Lease is through the effect it has on:
- reducing the income tax you pay: and
- the subsequent increase in your take home salary.

By Packaging the operational costs as well, the savings can be quite considerable.
In the above example (Quote dated 17/07/08) savings could be as much as $4,775.34 each year - totalling approximately $19,000.00 over four years!

*Table provided by Supanova shows an example of possible annual savings for this particular scenario.

"Vehicle Salary Packaging - How Can it Save You Money?" Part 2

Saving on the GST
The second way to save money when you salary package a vehicle via a Novated Lease (when you purchase from a car dealership) is through the GST savings. When leasing a vehicle, the financier claims the GST as an input tax credit, which means the employee is not required to finance this part of the total invoice.
Basically this happens because the finance company owns the vehicle and the employee is renting / leasing the vehicle from the financier.

"Vehicle Salary Packaging - How can it save you money?" Part 1

Saving on the Purchase Price
There are three main ways to save money when you salary package a vehicle via a Novated Lease. The first way of saving money is on the purchase price of the vehicle. Some employees will be able to access additional fleet discounts normally only available to corporations with large fleets of vehicles. This discount is available to you because the account manager at the novation company can often buy at fleet prices as a result of the large amount of business he puts the way of car dealerships. The discount will depend on the quality of the novation company you choose and the type of car.