Car Tax increases from now to 2010

dwileflunker

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Depending on what car you drive, the amount of tax you pay could be set to rocket over the next couple of years. To see what's happening to yours, enter its details into this handy calculator: http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax.

Importantly, if you're considering buying a car, use this calculator beforehand to see how much you'll eventually have to pay in tax to avoid being stung a year or two from now.

How the changes work.

At the moment car tax duty is dependent on a few factors specific to the car. For those registered before 1 March 2001, engine size determines the cost, with one rate for sizes up to 1549cc and another rate for engines over 1549cc. For cars registered from 1 March 2001 it's the CO2 emissions and type of fuel used that determines the annual charge.

But, as the Government becomes increasingly conscious about protecting the environment, from March 2009, as a deterrent to owning high polluting cars, tax for vehicles registered from 1 March 2001 with high CO2 emissions will increase significantly, but cars that don't pollute as much will see a drop in duty, especially if they use Diesel. For a few cars there will be little change.

This new policy won't affect cars registered prior to 1 March 2001 as they still continue on their current pricing structure so will only be subject to the standard annual increases, or none at all in some cases.

In 2010 even more changes will take effect, with the worst polluting vehicles charged a 'first year' tax - possibly up to £950 - in addition to standard car tax.

Many thanks to MoneySaver dwileflunker for the top spot!


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If you want to know how much your car tax is going to go up over the next 2 years then try this link and put in details of your car.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/

I was astounded that the tax on my relatively small car will increase almost 3 times in the coming 2 years, and this is absolutely scandalous. This man Brown and his cronies need to be got rid of ASAP before we all end up in the poor house. It wouldn't be so bad if he did something with the money he extricates from us but he just fritters it away.

I'm not sure if this the right place to post this but I know Silver Savers will be very interested. I'm sure the invigilator will move it to the relevant board if they feel it should be somewhere else.

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david69_2

I do think the muppets will press ahead with this tax rise saying it will be green issue but even if your tax does double will you suddenly stop driving your car?
The answer is no instead you will probably sell it at a loss and someone else will drive it around so whats green about that!

Biggles

dwileflunker wrote: »

I was astounded that the tax on my relatively small car will increase almost 3 times in the coming 2 years, and this is absolutely scandalous.

Which car's that, DwileFlonker? Only the largest ones seem to be going up that significantly, and those that do are mainly by way of 'first year' charges, which is effectively part of the purchase.

dwileflunker

Biggles wrote: »

Which car's that, DwileFlonker? Only the largest ones seem to be going up that significantly, and those that do are mainly by way of 'first year' charges, which is effectively part of the purchase.

I am on my second Seat Altea (1600 cc) which I bought last year and is currently band E at £170. From next year it changes to band J which is £260. I usually change my car every 3 years and I will go for another Altea which means a new Seat Altea in 2010 at band J will be £425. I accept that it is the first year charge but unlike you I don't consider that as part of the purchase price: IT'S TAX. Who's to say it won't stay at that level?

zeon999

LMOA, your going to buy the same car again but yur moaning the tax it to high. Where is the sence it that?

To be hionest whenever I see people moaning about the new tax I think its an absolute joke to be honest we have all know for a long time now that if your car is not low emmissions then your going to pay a larger amount of tax.

Now you say you only bought the car last year, well why did you buy a car which is in the high end of the emssions scale? If you dont want to pay high road tax then get a car with lower emmisions, simple.

Its been going this way for ages now and yet everybody has been so reluctant to change their ways and now moan like hell cos they are stuck in a high tax band.

Anybody who did not want to pay high tax should already have changed to low emmisons car, no excuses really unless you have not changed your car in over 4 years. In which case maybe its time for a change if the new road tax bothers you so much.

Hintza

I have to agree with Zeon on this. The whole point of these rises is to persuade you to buy a more efficient car.

What is galling for most is that this tax is retrospective which to me has the potential to increase carbon as folk buy new cars sooner which is not very envirionmentally friendly.

lauren_1

Band J will be £270 on 2010.
Im a band F now and pay £210 but will be rebanded to a J

Im a 16v 1.8

gilbert_and_sullivan

Oh no, looks like the pious ones are here again.

Shame on the OP for not listening to mystic meg who no doubt forsaw the fact that even though changes to the ved bands and prices were instigated in 2001 and 2006 (for new vehicles from that point on), they were suddenly retrospectively applied to vehicles already in use in 2008.

Get a grip.

I suppose some who bought low co2 cars in the interim period are now sitting smugly gloating over others who thought there was a set of rules and bands that applied to cars made from a certain year, and that govt was fair.

What precedent was there that any sane person would have thought that any taxation would be backdated on existing vehicles?

By this reasoning, would it be ok to raise the duty on a bottle of wine by £10, and backdate that to 2001 as well. Oh sorry you should have known they were going to do this.

I do hope no one is foolish enough to think that any of the main 3 parties of self serving politicians will do anything different?

Don't worry those with low co2 cars, once the higher co2 vehicles are off the road, and the govt of the day isn't getting quite as much lolly in to waste, they'll gradually put the road pricing on instead.

Mp's salaries, pensions and expenses to pay for you know.

zeon999

Oh no here come the name callers. :rotfl:

Its not exactly back dating it though is it you dont have to pay extra for last years tax, you just have to pay more in the future if your car has high emmisions.

Which considering thats thje way things have been going for years anybody with any sence would think, you know what if I dont want to pay higher rates in the comming years I best get a low emmisions car.

No excuses sorry, I saw what was comming from back in the day when they taxed cars on the engine size years ago so why is it other people were not able to understand if you dont want to pay higher tax get a low emmisions car?

End of the day people moan and !!!!! about road tax yet to be honest that is the least of your worries, if your in a high emmisions band then your using more fuel also which has gone to crazy prices.

If you dont want to pay all this extra money answer is still very simple, get a low emmisions car. If you want a high emmisions car then thats upto you but dont moan that your having to pay big tax and fuel bills, no body made you buy the vehicle you did.

I am one of the guys who to be honest dont think it will make any real difference due to cars in the UK accounting for such a low percentage of pollution but, that being said this is what our goverment have decided, they want to encourage people to use low emmision cars by raising taxes so anybody who does not want to pay high taxes has the option to buy a low emissions car, I really dont get why everybody moans about it when there are other options open for you, nobody is making you keep you high emissions cars and pay higher taxes and fuel costs.

dannynixon

I drive a Xsara Picasso which costs £170.00 a year at the minute. By 2010 it will increase to £200 per year and £110 for 6 months. This is a joke.


I used to drive an L reg corsa about 6 months ago and a full years tax on that was £110

Keith

What gets me is that no matter how much you use your car you'll still be paying the same level of tax. So even if I have a car which may emit more CO2 than your tiny little box and I do 7000 miles less a year, I'll be paying more tax.

I'll be paying the same level of tax as those reps up and down the motorway doing 30,000 miles a year.

Green tax?

Cars emissions have been increased by the use of the CAT which has also led to an increase in fuel consumption.

Don't mind me, I'll just keep paying £96 for 6 months tax, in my car with no CAT and plod around at 20-30mpg