Car tax robbery by government

K182

K182

K182

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So very obvious question I would love any politician with a brain to answer. How can my daughter only pay £30 a year for road tax and I NOW have to pay £200 (thanks to the down right robbery of government) when we both have same size of engines i.e. 1ltr engines. To make it worse her car is old and my car is new .. therefore my omissions are much less. There is NO justification for this other than a blatant money making scheme. Shocking people are accepting this
 
K182 said:
So very obvious question I would love any politician with a brain to answer. How can my daughter only pay £30 a year for road tax and I NOW have to pay £200 (thanks to the down right robbery of government) when we both have same size of engines i.e. 1ltr engines. To make it worse her car is old and my car is new .. therefore my omissions are much less. There is NO justification for this other than a blatant money making scheme. Shocking people are accepting this
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Death and taxes etc.

Glad your omissions are less though, that visit to the doctor was worth it! :D
 
Because they change the approach every so often, and have decided it's fairer to let people who've bought a car on the basis of £30 per year road tax keep paying that rather than jacking theirs up to £200.

I'm puzzled as to why you think it would be fairer to make her pay £200 for a car she's already bought.
 
Think yourself luck that you're not paying what Ireland does for VRT!

https://www.revenue.ie/en/vrt/calculating-vrt/applying-tax.aspx said:
VRT Category A

VRT Category A is for passenger vehicles, including cars and minibuses. These minibuses cannot carry more than eight people and a driver. These vehicles are generally European category M1. Also included in this category are certain category N1 vehicles which have four or more seats.

The VRT rate is calculated based on the carbon dioxide emissions, plus the nitrogen oxide emissions. The CO2 component is calculated by multiplying the applicable rate by the Open Market Selling Price (OMSP). The NOx levy is calculated separately and then added to the CO2 value to produce the VRT due.

The CO2 element of the tax will be calculated based on WLTP CO2 data for:

new Category A vehicles (passenger cars and SUVs)
and
vehicles which have been previously registered using WLTP CO2 data.

For used vehicles using the NEDC figure to register, the formulae below will be used to calculate a CO2 figure and to assign a CO2 tax band.

For diesel vehicles = (NEDC CO2 figure x 1.1405) + 12.858.
For other than diesel vehicles = (NEDC CO2 figure x 0.9227) + 34.554.

The table below shows the VRT rates which will apply from 1 January 2022 to vehicles based on the WLTP CO2 or the calculated CO2.
0g/km up to and including 50g/km 7% or €140 whichever is the greater
More than 50g/km up to and including 80g/km 9% or €180 whichever is the greater
More than 80g/km up to and including 85g/km 9.75% or €195 whichever is the greater
More than 85g/km up to and including 90g/km 10.5% or €210 whichever is the greater
More than 90g/km up to and including 95g/km 11.25% or €225 whichever is the greater
More than 95g/km up to and including 100g/km 12% or €240 whichever is the greater
More than 100g/km up to and including 105g/km 12.75% or €255 whichever is the greater
More than 105g/km up to and including 110g/km 13.5% or €270 whichever is the greater
More than 110g/km up to and including 115g/km 15.25% or €305 whichever is the greater
More than 115g/km up to and including 120g/km 16% or €320 whichever is the greater
More than 120g/km up to and including 125g/km 16.75% or €335 whichever is the greater
More than 125g/km up to and including 130g/km 17.5% or €350 whichever is the greater
More than 130g/km up to and including 135g/km 19.25% or €385 whichever is the greater
More than 135g/km up to and including 140g/km 20% or €400 whichever is the greater
More than 140g/km up to and including 145g/km 21.5% or €430 whichever is the greater
More than 145g/km up to and including 150g/km 25% or €500 whichever is the greater
More than 150g/km up to and including 155g/km 27.5% or €550 whichever is the greater
More than 155g/km up to and including 170g/km 30% or €600 whichever is the greater
More than 170g/km up to and including 190g/km 35% or €700 whichever is the greater
More than 190g/km 41% or €820
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Worse still, if you want something imported - you can pay thousands even for something that's 190g/km, for example a 30k import with 190g/km would cost you €6900.00 and then it quickly goes into the 10 thousands!
 
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Worse still, if you want something imported - you can pay thousands even for something that's 190g/km, for example a 30k import with 190g/km would cost you €6900.00 and then it quickly goes into the 10 thousands!
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Can't remember the details now but I saw in the comments on a YouTube video how much some countries are charging for tax now - a GR Yaris in one country would set you back like 28,000 Euros or something in their case.
 
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Rroff said:
Can't remember the details now but I saw in the comments on a YouTube video how much some countries are charging for tax now - a GR Yaris in one country would set you back like 28,000 Euros or something in their case.
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It gets complicated, but it's a % of the value of the car + the g/km emissions.

So say you wanted a Skyline/RX7/Chaser etc etc, you'd be paying insane money, an R34 GTR V Spec II, is 394g/km stock, they sell for £100-150K these days, so a 150k mint one, would be €54,000 VRT! Imagine how much a tuned one would be!.

vrt-calculator.com

Car VRT Calculator

Use latest car VRT calculator if you are importing a car from the UK to Ireland or checking how much VRT you need to pay on a new car.
vrt-calculator.com vrt-calculator.com
Selected Country: Ireland
Car Value: €150000.00
CO2-Based VRT Rate: 36%
Fuel Type Adjustment: 0%
Total VRT Rate Applied: 36%
Total VRT Payable: €54000.00
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You also get punished over time as they look for new ways to grind more funds out of the public, my car used to cost a nice low £135 and it kept going up and up to £255 and no doubt will be £300+ in a couple of years.
 
In the bigger picture, car tax is a small amount and very trivial and not worth your time when compared to other taxes which are much more and you can actually do things to reduce how much you pay.
 
The crazy thing is that after next year when I stop having to pay the luxury subsidy to my road tax, my 5.0 V8 Mustang will cost the same amount to tax as my wife's super economical Mazda CX5. Both cost less than half what my S2000 was costing me.
 
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