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Nick A

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Registered: 28th Nov 04
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10th Dec 05 at 13:33

I recieved my renewal for tax through the post this morning and was shcoked. The 2 options were

£93.50 for 6 months
or
£170 for 12 months

i was wondering how the dvla comes to these price assumptions, i think its quite a large amount to pay. Is on a 1.6 sport '(97) btw

Jamie Walby

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10th Dec 05 at 13:35

Ill explain what I did.

I took my insurance/mot certificate and my credit card, drove to the local Post Office, paid the £170 and that was it really.

Nowt you can do about it. My tax is more on my 1.6 than my dads is on 2.0 V6 rover

[Edited on 10-12-2005 by Jamie Walby]

Adam_B

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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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10th Dec 05 at 13:36

over 1550cc its that. if it was under it would be in the cheaper band. its a very fucking stupid rule

Adam_B

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10th Dec 05 at 13:37

quote:
Originally posted by Jamie Walby

Nowt you can do about it. My tax is more on my 1.6 than my dads is on 2.0 V6 rover

[Edited on 10-12-2005 by Jamie Walby]

how so? company car or something?

Nick A

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10th Dec 05 at 13:38

so does the price range go up for the likes of people with even bigger engines, eg bmw m3?

mattyboy199

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10th Dec 05 at 13:41

course not, they obviously consider anything above 1550 to be un-nesscesary

[Edited on 10-12-2005 by mattyboy199]

Jamie Walby

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10th Dec 05 at 13:44

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B

quote:
Originally posted by Jamie Walby

Nowt you can do about it. My tax is more on my 1.6 than my dads is on 2.0 V6 rover

[Edited on 10-12-2005 by Jamie Walby]

how so? company car or something?

I dunno mate, your guess is as good as mine. My tax was £170 for a year, his was £165

Adam_B

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10th Dec 05 at 13:46

i think on older cars, like pre 02/03 they go off the engine size, but theres only 2 classes, wankers. but on newer stuff it must go off emissions and what the car is used for.

Jamie Walby

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10th Dec 05 at 13:49

Yeh its a 52 plate Wover 75.

I dont get it either, I just paid mine and didnt really give it much of a thought.

Paul H

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10th Dec 05 at 14:09

my golf is a 1900cc and costs 120 for a year

Sam

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10th Dec 05 at 17:51

That's because it's an oil burner!

mattyboy199

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10th Dec 05 at 18:14

My S3 is 165 / year

dannycorsa c

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10th Dec 05 at 18:25

THEY WWORK IT OF ENGINE SIZE AND THE EMISSIONS THAT THE ENGINES GIVE OUT. MY GOLF IS ABOUT 170 A YEAR. sorry for big txt only just noticed

RKS

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Registered: 2nd Mar 04
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10th Dec 05 at 18:41

they used 2 work it out on engine size, but now they work it on emissions, but can only do this on newer cars

Rebrabuk

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Registered: 28th Mar 04
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10th Dec 05 at 18:46

quote:
Originally posted by Nick A
£93.50 for 6 months
or
£170 for 12 months

Same price as mine and i also got my renewal notice this morning..

Mines a 2495cc V6 Vectra though..

Paul H

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10th Dec 05 at 19:00

quote:
Originally posted by Sam
That's because it's an oil burner!

Cosmo

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10th Dec 05 at 19:26

my dad only pays £160 on his 4.5 6 Series BM!

Nath

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10th Dec 05 at 19:43

The owner of a £90k car should be taxed a hell of alot more than the owner of a £3k car IMO.

starkmotorsport

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10th Dec 05 at 22:32

quote:
Originally posted by Nath
The owner of a £90k car should be taxed a hell of alot more than the owner of a £3k car IMO.

Why, because he can afford a more expensive car than you!?!?!?

The tax is supposedly to pay for your right to use the roads, so if they want to price it fair then they should calculate your annual mileage and charge a rate per 100 miles. Obviously this would take some organising to stop people cheating the system, but its the only fair system.

James_DT

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Registered: 9th Apr 04
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11th Dec 05 at 03:06

The cost of the car is irrelevant. The richer person has the same road access, so should pay the same. That's fair.
The new system is roughly Y plate onwards.
My Mum pays £10 more for 12 months than I pay for a year.

whitter45

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11th Dec 05 at 03:10

Company cars work on emissions

You pay tax out of your wage on emissions thus most company cars are oil burners

Like most cars tax is now calculated on emissions - You are placed in brackets

Mine is £190 a year

whitter45

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11th Dec 05 at 03:11

I also think they should scrap car tax and put a sperate tax on petrol to cover this

Thus the more petrol you use the more tax yopu pay - this will denote either bigger engine cars with bigger emissions or people who use their car more thus causing more damage to raod surfaces hence cost of keeping the road surface in order

This way no one can evade car tax as you have to pay for petrol to use your car

Nic Barnes

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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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11th Dec 05 at 03:25

i agree with that yes, as i only do about 4000 miles a year so why should i pay as much a the man next door who does about 50,000 miles a year.

but, then all parcel companies, plumbers etc will suffer, and that aint fair on them

so, there is no answer, we just have to put up with it

whitter45

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11th Dec 05 at 05:02

Could introduce a business scheme for self employeed people and business with high milage issues - ie parcel companies etc

Nic Barnes

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11th Dec 05 at 05:06

aye could do and should do

i do totally agree with what you say about putting more on petrol

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