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Has road tax gone up on older cars?

RonWooney
RonWooney Posts: 98 Forumite
in Motoring
Received my Tax Reminder in the post for my car.

I have paid £145 on my 2015 reg car for the past 2 years, reminder also states £145.

Yet when I go to pay online it says £150?
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  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    Are you paying with a CC perhaps?
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
  • RonWooney
    RonWooney Posts: 98 Forumite
    I clicked pay by card and it is £150, pay by direct debit and it is over £157.

    I'm sure it should still be £145 but it only lets me pay £150.
  • Johno100
    Johno100 Posts: 5,259 Forumite
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    There was a very similar thread about this earlier today.

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5633459

    Seems the reminders are printed some weeks in advance and so don't account for the tax increase announced in the budget and which came into effect on 1st April.
  • RonWooney
    RonWooney Posts: 98 Forumite
    Cheers for the link, that explains why I'll now be a fiver poorer every year.
  • BeenThroughItAll
    BeenThroughItAll Posts: 5,018 Forumite
    RonWooney wrote: »
    Cheers for the link, that explains why I'll now be a fiver poorer every year.

    That 1.4p a day will be a real killer I imagine.
  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,605 Forumite
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    BeenThroughItAll wrote: »
    That 1.4p a day will be a real killer I imagine.
    Hush your mouth! There are people elsewhere on this forum who are willing to jump through all kinds of hoops for a fiver a year. :money:
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 14,175 Forumite
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    Shows how the budget really doesn't register with people anymore.

    I remember years ago the increase in cost of petrol, booze, fags and car tax was talked about after the speech. Now its a none event.
  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,512 Forumite
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    On my old car (2004), the tax always went up £5 year then froze for 2 years, not a bad deal really.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    RonWooney wrote: »
    Cheers for the link, that explains why I'll now be a fiver poorer every year.
    Not every year - it'll probably go up a bit more next year, just like it's done most years in the past...
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    On my older car (1955) tax remained at the same rate.
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