I have checked DVLA website for clients company car and co2 value is coming out at different amount than the amount client provided directly.
Does anyone know if the DVLA amounts are known to normally be 100% accurate for P11D purposes ?? - clients originally provided total did not come with crossed checked documentation so i am guessing they simply provided wonky amount in the first place.
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Everyone gets things wrong sometimes, including the DVLA no doubt. Would the simple solution not be to ask the client where they got their figures?
As far as i'm aware (which isn't much tbh, since I don't work with DVLA) they get the figures from the manufacturers/dealers when the vehicle is registered.
I do know of 2 instances of details for a vehicle being incorrect, but this was the vehicle type (M1, M2, N1 etc) due to conversions.
Check the manufacturers/dealers site and see if their figure agrees with the client's or DVLA?
Also there are 2 ways to check emission figures with government services. Checking VED (or "road tax" as it's more commonly referred to) or checking with VCA. Road tax route checks via registration mark. VCA checks via make, model, date of registration.
I've just checked mine on both (road tax and VCA) and my manual and all 3 match although there were 2 options for my vehicle on VCA and one of them was wrong, I know there was another option available (from the dealer, when I purchased mine) which would meet the same descriptors so I don't think it's "wrong" rather than potentially misleading.
I've no idea which source of data is 'correct' (or indeed according to whom) ... but all that truly matters is whether the figure used comes from a source trusted by HMRC.
And, a bit like CEST, they're going to find it hard to argue with a figure generated by their own tool - as per https://www.gov.uk/co2-and-vehicle-tax-tools
FWIW I'd always accept an 'official' figure (from wherever) over a value supplied by a client (source unknown).