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Car tax price increase for older cars

Hi all,

Just had my car tax reminder through the post. My car is a 2008 Fiesta emitting 139 G/KM, and the cost of tax was £130 but has now increased to £135. Looking at the new tax rules old pre-2017 cars were not affected, and my car tax was still £130.

Looks like DVLA updated their prices on their website on 26th April 2017.

Anyone else caught out by this?

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  • Posts: 7,301 Forumite
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    edited 8 May 2017 at 11:08AM
    It has been discussed before. Whilst everyone was looking the other way (i.e. under cover of the pretend attempt to increase National Insurance for their voters), the Chancellor bunged a raise onto pretty much everything you buy, including VED and insurance, in the budget.

    Just blame it on Brexit, like the 20% price rise on everything in Tescos since October ;)
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • Posts: 10,853 Forumite
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    lloydyyy wrote: »
    Anyone else caught out by this?

    No - because it was done to death here already.
  • Ahh - that old chestnut of smoke and mirrors! I remember looking on DVLA's website a few days after the budget announcement and the prices under the older system hadn't changed.

    Not the end of the world but confused me a bit!
  • Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    lloydyyy wrote: »
    Just had my car tax reminder through the post. My car is a 2008 Fiesta emitting 139 G/KM, and the cost of tax was £130 but has now increased to £135.

    Yep, the usual annual increase announced in the budget.
    Looking at the new tax rules old pre-2017 cars were not affected, and my car tax was still £130.

    The change to the tax rules (announced in the July 2015 post-election budget) only affected new cars first registered after the start of April, not ones first registered before that.

    Nobody ever promised there would be no increase to VED rates for older stuff - quite the opposite, there's long been an annual increase broadly in line with inflation.
    Looks like DVLA updated their prices on their website on 26th April 2017.
    The budget was on 8th March.
  • AdrianC wrote: »
    The budget was on 8th March.

    When I checked at the time, the prices for pre-2017 cars hadn't increased. I also checked other sources like Auto Express (even in April), and the prices remained the same as previous.
  • Posts: 33,054 Forumite
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    edited 8 May 2017 at 11:48AM
    My old £30 is still £30 :D
  • Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    lloydyyy wrote: »
    When I checked at the time, the prices for pre-2017 cars hadn't increased. I also checked other sources like Auto Express (even in April), and the prices remained the same as previous.
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vehicle-excise-duty-increase-in-rates-for-cars-vans-motorcycles-and-motorcycle-trade-licences
    https://www.cchdaily.co.uk/budget-2017-road-tax-rates-rise-vehicles-registered-april-2017
  • Posts: 22,570 Forumite
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    pogofish wrote: »
    No - because it was done to death here already.

    I hadnt heard it TBH.

    Tax increases on new cars yes, this no.
  • Posts: 32,755 Forumite
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    V8 Range Rover still free tax. It must be good for the enviroment?

    More eco friendly than a Fiesta it seems. :)
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • Posts: 22,570 Forumite
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    molerat wrote: »
    My old £30 is still £30 :D

    You're paying that much?? :eek:

    2016 Passat TDI, £20 a year!

    :D
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