New car Road Tax confusion

finwizzard

I understand that for a NEW car with a list price of more than £40,000, the Road Tax for years 2,3,4,and 5 is £475. So, the list price of £40k, does it include extra for paint or is it the base listed cost?

Important as the paint would take the car over £40k and I an getting conflicting advice from different dealers on whether paint extra is included or not.

Flight3287462

Is it not based  on the OTR price anyway, rather what discount you manage to arrange?

A quick check on the vehicle tax rate tables would give you this.

AdrianC

finwizzard said:

I understand that for a NEW car with a list price of more than £40,000, the Road Tax for years 2,3,4,and 5 is £475. So, the list price of £40k, does it include extra for paint or is it the base listed cost?

Important as the paint would take the car over £40k and I an getting conflicting advice from different dealers on whether paint extra is included or not.

It includes ALL factory-fit options. Yes, paint is among them.

It's not just new cars, it's all cars first registered after April 2017, when the CO2-based taxing changed to a flat rate with a premium for cars over £40k. The £40k figure hasn't changed since. If you're looking at a registered car, look on https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/ - it'll tell you whether the premium is applicable and until when.