EV RoadTax Introduction
Discussion
Ive just been able to renew my RV road tax on the portal through to Feb 1st 2025 - is there clarity / official definition as to whether as of April 1st all EV's will be expected to re-tax and pay the new road tax from this date, or if it will only be from expiry of the current road tax?
rfn said:
From expiry of current VED. Recommendation is to re-tax your vehicle on 1st March which will give you the longest "free" period posible (i.e., until end Feb 2026).
I don’t think you can re-tax a vehicle unless the existing tax is expired, owner has changed or the vehicle has been sorn’d. I wonder whether there will be a spate of EVs sorn’d and re-taxed just before the deadline. This could be considered tax evasion I suppose?
Simon_GH said:
I don’t think you can re-tax a vehicle unless the existing tax is expired, owner has changed or the vehicle has been sorn’d.
I wonder whether there will be a spate of EVs sorn’d and re-taxed just before the deadline. This could be considered tax evasion I suppose?
You can renew it at any time you like, every month if you wanted to.I wonder whether there will be a spate of EVs sorn’d and re-taxed just before the deadline. This could be considered tax evasion I suppose?
Simon_GH said:
I don’t think you can re-tax a vehicle unless the existing tax is expired, owner has changed or the vehicle has been sorn’d.
I'm pretty sure you can retax a car at any time, although you will lose a month's worth of tax by doing so (which is obviously a month's worth of nothing at the moment for an EV). ETA: In fact, I just retaxed ours for a year in case I forget next month; took about 30 seconds (thanks for the reminder).
Edited by kambites on Sunday 2nd February 13:16
normalbloke said:
What’s to stop them sending out a VED demand on or around the new charge date, to every single EV owner who falls into the scope of payment, regardless if you’ve ‘renewed’ or not? Have they said that won’t happen?
Common sense says it. Not everything is a conspiracy theory waiting to jump out of a bush 
normalbloke said:
What’s to stop them sending out a VED demand on or around the new charge date, to every single EV owner who falls into the scope of payment, regardless if you’ve ‘renewed’ or not? Have they said that won’t happen?
Nothing to stop them doing it, but that's not how VED has ever worked, so it seems unlikely.Dingu said:
Common sense says it. Not everything is a conspiracy theory waiting to jump out of a bush
Indeed. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing the current Government would pull at all..The implementation of the luxury tax for the first 5 years on EV's over £40k is going to be the interesting one. £620 a year
SWoll said:
Dingu said:
Common sense says it. Not everything is a conspiracy theory waiting to jump out of a bush
Indeed. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing the current Government would pull at all..The implementation of the luxury tax for the first 5 years on EV's over £40k is going to be the it interesting one. £620 a year
Simon_GH said:
I don’t think you can re-tax a vehicle unless the existing tax is expired, owner has changed or the vehicle has been sorn’d.
I wonder whether there will be a spate of EVs sorn’d and re-taxed just before the deadline. This could be considered tax evasion I suppose?
You can renew it at any time you like, every month if you wanted to.I wonder whether there will be a spate of EVs sorn’d and re-taxed just before the deadline. This could be considered tax evasion I suppose?
Simon_GH said:
I don’t think you can re-tax a vehicle unless the existing tax is expired, owner has changed or the vehicle has been sorn’d.
I wonder whether there will be a spate of EVs sorn’d and re-taxed just before the deadline. This could be considered tax evasion I suppose?
I just renewed mine this morning for 12 months and no ask to sorn it. I wonder whether there will be a spate of EVs sorn’d and re-taxed just before the deadline. This could be considered tax evasion I suppose?
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