Car Tax Conundrum

Around the forum there have been some interesting differences for some M1 vehicles when it comes to UK road tax.

Mines been taxed twice - the day I bought her, and then 1 year on. Both times I was charged £190. I was surprised - knowing the extra £400 'wealth' tax slapped on each year for 5 years for having the audacity to own a vehicle priced over £40k.

Yesterday Postman Pat brought me an unexpected Christmas gift in the form of a new V5. Out of the blue. Suspicious as to why, I examined it carefully. had someone been playing silly bu88ers with my car ownership? Nope. They've added the line about the car being subject to an additional 'flat rate' until 30/06/28!

So the next three years will be £590 Unless our er, ummm, [expletive deleted] chancellor decides to put it up.

I thought it was too good to last!

Merry Christmas DVLA/HMRC

I saw somebody else write about this, I haven’t had a new v5 yet but I’m sure it’s coming.

I thought the point was to tax “luxury cars”. The Ineos is many, many things but certainly not a luxury car!

Thieving *****.

Nope. Just taxing for the sake of taxing. And the new lot could make it worse !

…winter fuel payment. QED.

VED is a crazy, arbitrary tax, I really believe it should be scrapped and absorbed into fuel duty to make it a pay-as-you-go tax.

I'm the same with the £190 , it's pathetic the way the luxury tax works , hasn't once risen with inflation, now most half decent cars are over 40k

Yeah I bet you could spend £40k on a diesel A4.

scottyboy436 said:

I'm the same with the £190 , it's pathetic the way the luxury tax works , hasn't once risen with inflation, now most half decent cars are over 40k

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Lucky chap - watch out for a new V5 dropping on your doorstep.....

I did check on DVLA website, says my Grenadier is fully taxed, I paid £190 in November.

Coullabus said:

Lucky chap - watch out for a new V5 dropping on your doorstep.....

I did check on DVLA website, says my Grenadier is fully taxed, I paid £190 in November.

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If I do I'll just say I never got it deny everything

Baron von Teuchter said:

Yeah I bet you could spend £40k on a diesel A4.

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Mate, you can spend £40k on a Golf these days...

McGeordie said:

Mate, you can spend £40k on a Golf these days...

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But why would you

Baron von Teuchter said:

I saw somebody else write about this, I haven’t had a new v5 yet but I’m sure it’s coming.

I thought the point was to tax “luxury cars”. The Ineos is many, many things but certainly not a luxury car!

Thieving *****.

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You will get it soon - mine arrived this week

Bugger!

I must admit I had wondered if I'd receive a retrospective bill for the £800 I've saved - so far not

Coullabus said:

I must admit I had wondered if I'd receive a retrospective bill for the £800 I've saved - so far not

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Surely they can't do that as it's there fault really

Just received my new V5 with the description of vehicles over £40000 when new, happy Christmas from the DVLA

CRH said:

Just received my new V5 with the description of vehicles over £40000 when new, happy Christmas from the DVLA

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Looks like they've realised their error. Thats the Civil Service for you!

Me too £190 in may then new v5 drops on mat probably going to be £590 this coming tax anniversary and reference to a golf costing 40k i paid 34k in 2014 for a golf same car today closer to 50

I got my new v5 yesterday.

Baron von Teuchter said:

I got my new v5 yesterday.

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Paying £1.60 (standing charge) a day is a good incentive to be out and about in it whether you need to or not!

I just hope that DVLA didn't realise their faux pas by reading discussions about it on the forum