I get really f****d off with many people, possibly you as well, attempting to and succeeding in abusing this scheme. The whole point of C2W is that you ACTUALLY ride the bike that you buy on the scheme to and from work. It was not intended to be a scheme to buy a nice bike you like the look of just because you can get it a lot cheaper through tax deduction, with no intention of riding it to or from work or perhaps only on a very occasional basis and then quite a few weekend rides of 50 miles where you are not commuting. To me this is fraud plain and simple. It is the likes of me who do commute everyday to work on my bike and whose employer does not offer this scheme that end up paying for this deception. If any one at the HMRC had a half a brain they would put a quick stop to this flagrant deception. The wording of the guidance needs tightening up considerably as people are just taking the p155.
You are entitled to be pissed off, fair point.
My scheme isn't open to company car drivers unfortunately so I can't go on it anyway.
Although, I feel you aren't looking at it correctly. I'm a 40% tax payer and as such I pay a lot of tax, plus I pay extra tax for the use of a company car so all in. All I pay a LOT of tax. I'm not moaning about that as such, I'm in a lucky position and I know it.
But, benefitting by around £400 by going on this scheme would be a drop in a large tax ocean PLUS as I would commute on some occasions leaving my car at home I would be getting one more car off the road for at least a bit more than otherwise and it may encourage others to do the same.