Tax for older cars going up?
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Seems like they're backdating the emissions nonsense to cover cars made between 2001-2005 when previously they were only taxed at the flat rate for up to 2000cc and over 2000cc.
Here's a table on the RAC website: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/buying-and-sell...
One of my cars is VED band M
It looks like for that car I will go from £415 to £735 - a 77% increase.
Is this correct? Are they targeting cars made between 2001 and 2005 especially? It's as if the tax rise has been made for me specifically.
Here's a table on the RAC website: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/buying-and-sell...
One of my cars is VED band M
It looks like for that car I will go from £415 to £735 - a 77% increase.
Is this correct? Are they targeting cars made between 2001 and 2005 especially? It's as if the tax rise has been made for me specifically.
ingenieur said:
Is the RAC website wrong?
I am not suggesting it is wrong, however they don't appear to have mentioned the exception with band L and M.The most trustworthy source is the government site, which unfortunately hasn't updated for 2025 yet, but does point out the info regarding L and M.
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables/rates-f...
I haven't seen anything about the exception regarding March 2006 being removed.
Edited by WelshPetrolhead on Tuesday 4th March 20:09
ingenieur said:
Seems like they're backdating the emissions nonsense to cover cars made between 2001-2005 when previously they were only taxed at the flat rate for up to 2000cc and over 2000cc.
Here's a table on the RAC website: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/buying-and-sell...
One of my cars is VED band M
It looks like for that car I will go from £415 to £735 - a 77% increase.
Is this correct? Are they targeting cars made between 2001 and 2005 especially? It's as if the tax rise has been made for me specifically.
Calm down, dear, it's only a badly written article that you've misinterpreted. Emissions-based taxation has been in place since 2001, so you'll have been paying road tax based on that model since then - or whenever you bought the car. Here's a table on the RAC website: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/buying-and-sell...
One of my cars is VED band M
It looks like for that car I will go from £415 to £735 - a 77% increase.
Is this correct? Are they targeting cars made between 2001 and 2005 especially? It's as if the tax rise has been made for me specifically.
The last budget did result in an increase to VED payable in most bands of the 2001-2017 system. If your car was costing £415 per annum, it'll be Band K. As of the new financial year, annual duty on a Band K car will be £430 - a massive hike of, erm, £15.
The Rotrex Kid said:
ingenieur said:
WelshPetrolhead said:
If your car is registered before 23rd March 2006 then its in band K and will be £430 from April.
Is the RAC website wrong? Wrong by omission of an asterix and a brief explanation of the above.
Missy Charm said:
ingenieur said:
Seems like they're backdating the emissions nonsense to cover cars made between 2001-2005 when previously they were only taxed at the flat rate for up to 2000cc and over 2000cc.
Here's a table on the RAC website: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/buying-and-sell...
One of my cars is VED band M
It looks like for that car I will go from £415 to £735 - a 77% increase.
Is this correct? Are they targeting cars made between 2001 and 2005 especially? It's as if the tax rise has been made for me specifically.
Calm down, dear, it's only a badly written article that you've misinterpreted. Emissions-based taxation has been in place since 2001, so you'll have been paying road tax based on that model since then - or whenever you bought the car. Here's a table on the RAC website: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/buying-and-sell...
One of my cars is VED band M
It looks like for that car I will go from £415 to £735 - a 77% increase.
Is this correct? Are they targeting cars made between 2001 and 2005 especially? It's as if the tax rise has been made for me specifically.
The last budget did result in an increase to VED payable in most bands of the 2001-2017 system. If your car was costing £415 per annum, it'll be Band K. As of the new financial year, annual duty on a Band K car will be £430 - a massive hike of, erm, £15.
If that's not being changed and the RAC website is wrong then no problem... breath out.
ingenieur said:
Okay, so the asterix is there on the HMRC website but does the fact it is missing from the RAC website show that a change is coming as HMRC are quoting the current rates?
Well the RAC has noted the change for cars A going into B, so I would suggest if anything else was changing they would have mentioned it. I can't find anything about L and M being backdated from 2006 to 2001.I would be paying attention to this also as I have a 2004 car in K which if rebanded would also be in M!
Missy Charm said:
Calm down, dear, it's only a badly written article that you've misinterpreted. Emissions-based taxation has been in place since 2001, so you'll have been paying road tax based on that model since then - or whenever you bought the car.
The last budget did result in an increase to VED payable in most bands of the 2001-2017 system. If your car was costing £415 per annum, it'll be Band K. As of the new financial year, annual duty on a Band K car will be £430 - a massive hike of, erm, £15.
Crowd Fund?The last budget did result in an increase to VED payable in most bands of the 2001-2017 system. If your car was costing £415 per annum, it'll be Band K. As of the new financial year, annual duty on a Band K car will be £430 - a massive hike of, erm, £15.
Just for your peace of mind. The Which website covers all the new changes for 2025 including....
"Band K includes cars that have a CO2 figure of more than 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006. Annual rate after the first year assumes single payment for the whole year. You can choose to set up a direct debit to pay monthly, or pay a single payment every six months. If you choose either of these options, you will pay more compared with a single payment for 12 months."
So these only rise from £415p/a to £430p/a.
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/new-and-used-cars/...
"Band K includes cars that have a CO2 figure of more than 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006. Annual rate after the first year assumes single payment for the whole year. You can choose to set up a direct debit to pay monthly, or pay a single payment every six months. If you choose either of these options, you will pay more compared with a single payment for 12 months."
So these only rise from £415p/a to £430p/a.
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/new-and-used-cars/...
ingenieur said:
The Rotrex Kid said:
ingenieur said:
WelshPetrolhead said:
If your car is registered before 23rd March 2006 then its in band K and will be £430 from April.
Is the RAC website wrong? Wrong by omission of an asterix and a brief explanation of the above.
And the explanation for Band L and Band M cars registered before 23 March 2006 that goes with it.
A very sore point for me as my Band M car was registered in December 2006, so a year cost me £735 on Saturday.
ingenieur said:
Okay, so the asterix is there on the HMRC website but does the fact it is missing from the RAC website show that a change is coming as HMRC are quoting the current rates?
HMRC sites only talk about the current situation. The page talking about VED exemption for classic cars, for example, talks about the cut-off date for eligibility, but doesn't mention (or didn't, last time I looked) that it will change on April 1st.Forums | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff