Vehicle Tax
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has it gone up then? not really sure what the 12 month rate is as i generally buy 6 then pay monthly until it gets sorned.
mr.tourette said:
I'm pretty sure I only paid £305 last year.I know it's only £10 extra but at the moment it's working out at £100 tax per thousand miles.It wouldn't be so bad if the roads weren't riddled with craters.
I think 20p on a litre of fuel and do away with vehicle tax would be a fairer way .
ben g said:Good job VED isn't a tax to fix potholes:lol:
Never understood why people call it road tax. It's a duty based on emissions.
Probably because thats what it was and what it was for from 1888 to 1990 when the government decided to change the system
mr.tourette said:ben g said:Good job VED isn't a tax to fix potholes
Never understood why people call it road tax. It's a duty based on emissions.
Probably because thats what it was and what it was for from 1888 to 1990 when the government decided to change the system
1990 was 28 years ago
I bet to you oldies it feels like yesterday 
What annoys me is the fact you can have vehicles paying pennies on VED, despite doing massive business mileage.
Always thought it would be best putting it on fuel and doing away with VED.
ben g said:mr.tourette said:ben g said:Good job VED isn't a tax to fix potholes
Never understood why people call it road tax. It's a duty based on emissions.
Probably because thats what it was and what it was for from 1888 to 1990 when the government decided to change the system
1990 was 28 years ago
What annoys me is the fact you can have vehicles paying pennies on VED, despite doing massive business mileage.
Always thought it would be best putting it on fuel and doing away with VED.
I can remember the 70s like it was yesterday
Agree with your comments
North West Surrey
mr.tourette said:ben g said:Good job VED isn't a tax to fix potholes
Never understood why people call it road tax. It's a duty based on emissions.
Probably because thats what it was and what it was for from 1888 to 1990 when the government decided to change the system
Even before 1990 the money didn't really get spent on the roads and as we all know it's really gone to sh!t in the last decade.
Lets hope that the Government sticks to the 2015 budget pledge that from 2020 the revenue would be ring-fenced for expenditure on the strategic road network. Again lets hope that's expanded so that some of it filters down to councils for local roads too. Then it would be a true road tax again.....kinda!
buzyg said:I would recommend moving to Cornwall. But as I enjoy the quite roads around here to myself, I will suggest Scotland instead. :wink:
It’s terribly congested with traffic & potholes in Somerset as well, definitely not worth moving down here, oh no
Rob
i go the opposite way in the summer.
far to congested for driving in the south west :roll:
far to congested for driving in the south west :roll:
What annoys me about the new system is that I've just been online to tax the Z4 from tomorrow (1st February), but I cant. Even today still it only allows me to back tax it from 01 January, which basically means I'll probably drive it to work tomorrow untaxed and then tax it when I get to my desk. - (invalidating my insurance I suspect)
Why don't they add an "Effective from" option, which would also mean that you don't have to try and remember to SORN it at 9pm on the last day of the month?
Why don't they add an "Effective from" option, which would also mean that you don't have to try and remember to SORN it at 9pm on the last day of the month?
Smartbear said:buzyg said:I would recommend moving to Cornwall. But as I enjoy the quite roads around here to myself, I will suggest Scotland instead. :wink:
It’s terribly congested with traffic & potholes in Somerset as well, definitely not worth moving down here, oh no
Rob
So you are enjoying the North then.Smartbear said:buzyg said:I would recommend moving to Cornwall. But as I enjoy the quite roads around here to myself, I will suggest Scotland instead. :wink:
It’s terribly congested with traffic & potholes in Somerset as well, definitely not worth moving down here, oh no
Rob
We have a lovely old map of the SW in the office. The world stops at Bristol. :wink:
buzyg said:Smartbear said:buzyg said:I would recommend moving to Cornwall. But as I enjoy the quite roads around here to myself, I will suggest Scotland instead. :wink:
It’s terribly congested with traffic & potholes in Somerset as well, definitely not worth moving down here, oh no
RobSo you are enjoying the North then.Smartbear said:buzyg said:I would recommend moving to Cornwall. But as I enjoy the quite roads around here to myself, I will suggest Scotland instead. :wink:
It’s terribly congested with traffic & potholes in Somerset as well, definitely not worth moving down here, oh no
Rob
We have a lovely old map of the SW in the office. The world stops at Bristol. :wink:
Loving it down in South Somerset Buzy, combined with stopping work I’m having a ball
Rob