Replacement number plate?

[GOONR]

That's an intersting point. IMO most - not all, but most - people with personalised plates are cocks. And chances are if you're a cock then you're going to drive like a cock.

I must fall in to the 'not all' part of that sentence then..

[steve_t]

That's an intersting point. IMO most - not all, but most - people with personalised plates are cocks. And chances are if you're a cock then you're going to drive like a cock.

LOL. Rather sweeping generalisation I guess you did say "not all"
I have a personalised plate on my work vehicle (cos it says the business name to try to keep the IRD happy as the signwriting is discrete) and I tend to drive more conservatively because I know that people will find it easier to remember the plate than some random assortment of letters and numbers in case they want to ring my work or ring *555
I don't have a personalised plate on my personal vehicle though. And I didn't even know you could get them for bikes til late last year.

[steve_t]

That's an intersting point. IMO most - not all, but most - people with personalised plates are cocks. And chances are if you're a cock then you're going to drive like a cock.

LOL. Rather sweeping generalisation I guess you did say "not all"
I have a personalised plate on my work vehicle (cos it says the business name to try to keep the IRD happy as the signwriting is discrete) and I tend to drive more conservatively because I know that people will find it easier to remember the plate than some random assortment of letters and numbers in case they want to ring my work or ring *555
I don't have a personalised plate on my personal vehicle though. And I didn't even know you could get them for bikes til late last year.

[tcpdump]

I have a personalised plate on my work vehicle (cos it says the business name to try to keep the IRD happy as the signwriting is discrete)

Sorry about the offtopic, but what do you mean by keeping IRD happy with discrete signwriting? Is it not allowed to put big signs on your car with your company name?

Thanks.

[imdying]

Sorry about the offtopic, but what do you mean by keeping IRD happy with discrete signwriting? Is it not allowed to put big signs on your car with your company name?

Thanks.

Look up fringe benefit tax on their site.

[steve_t]

Sorry about the offtopic, but what do you mean by keeping IRD happy with discrete signwriting? Is it not allowed to put big signs on your car with your company name?

Thanks.

My signwriting is the smallest legal font size (signwriters should know the legislation) and it's just the name of the business down each side of the vehicle. I'm not a big fan of massive logos all over vehicles but that's just my personal preference for my vehicle. The plates are just to supplement the small signwriting to make sure the IRD are happy enough

Hmmm.... you don't work for IRD do you?

[tcpdump]

Can you please point me to something that says how big the writing is allowed to be? I see that the "fringe benefit tax" refers to something else. Thanks.

[steve_t]

I can't find the details but IIRC the minimum size is 25mm. There's no maximum size. You can signwrite the entire vehicle if you like - it just costs more

[tcpdump]

Hmmm.... you don't work for IRD do you?

No, I'm just new to New Zealand
Everywhere in Europe companies write with big letters on their cars but here I noticed they don't and I thought it might be a law that forbids this.

Thanks and sorry again for ruining the thread

[HenryDorsetCase]

Really? I guess it's a government tax of some sort. I'm sure almost all of the profit goes to some government department. If it was ACC I'd be thinking "are they implying that having a personalised plate increases my risk of having an accident?!"

some might say that having a personalised plate increases your chance of being a complete knobjockey.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Can you please point me to something that says how big the writing is allowed to be? I see that the "fringe benefit tax" refers to something else. Thanks.

The point is that in order for a vehicle to be a "Work" vehicle, it needs to be identifiable as such. A lot of business owners use their vehcles for private and business use. Often they say its a 90/10 split: 90 work related, 10 not the 10 not qualifies as a Fringe benefit which is taxable but the 90 is straight overhead to the business.

So what we're getting at is that for a vehicle to be a work vehicle it needs to have signwriting. If your signs are small then the argument from the grey ones is that "its just your personal car and you cant have any deduction for it": since they have the deepest pockets in the land, and a propensity to only pick fights they think they can be confident of winning, people signwrite cars, and get P plates to comply.

Sorry reading that back it is garbled ... any tax accountants around?

[carlin]

does anyone know if you can make you own number plate. I was wanting to make it smaller to fit customisation to bike. thanks

[paulmac:Me]

Go to your local sign shop and get a pvc/ plastic one with the original numbers !!

[awayatc]

Not legal as far as I know to make your own plates......

[awayatc]

That's an intersting point. IMO most - not all, but most - people with personalised plates are cocks. And chances are if you're a cock then you're going to drive like a cock.

You still need to wear a helmet when your head is that far up your arse?......