Adding company car online

Hi, When adding a company car through your online system I’m asked the question: How much did you pay before tax, towards the car? How is this to be answered?? Is this the annual upgrade I pay through salary sacrifice? Do we input the annual amount? Do we add up the total monthly upgrade contributions for the contract/lease term? Ie if I pay £150 per month do I multiply this by the 3 year term I have the car and input £5400? It’s not very clear what you want. Also what effect does this figure have, why does this need inputting when adding a company car? Cheers Thomas

Hi Thomas Martin,
This will be how much you pay towards private use in the car.
If you pay a monthly amount it would be the amount paid in the tax year so for 2023/24 from 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024. 
Thank you. 

This is confusing as an HMRC answer, there is a separate line for the private use fund, so it does not answer the question. The question is Did you pay anything before tax, towards the car? This is also known as salary sacrifice or cash foregone. It indicates it is a historical sum, it asks what DID you pay? As it is salary sacrifice, this is taken monthly, we are encouraged to update records when the car changes, so it should be what WILL you pay before tax towards the car, as salary sacrifice

just wondered did you ever find the answer to this query?