article_snippet: 'll help keep company car tax far lower than for a conventionally fuelled version.
article_snippet: However, the Budget measures also mean most company car drivers will be thousands of pounds worse off.
article_snippet: There will be a 3 percentage point hike in the tax in 2019-20.
article_snippet: It means a higherrate taxpayer with a £28,000 Nissan Qashqai 1.6-litre company car will be £1,008 worse off after just five years with a total annual benefit-in-kind tax bill of £3,360.
article_snippet: City accountant Deloitte says the hikes are unfair on company car drivers locked into three or four-year deals who 'in good faith' chose a frugal model, only to find it re-classified just a couple of years later as 'a gas-guzzler', and taxed accordingly.
highlights_snippet: This model keeps company car tax lower than conventionally fuelled cars .
  