Seem to remember the chancellor promising free road tax for cars under 1000. That was some time ago. Has the idea been dropped does anyone know please?
2007-03-07 10:54:42 · 8 answers · asked by proud walker 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
This may have been mooted but never happened. It will have just been one of many government ideas that never get anywhere.
About 15 years ago cars over 25 years old were exempt from tax but that scheme didn't last long either.
These days the road tax is based on the vehicle's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
2007-03-07 14:36:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You've mis-heard (or mis-read) the idea.
Cars registered after 1st March 2001 (i.e from 51-plate) are taxed according to their CO2 emissions on the EC combined fuel-consumption cycle - which are listed in the manufacturers price lists, and in the back of most motoring magazines, and stated on the registration document (form V5c) of each individual car.
In the last budget, the chancellor introduced a new tax band of CO2 emissions up to 100g/km, with no charge. However no manufacturer currently builds a car that produces only 100g/km or less, so no new cars qualify. Only a few (147) Honda Insight hybrid coupés qualify for the zero rate, along with electric cars that were already zero-rated.
The Insight was built from 2000 to 2002, and 239 were registered in the UK, but 92 of those were registered before 1st March 2001 so are not taxed according to CO2 emissions.
Two new cars announced at the recent Geneva motorshow will meet the below 100g/km requirement: the diesel version of the second generation smart fortwo, and the ECO version of the new Daihatsu Cuore (Charade in the UK).
2007-03-07 20:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by Neil 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i know the chancellor did something to cut taxes on cars under a 1000 cc,i believe he only did this on cars sold from that period he implemented the tax cut ,in other words ,he cut the tax on new cars registered at the time of issue of tax cut.so if you own a 2005 Micra 1000 cc ,then you paid no road tax when the car was purchased, whether this still applies to the same car after the tax has expired i would not know
2007-03-15 05:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by billybus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cannot remember that one.
i think now (though i may be wrong) up to 1599cc gets the lower rate of road tax, i think a lower rate for engines under 999cc was talked about, but there are not many around.
it would make little difference anyway as the government is talking over new ways to tax us (theres a suprise)
there are 2 solutions to improving the congestion on our roads, improve hundreds of miles of main roads (thousands?) to get rid of the bottle necks.....or make it harder for people to afford to drive, which costs a lot less than improving the road structure, guess which one they will go for.....
2007-03-07 11:24:57 · answer #4 · answered by safcian 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Never heard that one. But I did here that vehicles over 25 years old would get free road tax.
2007-03-07 22:29:43 · answer #5 · answered by k 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it is still in force but the best place to go is the post office but i all so think they meant under a certaine age of the car hope this advice is usefull
2007-03-11 22:46:38 · answer #6 · answered by sassa 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
our government also promised safer streets better policing better council services cheaper fuel all sorts of things guess what politicians lie
2007-03-11 21:17:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you really believe anything they say!!!!.
2007-03-15 05:59:04 · answer #8 · answered by ballena 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋