Road Tax

Notm

Just received my Vehicle Tax reminder yesterday. Tried to go online to pay it and it's asking me for £10 more than on the reminder. Has anyone had this before? I can phone the DVLA on Monday but seems that nothing is simple these days! Aren't they meant to charge what's on the reminder?

custardy

Notm wrote: »

Just received my Vehicle Tax reminder yesterday. Tried to go online to pay it and it's asking me for £10 more than on the reminder. Has anyone had this before? I can phone the DVLA on Monday but seems that nothing is simple these days! Aren't they meant to charge what's on the reminder?

The prices rose. The letter was likely printed before the price rise.

AdrianC

The price rose by roughly inflation on the 1st April, as announced in October's budget. Same as every year.

Marvel1

My last car, the licence expired April and the reminder usually says soemthing like "price correct at time of printing, may change due to new budget."

Roland_Sausage

Just waiting for someone to remind us that road tax was abolished in the 1930’s

Aylesbury_Duck

Road tax was abolished in the 1930s.

Nasqueron

The road tax program was actually effectively abolished in the 1920s as the road fund that the taxes went to was not really being used for road building (mostly just resurfacing) and was routinely robbed by other departments anyway. The 1937 date was just when the system of using the tax exclusively for roads (in name anyway) was ended and when the money started going direct to the exchequer as it does now. The reason that "road tax" should be corrected is that it wrongly implies the money is a fund for building/maintaining roads which gives morons an excuse to have a go at cyclists because of course there is no VED applied to bikes as the bike doesn't emit any CO2.

Marvel1

Nasqueron wrote: »

The road tax program was actually effectively abolished in the 1920s as the road fund that the taxes went to was not really being used for road building (mostly just resurfacing) and was routinely robbed by other departments anyway. The 1937 date was just when the system of using the tax exclusively for roads (in name anyway) was ended and when the money started going direct to the exchequer as it does now. The reason that "road tax" should be corrected is that it wrongly implies the money is a fund for building/maintaining roads which gives morons an excuse to have a go at cyclists because of course there is no VED applied to bikes as the bike doesn't emit any CO2.

When people mention about cyclists not paying, i just provide them a link and say what about cars registered 2001 (ithink) to 31st March 2007 with CO2 below 100 paying £0.00 - they never have an answer though

AdrianC

...or any car over 40yo.

FluffityBunny

Road tax, car licence does not exist, it's VED (vehicle excise duty) which is based on emissions.



Marvel1, I laugh to myself when people say cyclists should pay road tax and they get all argumentative when you try to tell them them that push bikes are zero emissions.

AdrianC

FluffityBunny wrote: »

...which is based on emissions.

For some cars.

Not all. Not by a long chalk. Just cars that were new in the 16 years up until two years ago.