Road Tax

[tanuie]

Hi, just taxed my CLK 320 petrol and had to pay £266.75 for six months.
When I last taxed the car six months ago the cost was £156.75, has this increase been due to the new tax system as I did not see any notification of the price difference.

 

[SL300-24]

Have a look here...

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

 

[bob6600]

When was your car registered? It seems you have been in band K and now L

 

[MancMike]

According to that, to tax a C63, registered after April 2010 will cost you a tenner shy of £1100?!?

Now I understand why car companies are forced to produce smaller displacement forced induction engines...

The new C63 4L V8 Bi-Turbo will be £485.00 a year...

 

[PXW]

According to that, to tax a C63, registered after April 2010 will cost you a tenner shy of £1100?!? Now I understand why car companies are forced to produce smaller displacement forced induction engines... The new C63 4L V8 Bi-Turbo will be £485.00 a year...

That's just the first year rate - after that it drops to £500 or so.

 

[tanuie]

When was your car registered? It seems you have been in band K and now L

Hi, the car was registered in September 2006, so the tax band is L, so you are quite right, just come as a bit of a shock as my previous 2005 CLK was in the lower tax band.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

It's one of the things that helps to limit the horrors of depreciation. My 2012 C350 petrol is Band G, so only £180 per year.

 

[John]

Hi, the car was registered in September 2006, so the tax band is L, so you are quite right, just come as a bit of a shock as my previous 2005 CLK was in the lower tax band.

23/03/2006 is the magic date when it changed from a medium sized melon to a massive one which they shove up your RS.

 

[moonloops]

You can always buy a bus pass

 

[meeeb]

You can always buy a bus pass

Or a diesel.

 

[Wheelsnuts]

I have a bus pass and a diesel. The diesel wins every time!

 

[gaz_l]

23/03/2006 is the magic date when it changed from a medium sized melon to a massive one which they shove up your RS.

Tell me about it.. £500 a year to tax a car that averages <4000 miles in that time..

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[C36fan]

Can you boys not talk about road tax my wife is about to kill me!!

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[markjay]

Tell me about it.. £500 a year to tax a car that averages <4000 miles in that time..

Cheers,

Gaz

That's why PAYG road tax would be fairer....

 

[markjay]

...Now I understand why car companies are forced to produce smaller displacement forced induction engines...

I doubt that car manufacturers plan their model lineup based on UK road tax... it is simply that manufacturers are under pressure to reduce CO2 emissions, and the new road tax scheme in the UK is also based on CO2 emission levels, which is why the two appear to be in synergy.

 

[johns E350]

That's why PAYG road tax would be fairer....

Road tax should be scrapped stick it onto the price of fuel then those who do the most miles & use the most fuel pay more. I do less than 3000 miles a year but have to pay £225 for the privilege the man next door could be doing 50000 a year in the same tax band car and would be paying £225 that is hardly a fair system to all

 

[John]

Tell me about it.. £500 a year to tax a car that averages <4000 miles in that time..

Cheers,

Gaz

I agree with sticking it on fuel as not everyone is PAYG are they...

Irritating. I can't pretend that mine being a 54 doesn't give me a warm feeling when I think about having to pay it. That annual £200 saving has been disproportionately factored into many maths equations over the years!

There is a chap on this thread who is looking for advice on cars like yours btw - I could only think of you who had one:

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/new-member-introductions/179725-looking-buy-oh-hello.html

 

[markjay]

Road tax should be scrapped stick it onto the price of fuel then those who do the most miles & use the most fuel pay more. I do less than 3000 miles a year but have to pay £225 for the privilege the man next door could be doing 50000 a year in the same tax band car and would be paying £225 that is hardly a fair system to all

The issue is that the government is committed to reducing CO2 emissions, and adding the road tax to the price of fuel will not serve this purpose.

 

[DSM10000]

Road tax should be scrapped stick it onto the price of fuel then those who do the most miles & use the most fuel pay more. I do less than 3000 miles a year but have to pay £225 for the privilege the man next door could be doing 50000 a year in the same tax band car and would be paying £225 that is hardly a fair system to all

If you cover fewer than 3000 miles per annum then you are paying far less in duty on your fuel than someone who covers 50,000 miles.

 

[Scott_F]

Road tax should be scrapped stick it onto the price of fuel then those who do the most miles & use the most fuel pay more. I do less than 3000 miles a year but have to pay £225 for the privilege the man next door could be doing 50000 a year in the same tax band car and would be paying £225 that is hardly a fair system to all

In view of the amount of freight moved on our roads your proposals are an excellent way to stoke inflation.

And any attempt to raise fuel prices, no matter what the reason, is always guaranteed to get Joe Public and the haulage industry (already having to compete with lorries arriving from the Continent with their long-range fuel tanks filled to the brim) very agitated indeed.