I agree @MFillingham
I don’t begrudge anyone taking advantage of the salary sacrifice scheme. I enjoyed the benefit of it when I was working – mostly for one of my pensions, but I would have used it had it been in place when I was running company cars.
Like you, it’s the hypocrisy of government policies that grates. The only group of people who are restricted in choice are those who arguably need the most options. I’ll say this quietly, as Rachel from accounts obviously hasn’t picked up on this yet, but disabled people who buy a new car privately and qualify for VAT exemption, have no restrictions. If someone wanted to buy a £400k Rolls Royce they would get £100k VAT knocked off, yet a Motability customer can’t even get a £40k BMW, even if they are willing and able to pay the required AP. The saddest part of it all is that it makes no financial sense whatsoever and is purely being done to pacify the uneducated haters 🤔