Confused about new road tax rates

thorsoak

I wonder if someone can help me please - I own a Vauxhall Viva 2016 registration, and one of the benefits of this little car has been that the road tax is, at present £20 per year.

I understand that this is going up drastically from 1st April and as I am trying to keep to a budget, I need to know how much it will cost to tax my car at the beginning of August - I've looked at the tables and cannot for the life of me fathom out just how much I will have to pay!

It will be a bit galling to have to cough up £20 a month instead of £20 a year - any increase in my pension is going to be sucked up by the council tax increase :-(

chunkytfg

As far as I know the change is to do with newer cars and mainly affects the Diesels as they pay a 'showroom tax' ontop of the usual Annual VED rate.

chunkytfg

https://www.wilsons.co.uk/news/road-tax-rates-2018-2019/

Maybe a small increase depending on your current rate.

marlot

thorsoak wrote: »

...I understand that this is going up drastically from 1st April...

A band B vehicle registered in 2016 will continue to cost £20 a year. Or £21 if you want to pay in monthly installments.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables/rates-for-cars-registered-on-or-after-1-march-2001

onomatopoeia99

thorsoak wrote: »

I own a Vauxhall Viva 2016 registration

Didn't even realise GM had reintroduced the Viva name :eek:.



Just gone had a look at it on the internet, think I prefer the Viva HA my mother owned when I was a child.

Nasqueron

VED (not the non-existent road tax) is not applied retrospectively, you will pay the 2016 rate until you scrap it.

Mr.Generous

Nasqueron wrote: »

VED (not the non-existent road tax) is not applied retrospectively, you will pay the 2016 rate until you scrap it.

So it never goes up even after a budget?

Car_54

Nasqueron wrote: »

VED (not the non-existent road tax) is not applied retrospectively, you will pay the 2016 rate until you scrap it.

The existing rules aren’t applied retrospectively. That doesn’t mean they can’t be changed for a new set of rules that can.

thorsoak

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Didn't even realise GM had reintroduced the Viva name :eek:.



Just gone had a look at it on the internet, think I prefer the Viva HA my mother owned when I was a child.

The first car I actually owned in 1976, was a Vauxhall Viva HA (grey) given to me by my f-i-l - and my children called it "gravy". Fast track to 1916 and my Meriva was beginning to cost me money and I knew I didn't need a car that size anymore, but I liked the seating position - and found that the new Viva had the same sort of seating position so that's when I changed to it - and guess what? It's still grey - though almost black (oyster grey). I'm happy with it, mileage is 58mpg and with tax as low as it is, I'm spending less in repayments than I was having to pay for the Meriva.

Full circle achieved!

Johno100

[quote=[Deleted User];75429435]The existing rules aren’t applied retrospectively. That doesn’t mean they can’t be changed for a new set of rules that can.[/QUOTE]

Which has never happened in the history of motoring in this country and would be political suicide for any politician/political party who implemented it.

poppasmurf_bewdley

thorsoak wrote: »

The first car I actually owned in 1976, was a Vauxhall Viva HA (grey) given to me by my f-i-l - and my children called it "gravy". Fast track to 1916 and my Meriva was beginning to cost me money and I knew I didn't need a car that size anymore, but I liked the seating position - and found that the new Viva had the same sort of seating position so that's when I changed to it - and guess what? It's still grey - though almost black (oyster grey). I'm happy with it, mileage is 58mpg and with tax as low as it is, I'm spending less in repayments than I was having to pay for the Meriva.

Full circle achieved!

I bet driving a Meriva in 1916 attracted a lot of attention!