Vehicle finance, travel claims, and SARS : income tax

About three or four years ago I stuck my neck out and predicted that the day would come where the "deemed kilometre" method of claiming business travel against a travel allowance falls away, making it compulsory for travel allowance recipients to keep a logbook for claiming business travel. This year's Budget proved that prediction to be true, in that as from 1 March 2010 any claims for business travel must now be substantiated by a logbook - the deemed method will be no more.