Government is talking about upping car tax upto £140 this year

£255 for my sub 100 bhp 1.4 petrol that used to cost £125 when it was new. It is old admittedly but that is over a doubling of car Tax.
 
Too many cars on the road, it's a no brainer really. But compared with insurance and fuel costs it is nominal. I think that currently there is a flat rate of £160+ for all cars newer than a certain date but below £40k new retail price. Whatever the emissions.
 
No change for me, still 35 quid for my Avensis diesel.

Van probably going up but it'll be sold by then.

Tbh there's a very good chance the tories will kick this down the road anyway, not good in election year when they're pretending to be fighting against their made up war on motorists.
 
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Mines going from £180 to £190 which is what they do every year it goes up about £10.

Anything above band G though at this rate in about 6 years I'll be paying this if I still have the car and especially bands J-M... WTF. :eek:
 
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My old boring diesel is staying cheap.

Another reason to keep it going, the idea of a new car is great but the costs are insane considering I pay next to nothing for my climate killing 10yr old diesel.
 
Just looked at the article, a complete lie for a headline.

The article goes on to say it will increase by RPI.

Have people not worked out these headlines?

"This one trick will save you £1000 on car insurance"

"UK drivers unaware they will be fined £2,000"

"UK to see 2 feet of snow in freak weather in August"
 
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It would have been so much easier if they just abolished car tax and stuck a few p more on fuel duty. I guess it’s here to stay so the government can easily start taxing all the electric cars once uptake increases.
 
muon said:
Just looked at the article, a complete lie for a headline.

The article goes on to say it will increase by RPI.

Have people not worked out these headlines?

"This one trick will save you £1000 on car insurance"

"UK drivers unaware they will be fined £2,000"

"UK to see 2 feet of snow in freak weather in August"
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At times when people are already feeling the pinch, they could have paused it for this year or increazed by less than inflation.

I suppose they do have to cover the £37bn they stole from us during COVID and the damage caused by Truss somehow.
 
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muon said:
Just looked at the article, a complete lie for a headline.
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yes it's crap - they could have just printed old and new values and the delta increases -
I couldn't see any credible news source that had also reported this leak, who might have presented data correctly, futher de-legitimizing leak.
even if their goal is demonizing the Tory party - haven't seen if Kier is motorist friendly.
 
Hagar said:
Too many cars on the road, it's a no brainer really. But compared with insurance and fuel costs it is nominal. I think that currently there is a flat rate of £160+ for all cars newer than a certain date but below £40k new retail price. Whatever the emissions.
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There may be too many cars on the road, but I can just see this increasing the number of uninsured or untaxed cars on the road.
 
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Survived a slight increase on band G, phew!
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Up to £255 from £240 for the likes of us I think. Better than a £140 increase like the title made it sound!

I wish our car had lower emissions but can't really afford anything newer at the moment, and it's still in quite good condition too.
 
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