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New goverment car tax rules from April 2017. Your thoughts?
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Please see link below for all you need to know for the 2017 Road Tax rules:
https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/ved-road-tax-from-2017-0182-2060
I personally think it is unfair to tax cars costing £40,000 but not tax cars <£40,000 even though both emit zero co2 emissions!
Just another government ploy to tax the rich...
https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/ved-road-tax-from-2017-0182-2060
I personally think it is unfair to tax cars costing £40,000 but not tax cars <£40,000 even though both emit zero co2 emissions!
Just another government ploy to tax the rich...
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Please see link below for all you need to know for the 2017 Road Tax rules:
https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/ved-road-tax-from-2017-0182-2060
I personally think it is unfair to tax cars costing £40,000 but not tax cars <£40,000 even though both emit zero co2 emissions!
Just another government ploy to tax the rich...
Not something you need to worry yourself about it it?0 -
It's just a ploy to encourage "premium" car manufacturer's to speed up the process of bringing in electric and zero C02 rated vehicles and at an affordable price. I'll not lose any sleep over it.0
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Tax should be done on miles driven not emissions or value of the car.
As it stands, It's just another pointless tax only used to generate more revenue like stamp duty.0 -
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Tax should be done on miles driven not emissions or value of the car.
As it stands, It's just another pointless tax only used to generate more revenue like stamp duty.
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It will be interesting to see how the manufacturers respond. I think we'll see "special editions" priced at just below the threshold0 -
Please see link below for all you need to know for the 2017 Road Tax rules:
https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/ved-road-tax-from-2017-0182-2060
I personally think it is unfair to tax cars costing £40,000 but not tax cars <£40,000 even though both emit zero co2 emissions!
Just another government ploy to tax the rich...
Taxes are rarely fair.
And its hardly taxing the rich. You could pay £40K for a Passat diesel these days....0 -
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It will be interesting to see how the manufacturers respond. I think we'll see "special editions" priced at just below the threshold
Will be interested to see how they deal with optional extras on the £35-39,000 range. Possibly, if PXing, drop the price of the car and offer less PX so it sits under £40k? Would that even work?0 -
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