Tax exempt: date of first reg. or year of manufacture?
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due to which date a vehicle will get tax exempt:
date of 1st reg or year of manufacture?
background: somebody offered me a kitcar which was definately sold in the 70ies.
the v5 says "date of 1st reg 1987"
the online database of the dvla does confirm this date but also says "year of manufacture: 1972"
so is it tax exempt or not?
date of 1st reg or year of manufacture?
background: somebody offered me a kitcar which was definately sold in the 70ies.
the v5 says "date of 1st reg 1987"
the online database of the dvla does confirm this date but also says "year of manufacture: 1972"
so is it tax exempt or not?
Difficult one - I suspect it may depend on the person you speak to at the DVLA.
I had a kit car that was 1st registered in 1972 as a Triumph Spitfire, but was built as a JC Locust in the late '80s. Because of the way it had been presented on t the V5, when I bought it in 2000, I just took the V5 to the DVLA office and said "I'd like to get this registered as an historic vehicle, please". They gave me the forms, I filled them in, and it was tax exempt.
However, I can't remember what it said about the date of registration.
I had a kit car that was 1st registered in 1972 as a Triumph Spitfire, but was built as a JC Locust in the late '80s. Because of the way it had been presented on t the V5, when I bought it in 2000, I just took the V5 to the DVLA office and said "I'd like to get this registered as an historic vehicle, please". They gave me the forms, I filled them in, and it was tax exempt.
However, I can't remember what it said about the date of registration.
Edited by tribbles on Wednesday 8th July 15:09
i forgot to say: its definately an "old" kit, delivered in the 70ies. how it came to a 87 reg is still unclear.
here the words the owner emailed me:
"The car took many years to be built, here in England the vehicle licensing authorities classify it as an historic vehicle (pre 1972) based on the date of manufacture not first registration. This means we don't have to pay any road tax on it."
here the words the owner emailed me:
"The car took many years to be built, here in England the vehicle licensing authorities classify it as an historic vehicle (pre 1972) based on the date of manufacture not first registration. This means we don't have to pay any road tax on it."
Edited by Comadis on Wednesday 8th July 15:40
DVLA homepage says:
Exemption from Vehicle Excise Duty
for Historic Vehicles
For more information on vehicle licensing go to: www.direct.gov.uk/motoring
Are you the keeper of a ‘Historic’ vehicle?
If so:
• Was your vehicle constructed before 1 January 1973?
• Is it one of the vehicles listed below in Qualifying Vehicles?
If you can answer Yes to both questions then you may be eligible to license your vehicle in the Historic Vehicle Taxation Class.
a) Private/Light Goods – including buses used for voluntary, community or other non-profit making purposes i.e. a vehicle not required to have a Public Service Vehicle Licence.
b) Motorcycles and Tricycles.
c) Private HGV – but excluding vehicles designed for, or adapted for use for, the conveyance of goods or burden and put to a commercial use on a public road e.g. unladen HGVs and HGVs used for driver training/testing purposes.
d) Special Vehicles – mobile cranes/pumps, road rollers, works trucks and digging machines (excluding showmen’s goods/showmen’s haulage vehicles).
e) Haulage Vehicles – not used for haulage purposes.
f) Special Concessionary – agricultural machines, mowing machines, snowploughs, gritting vehicles, electric vehicles and steam vehicles.
How do
Exemption from Vehicle Excise Duty
for Historic Vehicles
For more information on vehicle licensing go to: www.direct.gov.uk/motoring
Are you the keeper of a ‘Historic’ vehicle?
If so:
• Was your vehicle constructed before 1 January 1973?
• Is it one of the vehicles listed below in Qualifying Vehicles?
If you can answer Yes to both questions then you may be eligible to license your vehicle in the Historic Vehicle Taxation Class.
a) Private/Light Goods – including buses used for voluntary, community or other non-profit making purposes i.e. a vehicle not required to have a Public Service Vehicle Licence.
b) Motorcycles and Tricycles.
c) Private HGV – but excluding vehicles designed for, or adapted for use for, the conveyance of goods or burden and put to a commercial use on a public road e.g. unladen HGVs and HGVs used for driver training/testing purposes.
d) Special Vehicles – mobile cranes/pumps, road rollers, works trucks and digging machines (excluding showmen’s goods/showmen’s haulage vehicles).
e) Haulage Vehicles – not used for haulage purposes.
f) Special Concessionary – agricultural machines, mowing machines, snowploughs, gritting vehicles, electric vehicles and steam vehicles.
How do
I'm trying to get my VW T2 registered as a historic, should be simple but what a nightmare.
manufactured in Nov 74 makes it eligible but registered in 75 so carries 75 number plate.
First DVLA wouldn't accept dating evidence because it came from the VW Motor Museum in Germany. (Their complaint was it didn't come from the UK), so I got VW UK to send the same thing on UK headed paper, now they want to change the registration number to a 1974 number to match the manufactured date.
manufactured in Nov 74 makes it eligible but registered in 75 so carries 75 number plate.
First DVLA wouldn't accept dating evidence because it came from the VW Motor Museum in Germany. (Their complaint was it didn't come from the UK), so I got VW UK to send the same thing on UK headed paper, now they want to change the registration number to a 1974 number to match the manufactured date.
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