Tax Increase Details

[Maxfly]

Well looks like most of us will be ok with regards to the tax hike that was planned!! It now won't affect every car, just really those registered after 23rd March 2006!! Link to the details here:) http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_172916

[Phate]

It's still wrong though....why should someone who bought a car in 2006 be forced to payer higher tax now?

It's stupid.

[Maxfly]

It's still wrong though....why should someone who bought a car in 2006 be forced to payer higher tax now?

It's stupid.


Aye your right there, people who bought a car after that date had no way of knowing this tax hike would happen. I mean you could have two cars registered in the same week that were exactly the same but one would cost near double to tax per year!! Which also means when your buying you would need to relly check it's registered date:yes:

[afcbadam]

its very stuipid. people usually buy the newest car that their funds allow for. and now they are been stung for that. bloddy goverment.

[Geominceur]

I suppose one advantage might be that it'll help support the re-sale value of pre 2006 cars which can only be a good thing. Mind you I have no plans to sell mine for a long time.

[afcbadam]

if i was to buy another car i wouldnt sell or px my 180. its worth a lot more to me than the few grand i would get for it.

[arwilson80]

'twas on the BBC yesterday that 2nd hand cars (in some cases) are actually selling at a higher value than a new car (as there are so many offers on them to try to get them moving off the forecourts).

http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/04/10-cars-cheaper-to-buy-new-than-secondhand.html

[talkingcars]

Well looks like most of us will be ok with regards to the tax hike that was planned!! It now won't affect every car, just really those registered after 23rd March 2006!! Link to the details here:) http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_172916


Sorry mate - scrol down that link and you get

How much will I have to pay under the new rates?

The new vehicle tax rates for cars registered on or after 1 March 2001 will be split into 13 bands depending on CO2 emissions. The amount you will pay depends on which band your car comes under. The new system will help better reflect the difference in emissions between cars. The lower a car’s emissions, the lower the vehicle tax band it will be in.

The new bands will be introduced on 1 May 2009, and will apply to all tax discs bought from that date onwards.

[vinny1979]

robbing ******* cun*s, i really ******* hate this **** poor government

[dave87]

no no the 180 is in band K on the new system. Which is the same band as what you pay just now plus a tenner extra next year and another £20 the year after that.

[shroonie29]

* Band K includes cars that have a CO2 figure over 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006. These cars will stay in band K.

[vinny1979]

excellent. government are still ******* mind

[talkingcars]

* Band K includes cars that have a CO2 figure over 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006. These cars will stay in band K.


Sorry,I didn't bother reading that far but I'll except your thanks as I went to the effort of campaigning for this change to the regulations through my MP etc.

Basiclly the inclusion of cars such as ours in higher bands was wrong as they were tested using the earlier CO2 test which put us into group L was wrong. If ours had been tested using the newer test it would have been in a lower band!

See http://www.carfolio.com/ccco2/ for details. Their estamate for the ZS 180 based on the new test was 204.00 g/km.

[Jem]

I was so sure my tax was going to be high because its a 06,But it cost me £120 i got the reminder on saturday.