road tax question?

[barrieeld]

I'm buying a car from N.I which was made in Jan 2006 but wasnt reg till Jun 2006 (must have originally sat in the dealership)

Now its a 4x4 and i have a gut feeling that although when i type the reg into the road tax checker i get

1 Dec 2005 – 31 Jan 2006 £143.00 £260.00 K 376

but i have a gut feeling its going to fall into the new

23 Mar 2006 – 24 Jul 2008 £253.00 £460.00 M 376

any help would be good?

[philmots]

It will go from when it was first registered/used.

So unfortunately the higher band.

[barrieeld]

damn...robbing b********

heres me thinking cause it was a limited edition vehicle only produced Dec-Jan '06 that it would fall under the cheaper bracket

[V88Dicky]

Think yourself lucky. My Monaro was built Dec '04 but first registered July '06, dragging it into the £460 tax bracket

[CampDavid]

If you're re-registering you may be able to get it on PLG?

[barrieeld]

makes me sick thinking i need to pay the government £460 the privelage for driving 20 miles a day

when are they going to realise the current system doesnt work!

[kambites]

If it was pre-1973 tax exemption it was on the boundary of, you could request a certificate from the manufacturer stating that the build date was before the cut-off and get the tax banding changed. I don't know if the other date related VED changeover points are the same, though.

[Mr Gear]

barrieeld said:

makes me sick thinking i need to pay the government £460 the privelage for driving 20 miles a day

when are they going to realise the current system doesnt work!

They didn't force you to buy it did they?

[t955daytona]

Type the registration number and make in here for the definitive answer.

http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/appl...

[CraigyMc]

barrieeld said:

makes me sick thinking i need to pay the government £460 the privelage for driving 20 miles a day

That's the idea

barrieeld said:

when are they going to realise the current system doesnt work!

Seems to work quite well if the above is true.

[carreauchompeur]

t955daytona said:

Type the registration number and make in here for the definitive answer.

http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/appl...

That looks like "Evil Portal" within the address. Not that far off the truth

[barrieeld]

no they didn't but that doesnt mean their system works and is fair?

Im mean whats more polluting somone driving 30k per annum in a diesel cosa or somone doing 2k per annum in a 4x4?

[barrieeld]

is there no "bend over and take it" emotocon i can use in this instance

[Mr Gear]

barrieeld said:

no they didn't but that doesnt mean their system works and is fair?

Im mean whats more polluting somone driving 30k per annum in a diesel cosa or somone doing 2k per annum in a 4x4?

I agree, road tax is total bullst and arbitrary. There is no way in a million years I would buy a car that forced me to give the government nearly £500 a year for nothing.

But it is entirely optional, isn't it? You could buy pre-1973 or sub-99gCo2 and you'd pay no road tax at all! Now, I know that is unfair, but you should play the system at its own game and get something that screws the government rather than letting them screw you.

[CraigyMc]

barrieeld said:

is there no "bend over and take it" emotocon i can use in this instance

As close as seems possible:

I didn't say it worked or was fair.

All I meant was that if you're sick of paying tax to put a 4x4 on the road, on some level that's what a number of the government types want...

[barrieeld]

perhaps....maybe a jenson intercepter for the daily commute?

[Devil2575]

barrieeld said:

no they didn't but that doesnt mean their system works and is fair?

Did anyone ever lead you to believe that life was fair?

If so they lied.

[barrieeld]

CampDavid said:

If you're re-registering you may be able to get it on PLG?

could this be done?

[CampDavid]

barrieeld said:

CampDavid said:

If you're re-registering you may be able to get it on PLG?

could this be done?

No idea.

I know that when I've bought ex MOD cars at auction they go on as PLG and I paid on engine size while I know of a Y plate 330i which was also registered new, in the UK but had been imported, that was on PLG.

May be trickier to do it from N. Ireland as it's already UK registered?

Personally, I'd call the DVLA and see what they say first of all.