Road Tax Increase Due to OTR Price Increase of Car

BMW_475ROADTAX

New car ordered in Feb 20 had OTR price of £39500. Dealers and manufacturers closed due to covid 19 and did not get car until 29th May 20,it was originally due in March. There was a price increase on 1st April taking car OTR price to £40 600 . Received V5 from DVLA stating that I am liable to pay the extra road fund tax as the car is over £40 000 OTR i.e. they want £150 + £325 excess. Surely this cannnot be right . comments please

motorguy

Yup.  Sounds correct.

On the plus side, presumably its on the new plate, which will help resale values.

Rodders53

1st March is the 20 plate start date so that's no consolation.

On The Road price includes the DVLA costs... so refer back to Dealer to pay the DVLA as they made the mistake when registering it?

You will, of course, be paying the extra fee for another 5 years.

AdrianC

BMW_475ROADTAX said:

New car ordered in Feb 20 had OTR price of £39500. Dealers and manufacturers closed due to covid 19 and did not get car until 29th May 20,it was originally due in March. There was a price increase on 1st April taking car OTR price to £40 600 . Received V5 from DVLA stating that I am liable to pay the extra road fund tax as the car is over £40 000 OTR i.e. they want £150 + £325 excess. Surely this cannnot be right . comments please

Yep, it's correct. The relevant figure is the list price on the date the car was first registered.

motorguy

Rodders53 said:

1st March is the 20 plate start date so that's no consolation.

On The Road price includes the DVLA costs... so refer back to Dealer to pay the DVLA as they made the mistake when registering it?

You will, of course, be paying the extra fee for another 5 years.

Ah.  I'm in NI, so we dont have the plate change.

Thought it was start of April