A pertinent post for those (like me) who only tax their cars through the summer months.
If you’re planning on taxing your car in April, do it TODAY (31st March)!
The RFL rate rises by approximately 10% depending on banding tomorrow - you can avoid this by taxing the car today, but are still able to start the taxation from tomorrow (1st April).
I am available at Pride of Longbridge to be bought a pint with your savings.
As a side note - cars previously in Band A (so £0) such as my daily drive (a Citroen C1) move to Band B, and are liable for charge, from 2025.
itcaptainslow wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:18 am
As a side note - cars previously in Band A (so £0) such as my daily drive (a Citroen C1) move to Band B, and are liable for charge, from 2025.
A Government can't keep giving away money to rich people, who can afford EVs, without getting it back from Citroen owners, surely...
I like Twin Cams.... and Single Cams...and now Turbos
Top Tip. I’ve just taxed the car I was going to do tomorrow and saved myself about £30!
Topcat Tomcat (aka Conductorwomble)
1990 216 GSi Auto 5 Door
1995 214 Si 3 Door - White Gold
1998 VVC Coupe - Tahiti Blue/Red Piccadilly & Leather
2001 1.8 Connie 45 4 Door - Wedgewood Blue
2004 75 CDTi Connie - Firefrost
You know when things just don't go right for you.....
I put my car in for MOT on Thursday having only done less than 300 miles in the last two years. I felt it would pass given that its been indoors, in a dry building all this time. Also I start it every month or so and run it up and down a private road (yeah, right) for about ten minutes.
It failed on a rusty sill!!!! Other than tyres this is its first ever fail in 28 years. Its being welded on Monday so.....I have to pay the road tax increase!!!! Grrrrr.
Thanks Iain, I have taxed the Streetwise a few minutes ago
I don't remember the 'tax in advance' option being available online in the past, unless it was a direct renewal using a V11 reminder. It was always possible to do it at the Post Office, though.
Next job is to tax my Metro 1.3S. £0 and not going up at any time in the near future (let's hope any future government doesn't spoil this for us, like they did in 1997!)
1995 220GSi Turbo: owned for 24 years
1994 216SLi
2000 25GTi
Mr Teddy Bear wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:06 pm
The Govn't is quietly trying to get our cars off the road! my 216 cost 295 before the increase
I'm sure last year it was approx' 260?
Roughly 10% due to inflation…that it could be argued they partially caused!
Yes 1.4 was £180 and £170 year before now £200 so they are getting them off the road also the car recycling though government funded ie tax benefits for the scrap companys are paying over the odds for old car twice as much as some car breakers .
Just a tax on the poor, always effects us lowly peasants more than these Merc AMG and Range Rover folks.
Not just here, it's worldwide.
No surprise that the £0.00 cars are getting charged, give it a few years when there are a lot more
electric cars on the road with £0.00 tax, they will get charged too as the older cars that got taken
off the road to replace them leave a deficit that needs filling.
ROVER Cabby wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:33 pm
Just a tax on the poor, always effects us lowly peasants more than these Merc AMG and Range Rover folks.
Not just here, it's worldwide.
No surprise that the £0.00 cars are getting charged, give it a few years when there are a lot more
electric cars on the road with £0.00 tax, they will get charged too as the older cars that got taken
off the road to replace them leave a deficit that needs filling.
It’s already happening…electric cars will lose their zero VED status (again from 2025 from memory).
What would be appropriate is if it were based on weight - lighter is better, everywhere.
