6 Months VED - A Tax on the Poor?

[S10GTA]

Apologies if this topic has already been done to death...but...

For the first time in a very long time I have been in the fortunate position to tax my car for the entire year. The total cost of this is £250.

However, 6 months tax is £137.50 so doing a year like this costs an attentional £25 per year, or an additional 10%.

This is penalising people who are unable to stump up the full amount in one hit. How is this fair?!

(Terrible rant etc)

[wemorgan]

6 months tax is also used by owners of Garage Queen cars that go in to winter hibernation.

[fat freddie]

Or by people who are not at all confident that their shed will last the full year....

Bit of a non-grump if you ask me. You can say the same thing about buying anything in singles or low quantities. 1 tin of beans for 60p is a rip off when a pack of 4 is £2, 4 bog rolls cost more per roll than when you buy 12 etc....

Edited by fat freddie on Monday 18th March 13:20

[Slidingpillar]

VED for a lesser period has always been a higher rate than the full year (historically you could buy 4 months tax).

Many, many things in life are a cheaper rate the longer you sign up for and the more money you are prepared to pay in advance.

[LuS1fer]

It was probably justifiable in the past due to the additional labour but in an age of a website doing most of the work, it does seem excessive and DVLA also screw you if you use a credit card for an additional £2.50 that has never been justifiable.

[Captain Muppet]

fat freddie said:

Or by people who are not at all confident that their shed will last the full year....

That is what the refund system is for.

[browna]

a few years ago there was as spate of theifing waynekers breaking into cars just to pinch the full 1 year tax disc to alter and sell/dispay in their untaxed car.

i guess these days thats less effective as its all computerised etc.

i still have a mental block about buying a full years tax, and its prob a hangover from running bangers. lol.