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Finally back from the paint shop, looking to get both badges fitted next week

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If they can fist you they will......someone in government came up with the idea that cars are a soft touch and a good money spinner lol , you can ruin the planet as long as you pay for it.
 
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Pleasure of owning a car of more than £40,000 to buy. You got fiscal drag :unsure: . These are complaints that the luxury car tax hasn't been increased in value against inflation. Perhaps another reason why people are keeping their cars longer. 12 years I read somewhere recently.

 
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Pleasure of owning a car of more than £40,000 to buy. You got fiscal drag :unsure: . These are complaints that the luxury car tax hasn't been increased in value against inflation. Perhaps another reason why people are keeping their cars longer. 12 years I read somewhere recently.

Luxury cars use to come under just that , porsche, bently, high end Mercedes lol , now a Cupra Leon vz3 is classed as Luxury when they know almost every car is over 40k now if you add a radio that sounds good lol , but what can you do apart from taking a deep breath and waiting for there next fist....
 
well EV Drivers are being looked at


A government spokesperson told the BBC: "Fuel duty covers petrol and diesel, but there's no equivalent for electric vehicles. We want a fairer system for all drivers."
 
Its the Tony Blair Institute or whatever it calls itself that wants to rock the apple cart for EV and plug in hybrid drivers. Pump priming with no extra tax on EV / plug in hybrids aa of the minute till this...

I cant see how they will do it unless they insist on meters in cars.You could always collect the kwhr charging figures off meters except those with Granny cables. Tax free.

An Honesty box system seems to be proposed :oops: . Best of luck with that.
 
I can’t believe you’ve had the car for 12 months let alone the cost of the road tax! That is painful but reduces yearly?
I know, scary! Only done 6K ish as well.

I wish it reduced but sadly not

  • Years 2 to 6: During these years, an additional fee of £425 is charged annually on top of the standard Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rate.
  • Standard VED Rate: The standard VED rate is £195 per year, which applies from the second year onward.
 
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Pleasure of owning a car of more than £40,000 to buy. You got fiscal drag :unsure: . These are complaints that the luxury car tax hasn't been increased in value against inflation. Perhaps another reason why people are keeping their cars longer. 12 years I read somewhere recently.

Yes I will be one of those as even my Leon VZ2 is now a "Luxury car".
 
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So it’s six years of additional tax which then reduces to the standard?

The first year’s VED is emissions-based and is effectively ‘hidden’ in the overall price of the car (I’ve seen it referred to as the ‘showroom tax’ before). On the anniversary of the car’s first registration It’s then the standard VED rate plus the supplementary rate* that applies for the next five years. After that, VED reduces to the standard rate each year.

* supplementary VED rate applies to cars with a list price of £40k or more at date of first registration.

Don’t forget that the VED rates usually increase each year - 2025 rates represent a £5 increase on the 2024 rates for each of the two VED bands. So assuming both standard and supplementary VED bands each increase by £5 per year, the VED bill on @Syphon ‘s car - and anyone else who has the ‘pleasure’ of paying the higher rate of VED - for the next five years will be;
- 2025/26; £195 + £425 = £620
- 2026/27; £200 + £430 = £630
- 2027/28; £205 + £435 = £640
- 2028/29; £210 + £440 = £650
- 2029/30; £220 + £450 = £670

The supplementary VED used to be referred to as a ‘luxury tax’ on HM Gov website, although any reference to ‘luxury’ on the website disappeared some time ago, so maybe that was an acknowledgment by the government that £40k doesn’t buy you a luxury car these days 🤔.

Don’t be surprised to see VED rates increase by more than £5 for each band in future; if EV sales pick up, there’ll be less revenue for the government from VAT on petrol / diesel sales so they might increase VED rates further as a way of helping to making up for VAT revenue shortfall.