Your opinions on car tax
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Going by the age of a car doesn’t make sense.
A 40year old V8 must be more polluting than a modern engine, but when has common sense come into the equation?
PS. As a couple with no kids I was in favour of the Poll Tax. Bring it back I say and make people with large families who are more of a drain on council resources pay. ( suspect this thread may not be a place for that discussion, apologies)
A 40year old V8 must be more polluting than a modern engine, but when has common sense come into the equation?
PS. As a couple with no kids I was in favour of the Poll Tax. Bring it back I say and make people with large families who are more of a drain on council resources pay. ( suspect this thread may not be a place for that discussion, apologies)
I find it frustrating that VED is charged by the month for every month or part thereof, but refunded only by the whole unused month.
I keep my RS4 in the UK for use when we come back to Europe. It is SORN’ed whilst we are overseas and taxed only when we want to use it. Almost always I have to pay vastly more than the pro rata amount for the days I drive the car. For example, we were in the UK for a few weeks over Christmas and I had to pay VED for December and January despite being in the country for far fewer than 62 days.
There is absolutely no reason (except profiteering) why VED cannot be charged by the day and refunded by the day.
I keep my RS4 in the UK for use when we come back to Europe. It is SORN’ed whilst we are overseas and taxed only when we want to use it. Almost always I have to pay vastly more than the pro rata amount for the days I drive the car. For example, we were in the UK for a few weeks over Christmas and I had to pay VED for December and January despite being in the country for far fewer than 62 days.
There is absolutely no reason (except profiteering) why VED cannot be charged by the day and refunded by the day.
Secondtothird said:
The NSW Registration fee is levied by weight category, so it is exactly as you describe. However, like the UK system, it makes no endeavours to reflect the number of miles that vehicle is driven each year. Damage to the road surface reflects the load and number of cycles, so both are important.
the tax system is pretty retarded, really...
common sense prevailed partly in 2017 when a flat vehicle tax was introduced, with an extra chunk for expensive cars. but why wasnt this back dated to all cars manufactured before then?
it makes no sense to me that a full fat V8 range rover built in 2016 is £630 to tax, but the same car built in 2017 is now just £165 to tax, now its older than 5 years and the expensive car tax period has passed.
but then, it made no sense that a BMW M3 made in 2005 is £360 a year, but a BMW M3 made in 2006 is £630 a year. :scratchhead:
common sense prevailed partly in 2017 when a flat vehicle tax was introduced, with an extra chunk for expensive cars. but why wasnt this back dated to all cars manufactured before then?
it makes no sense to me that a full fat V8 range rover built in 2016 is £630 to tax, but the same car built in 2017 is now just £165 to tax, now its older than 5 years and the expensive car tax period has passed.
but then, it made no sense that a BMW M3 made in 2005 is £360 a year, but a BMW M3 made in 2006 is £630 a year. :scratchhead:
North West Surrey
mr wilks said:Nanu said:
That sounds way too much like a fair & common sense approachnext you will suggest everybody is responsible for their own pensions & council tax is based on adults living in the property & not value
Did some one put the words Fair, Common Sense and Council, in the same sentence. :lol:
