AnotherMe Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Hi, Can I ask what people pay their staff for using their own car for business trips? I noticed fuel prices are 40% down from 5 years ago and estimate a 100KM trip to cost about 200-250 THB in fuel (based on average car, average traffic conditions, and average driving - not racing). If I pay 400 baht on top of this does this seem enough to take care of other car costs such as insurance, maintenance and depreciation. Obviously this is averaged over a year. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Not sure if there's an official rate set by the government but a rough guide here. 17.55 baht/km sounds decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkokhatter Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Our Sales staff get 8000 baht a month car allowance. They all have better cars than me so must be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monomial Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Anywhere between 5-8 baht/km seems to be the usual for private companies today, the higher end being more common. You can pay more if your intention is to give your employees extra perks without taxes. So if you are going to pay 650/100km, that would be around 6.5/km which is reasonable. You might get some grumbling about companies that pay more, but I doubt anyone would quit over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheinwiese Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 My wife's company pays 7 THB/km which is reasonable given the current cheap gasoline price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBOP Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 17.55 baht/km. 2017-18 Automobile Reimbursement Rates (Rates effective as of 1 July 2017). https://my.rotary.org/en/document/automobile-reimbursement-rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 We pay 6.5 Bht for trips outside the 40km radius of office. Anything inside is covered by a monthly allowance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belzybob Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 3 hours ago, RBOP said: 17.55 baht/km. 2017-18 Automobile Reimbursement Rates (Rates effective as of 1 July 2017). https://my.rotary.org/en/document/automobile-reimbursement-rates That looks to be a simple conversion from a (presumably) US rate into local currency. It may not reflect the actual cost in each country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcigAmateur Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 10 thb/ kmh is more than honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 We pay 10 baht a kilometer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleE Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 7 hours ago, Belzybob said: That looks to be a simple conversion from a (presumably) US rate into local currency. It may not reflect the actual cost in each country. It is not, if you had used a calculator, you would see the rate in USA is around 11 baht kilometer. Looks to be an is are two different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I recently did a rough calculation of this for a budget clueless Thai lady I know. Budget 101 seems to be a subject not taught in Thailand. I came to 17 bt/ km. Cars and petrol more expensive than USA. Tires and oil changes similar. IRS in USA allows .55/ m. And I think this barely covers things. You guys paying 6bt/ km are greedy b"*tards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 On 21.11.2017 at 10:16 PM, Elkski said: I recently did a rough calculation of this for a budget clueless Thai lady I know. Budget 101 seems to be a subject not taught in Thailand. I came to 17 bt/ km. Cars and petrol more expensive than USA. Tires and oil changes similar. IRS in USA allows .55/ m. And I think this barely covers things. You guys paying 6bt/ km are greedy b"*tards. Let's say you buy a car for 1 million THB. You drive it for 200k km until it's value is zero (it's not zero then). And let's say maintenance cost until then is another 500k (it will most likely be less than that) 200k km at let's say 8 liter per 100 kilometer costs a bit less than 500k. So let's say the total cost is 2 million for 200k kilometer Your suggested 17 THB per kilometer would mean 3.4 million THB, but the real cost would be less than 2 million THB. A nice bonus for the employee. If it's a sales guy who makes the 200k in 3 years you are paying him a "bonus" of nearly 500k a year Something like 7-10THB sounds fair to me In Germany you get 19THB per kilometer, but gas costs twice as much as here and maintenance costs also way more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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