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It's all changing next year - back to a more sensible flat rate system - £140 for all cars except those costing over £40,000
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Not retrospective though - only for cars purchased after April 2017.
And you're wrong about HGVs - they only pay a tiny fraction of what they should - but I won't bother you with my analysis of that again, since I know we differ quite a bit.
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Not retrospective though - only for cars purchased after April 2017.
And you're wrong about HGVs - they only pay a tiny fraction of what they should - but I won't bother you with my analysis of that again, since I know we differ quite a bit.
I have thought for years that road tax should be replaced by a tax on fuel.
That way you could not avoid it and those who drove bigger/faster cars or more mileage would pay accordingly. Some one who just used a car occasionally or in an emergency would pay very little, someone who drove 100s of miles a week would may more. Complicated now by electric cars though.
That way you could not avoid it and those who drove bigger/faster cars or more mileage would pay accordingly. Some one who just used a car occasionally or in an emergency would pay very little, someone who drove 100s of miles a week would may more. Complicated now by electric cars though.
I absolutely agree Eddie/Lynda.
The sums are easy - the total take from VED is £5.63bn, the take from fuel duty is £26.8bn - so if you add about 20% on to fuel duty you could abolish VED - that would put up pump prices by about 14p per litre from extra fuel duty and VAT.
It would be a good time to do it too - with prices currently at a historic low.
The sums are easy - the total take from VED is £5.63bn, the take from fuel duty is £26.8bn - so if you add about 20% on to fuel duty you could abolish VED - that would put up pump prices by about 14p per litre from extra fuel duty and VAT.
It would be a good time to do it too - with prices currently at a historic low.
May I introduce you to the concept of "Zero Sum" - the total tax take does not go up - it is merely raised more equitably from the correct suspects - rather than a blanket tax on everyone.
If some people pay more because the revised tax is biting, then other people must (self evidently) be better off as they are paying less.
[ this does assume that Government and Business play fair - which, as TTT says, is 'unlikely' ]
If some people pay more because the revised tax is biting, then other people must (self evidently) be better off as they are paying less.
[ this does assume that Government and Business play fair - which, as TTT says, is 'unlikely' ]
Mobile Homes don't actually travel that much, do they?
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^^ I assume you mean Motor Homes not mobile homes TWR,no tax on static caravans yet.
If you have a motor home that you only use a week or two a year, surely the way is to SORN it most of the time then just unSORN and tax it when you need it. Once the trip is over you reclaim the remaining full months tax and SORN it again , that way you only pay 1 or 2 months tax a year.
If you have a motor home that you only use a week or two a year, surely the way is to SORN it most of the time then just unSORN and tax it when you need it. Once the trip is over you reclaim the remaining full months tax and SORN it again , that way you only pay 1 or 2 months tax a year.
