Secret increase in road tax
 

An article in the Ties this morning has stated that the Government are to increase road Tax on large cars from next April. Large cars bought since 2001 will find Road Tax will rise steeply from next April, the increases are eing introduced i two stages, many owners who are now paying £210 per annum will pay £300 in 2009 and £455 in 2010

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wasn't aware ya could read ties.:D;)

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Why is it secret ? Pretty sure it was announced in the budget

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Well not according to the Times (cashy)

Latest UK News Headlines | Times Online News

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So as I mentioned in another thread, what difference is there for £1/200 extra in road tax when its depreciating at £2K/year?

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Yes it was Dave:

BBC NEWS | Business | Gas guzzlers set to face £950 tax

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Rip off Britain continues..............:(

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I actualy thought that in the budget it was anounced that road tax would be going up on bigger cars such as 4x4s ect, but I didn't grasp the fact that older cars were to be hit too, which is what the article is getting at, but which ever way you look at it, its just another stealth tax:eek:

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there cashing in on the lower income people again buy buting the older car tax up (thats the labour party for you)

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It just confuses me all, how will it affect me?

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what sort of car and how old is it?

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It appears that all the motoring organisations are up in arms about this, saying the the details had be hidden in the small print and not fully explained by the Government, well nothing new there then:(

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Just to make you all feel better, the cost of car insurance is set to rise too ... due to the high cost of repairs. (I think also all those cheats claiming for whiplash !) ... :(

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Skoda roomster 1.4 td - 07 plate

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Nice, as if im not struggling enough at the mo, there gonna make it impossible for people on a low income to afford to buy and run a vehicle

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Come on Kate we don't want to know about your private life:D

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Won't affect you.

here are teh current costings

Rates effective from 13 March 2008
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
1 Sep 2006 – £66.00 £120.00 C


Rates effective from March 2009
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
1 Sep 2006 – £60.50 £110.00 E


Rates effective from March 2010
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months First Year Rate Band
1 Sep 2006 – £63.25 £115.00 £115.00 E

So staying pretty much teh same at ~£120

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That saves me from worrying, thanks entwisi, i just dont understand these kind of things - batters my head!

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at least you can shop around for insurance ..get different rates
for age .. sex .. etc..tax does no favours :(

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talking about road tax, my fella went to get his 6 month tax the other week, he took his forms, and got his £99 ready when they said it was actually £101.75(or summat similar)
IMO if the form says £99.00 then it should be what it says:(
anyone else noticed this?

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Had the same thing myself when I went to tax mine today

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The forms are printed before teh budget, usually there is a disclaimer saying that if its gone up teh amount will change

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They don't really need disclaimers entwisi, you just presume its going up anyway:D

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this is exactly what the govenment want , they basicly want us sat at home twiddleing our thumbs only venturing out to work so we can pay tax, they have made it almost impossible for pubs to run at a proffit and made beer too expensive, they banned smoking which has also hit the pub industry hard and tax the hell out of fuel so we cant afford to go out in our cars too much and just incase we can afford peterol etc they hit us with high road tax

basicly the govenment wants us sat at home with our cheap supermarket beer smoking our fags at home and saving up for a week to afford fuel to go shopping in our cars

cant see the tories been any better either coz they always liked to screw the working class as well and the lib dems would ban cars all together and have us getting around on tandems

like somone said earlier - RIPP OFF BRITAIN

just wait until the next new tax comes along because the bbc are pushing for us all to have an extra licence for the internet as well as a tv licence