Ive paid my VED
- Thread starter ronk
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:roll: worth every peny. 
Bloody hell - my Corsa is £225 so £360 for a 35iS seems pretty reasonable 
Spaldingski
Pondrew said:The UK Government do like to make things fair though:
A 2017 registered 7 litre gas-guzzling, CO2 belching US pick up truck is....................£155
A 2017 registered Fiat 500 is...................£155
Don't you just love 'em?
Not really...
V12 Vantage 2d Auto (1 Jun 1999 - 28 Feb 2001) is £280. :wink:
buzyg said:
No, they just keep messing it up!
Any car registered before 1 March 2001 fell into one of two brackets - up to 1,549 or over 1,549cc like those Astons.
Then Road Tax was based on CO2 emissions with Band K, L and M at the top, but all paying the same.
Until Gordon Brown decided in 2009 to punish Bands L and M and retrospectively introduce higher rates to cars registered after 23 March 2006 - so virtually all Z4Ms.
Then effective from 1 April 2017 they came up with another idea and charged higher rates for the first 5 years, that were way higher if the car had a list price over £40K.
My sister bought a 2018 Fiat 500 Twin-air last year and has to pay £140 a year - if she had bought one registered before 1 April 2016 Road Tax would have been free.
Logic doesn't seem to feature anywhere!
There is plenty of logic behind it. You are just looking from the wrong perspective. The logic is along the lines of,. How much do gov need to raise from road tax over the next 12 months. Then adjust scales accordingly. :wink:Mr Tidy said:buzyg said:
No, they just keep messing it up!
Any car registered before 1 March 2001 fell into one of two brackets - up to 1,549 or over 1,549cc like those Astons.
Then Road Tax was based on CO2 emissions with Band K, L and M at the top, but all paying the same.
Until Gordon Brown decided in 2009 to punish Bands L and M and retrospectively introduce higher rates to cars registered after 23 March 2006 - so virtually all Z4Ms.
Then effective from 1 April 2017 they came up with another idea and charged higher rates for the first 5 years, that were way higher if the car had a list price over £40K.
My sister bought a 2018 Fiat 500 Twin-air last year and has to pay £140 a year - if she had bought one registered before 1 April 2016 Road Tax would have been free.
Logic doesn't seem to feature anywhere!
Mr Tidy said:buzyg said:
No, they just keep messing it up!
Any car registered before 1 March 2001 fell into one of two brackets - up to 1,549 or over 1,549cc like those Astons.
Then Road Tax was based on CO2 emissions with Band K, L and M at the top, but all paying the same.
Until Gordon Brown decided in 2009 to punish Bands L and M and retrospectively introduce higher rates to cars registered after 23 March 2006 - so virtually all Z4Ms.
Then effective from 1 April 2017 they came up with another idea and charged higher rates for the first 5 years, that were way higher if the car had a list price over £40K.
My sister bought a 2018 Fiat 500 Twin-air last year and has to pay £140 a year - if she had bought one registered before 1 April 2016 Road Tax would have been free.
Logic doesn't seem to feature anywhere!
First years tax on the M40i is about a grand
Then £485 for the next four, then £165 but in five years you can guarantee it will have gone up to around the £500 mark again.Argyll Andy said:
It's your own fault for being rich and buying expensive cars (official Government thinking that).
Same attitude with stamp duty and God help you if you are wealthy enough to buy a second property.
I used to be under the misguided impression that Conservative Governments ideals were 'you work hard you reap the benefits'.
Pondrew said:Then £485 for the next four, then £165 but in five years you can guarantee it will have gone up to around the £500 mark again.Argyll Andy said:
It's your own fault for being rich and buying expensive cars (official Government thinking that).
Same attitude with stamp duty and God help you if you are wealthy enough to buy a second property.
I used to be under the misguided impression that Conservative Governments ideals were 'you work hard you reap the benefits'.
It’s the same when they apply the rebates for energy costs. Band E and above get nothing. Have band E costs not gone up ? They certainly have and more !
Death and Taxes!
