Road Tax post 1st April

[laterontoday]

Has anyone who has their car sworn’d over winter done a calculation whether it’s much cheaper to renew the road tax now and loose a couple of weeks and tax now mid March or is the increase in April not worth getting excited about.

Petrol 4.3 V8 vantage.

Can’t work out how much it will jump after 1st April.

[XMark]

I could be wrong on this as I’ve seen so much in the way of wrong info, but my understanding is it’s increasing from £735 to £760, hopefully someone can confirm

[RATATTAK]

XMark said:

I could be wrong on this as I’ve seen so much in the way of wrong info, but my understanding is it’s increasing from £735 to £760, hopefully someone can confirm

On that basis and if you taxed it tomorrow, it would cost £2.124/day, if you tax it April 1st, it will cost £2.082/day.

ETA

If you Sorn the car, say next October, the difference will be more, but still negligible.

Edited by RATATTAK on Tuesday 18th March 22:00

[Manners79]

Try this... tax it online on 31 March AFTER 9pm but BEFORE midnight. You may get this year's rate but with it starting 1 April..it used to work...

[ARHarh]

rates are here

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d...

[mx stu]

ARHarh said:

rates are here

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d...

I hadn't realised how much of a sweet spot my 2019 Vantage is in - Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

[BiggaJ]

mx stu said:

ARHarh said:

rates are here

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d...

I hadn't realised how much of a sweet spot my 2019 Vantage is in - Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

Coming out of a 2009 4.3 Vantage into a 2019 Vantage in February, I cannot fathom why there is such a huge difference, obviously a nice surprise but still.

[M1AGM]

mx stu said:

I hadn't realised how much of a sweet spot my 2019 Vantage is in - Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

Yeah its great. My DB11 and RR both fall dramatically without the 'first 5 year' element this year despite the engines cumulatively having 20 cylinders and over 10 litres of capacity. Another reason not to change them.

I suspect the swivel eyed in Westminster will soon put a stop to it, not fair and all that.

[geresey]

BiggaJ said:

mx stu said:

ARHarh said:

rates are here

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d...

I hadn't realised how much of a sweet spot my 2019 Vantage is in - Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

Coming out of a 2009 4.3 Vantage into a 2019 Vantage in February, I cannot fathom why there is such a huge difference, obviously a nice surprise but still.

Interesting. Assuming when it was new and for 6 years it had the “luxury car” tax, it’s just dropped off that (though I don’t know when that rule came in…) . But still, big difference. The emissions can’t be that different to an older v8 surely? I’ve been paying mine by DD for a few years and tbh hadn’t realise how highly it was going!

[Simpo Two]

mx stu said:

ARHarh said:

rates are here

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d...

I hadn't realised how much of a sweet spot my 2019 Vantage is in - Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

How the hell does that work? Should I swap my 2007 Aston for a 2019 one? I suspect it's not that simple...

[Apollya]

geresey said:

BiggaJ said:

mx stu said:

ARHarh said:

rates are here

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d...

I hadn't realised how much of a sweet spot my 2019 Vantage is in - Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

Coming out of a 2009 4.3 Vantage into a 2019 Vantage in February, I cannot fathom why there is such a huge difference, obviously a nice surprise but still.

Interesting. Assuming when it was new and for 6 years it had the “luxury car” tax, it’s just dropped off that (though I don’t know when that rule came in…) . But still, big difference. The emissions can’t be that different to an older v8 surely? I’ve been paying mine by DD for a few years and tbh hadn’t realise how highly it was going!

Think it was 2017. Remember there being a change around time I bought my daily but think as it was so new back then the dealers or manufacturer paid the initial luxury tax hit for you which meant you the. Just had cheaper yearly road tax. I remember having to insist my daily was not registered or delivered to me until 2017 as they had brought production forward.

[laterontoday]

Thank you to whomever posted the table of new rates post April 1st.

Bit of a shocker. My car fits the 01/03/2001 to 01/04/17 first registration table with a Co Output of over 255g/km.

If I tax now (today), so from 1st March 2025 it will be £228.25 for six months or £415 for 12 months.

If I wait to tax from 1st April then it jumps to £418 for six months or £760 for 12 months.

For anyone who has their baby Sorn’d in blankets and was going to retax it when the weather got a bit warmer then hello act NOW get it taxed cause it almost doubles in two weeks time.

[Apollya]

I’m trying to understand what the change is pushing your tax renewal to double.

Last year mine was £735 for 12 months this year will be £760.

2008 so falls into same bracket as yours.

[raceboy]

This seems to be becoming a thing every year now, it was the same last year.
I now tax my 2006 4.3 V8 from the beginning of March to the end of October, pay for a whole year but than get a refund back, this way it's a much more palatable £490 a year.

[laterontoday]

Apollya said:

I’m trying to understand what the change is pushing your tax renewal to double.

Last year mine was £735 for 12 months this year will be £760.

2008 so falls into same bracket as yours.

Red Ed simply doesn't like anyone with a nice car!

AHA as Mr Partridge would say. I've spotted that I've miscalculated. My car, even though its 406g/km CO2, having been registered before 23 March 2006 (by only a few days) falls into Band K. Panic over after 1st April my road tax will be £430 for 12 months not £760. I hadn't noticed the asterisk under the Table which means my car is Band K not Band M. Best keep my head down before someone in Gov asks what makes 23rd March 2006 is so important and cuts that loophole. Thank goodness HMRC or DVLA love to make the rules so complicated.

[RATATTAK]

raceboy said:

This seems to be becoming a thing every year now, it was the same last year.
I now tax my 2006 4.3 V8 from the beginning of March to the end of October, pay for a whole year but than get a refund back, this way it's a much more palatable £490 a year.

That's exactly what I do with my cars; both are in the top bracket being polluters first registered in 2008 and 2012. I've just taxed my summer car and paid with my credit card, so I get 2% cash back (Santander) which is £14.70 and then after 6 months, DVLA sends me a cheque for £367.50. I shall do the same with my winter car in September so:

total VED for the year 735/2 - 14.70 + 760/2 - 15.20 = £717.60

ETA
If you SORN and re-tax on a monthly basis, the rewards increase

Edited by RATATTAK on Thursday 20th March 13:48

[Simpo Two]

I'd still like an explanation of this bit:

ARHarh said:

Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

[ARHarh]

Simpo Two said:

I'd still like an explanation of this bit:

ARHarh said:

Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

Not sure it was me that said that.

but 2 of my cars were £0 the other was £20

[Simpo Two]

ARHarh said:

Simpo Two said:

I'd still like an explanation of this bit:

ARHarh said:

Renewed my car tax at the end of last month and it was £195 for 12 months.

Not sure it was me that said that.

but 2 of my cars were £0 the other was £20

Ah yes, it was 'mx stu', sorry.

I am fairly damn sure your cars aren't Astons though!

[macdeb]

Well, I taxed my car on 3rd of March and it seems that although before the April 1st deadline, I paid the new rate from April. As someone earlier said, this lot don't like our nice cars.

Edited by macdeb on Thursday 20th March 20:05