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I have just started a job and the co are from new zealand and this is a new venture, they have said that they are going to pay the car to in the form of wages but this means that any child benifit that i would be intitled to will be lost. am i right in saying that i can recieve car allowence as a tax free benifit could you please advise as this is all new to me as i am recently arrived from the U.K