General Tax Bands

[Thunderbug]

Below is a list of all the Tax bands of cars: For the people who own an 100HP like myself a years tax is now £165.

Tax bands


The 'first year' rate applies for the first 12 months of a new car's life only. The standard rate will then apply.

Car tax rates and bandsNew carsPetrol car (tax class 48) and
diesel car (tax class 49)Alternative fuel car (tax class 59)First year rateStandard rateFirst year rateStandard rateBandsCO2 emission
figure (g/km) *12 months6 months12 months6 months12 months6 months12 months6 monthsBand AUp to 100£0.00£0.00£0.00£0.00Band B101 - 110£0.00£20.00£0.00£10.00Band C111 - 120£0.00£30.00£0.00£20.00Band D121 - 130£0.00£95.00£52.25£0.00£85.00£46.75Band E131 - 140£115.00£63.25£115.00£63.25£105.00£57.75£105.00£57.75Band F141 - 150£130.00£71.50£130.00£71.50£120.00£66.00£120.00£66.00Band G151 - 165£165.00£90.75£165.00£90.75£155.00£85.25£155.00£85.25Band H166 - 175£265.00£190.00£104.50£255.00£180.00£99.00Band I176 - 185£315.00£210.00£115.50£305.00£200.00£110.00Band J186 - 200£445.00£245.00£134.75£435.00£235.00£129.25Band K201 - 225£580.00£260.00£143.00£570.00£250.00£137.50Band L226 - 255£790.00£445.00£244.75£780.00£435.00£239.25Band MOver 255£1000.00£460.00£253.00£990.00£450.00£247.50* g/km = grammes of CO2 produced with each kilometre travelled

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Its getting bloody stupid now!

£130 (£150 but £20 deduction for environmentally friendly car) for my first year on stilo. Then band went up to £5 to £155 and they took away the £20 deduction to £10, and now its gone up another £10 again

 

[Floydfan]

Jeez, what does that all mean ?. we're running a 59 plate 1.1 Eco - from that could anyone tell me what mine will be ?

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Jeez, what does that all mean ?. we're running a 59 plate 1.1 Eco - from that could anyone tell me what mine will be ?

Probably still £35

 

[FullMetalPanda]

Road tax has been complete BS ever since they decided the cost went on the emmisions. If you have a cheap to tax car now in a few years it will steadily increase. The CO2 emmisions required for each tax band just keeps getting lower and lower. So you might have a car thats free to tax now but in a few years you will be paying for it.

The thing is you could own a 6 litre V8 but only drive it 1 day a week. But somebody could own a Hybrid and drive it everyday for miles. A new system is needed but you can bet they wont change it now.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

My view it should be done on car size (say the number of seats). So small smart car £50, Panda / 500 £100 and Stilo etc being 5 seats £125.

I mean I'm paying enough tax ok 20000 miles of fuel a year, without having to pay more because my cars uses slightly more fuel than others.

 

[FullMetalPanda]

Personally I like the idea of scrapping the entire tax system and putting it on the price of petrol. That way you are directly paying for how much you drive. If you have an economical car or do few miles then you pay less. The more you drive the more you pay.

Its no good for businesses or people who have no choice but to travel long distances for work though. Its ok for me as I only cover about 4000 miles a year.

 

[tommo1]

Probably still £35

Band C has been £30 since April 2010. It hasn't changed either. My Panda Multijet will be £30 again in October.

 

[LeanMeanRacing]

Personally I like the idea of scrapping the entire tax system and putting it on the price of petrol. That way you are directly paying for how much you drive. If you have an economical car or do few miles then you pay less. The more you drive the more you pay.

Its no good for businesses or people who have no choice but to travel long distances for work though. Its ok for me as I only cover about 4000 miles a year.

Hmmm... it would certainly cost a lot more to learn to drive if that system was ever adopted.

 

[trackdayqueen]

Hmmm... it would certainly cost a lot more to learn to drive if that system was ever adopted.

DING. What works for one person is not necessarily good for all. I'm back to paying £210 a year now. Am I moaning, not really. All I'd ask for is that road tax is spent on maintaining the roads and nothing else.

 

[Geddes]

All I'd ask for is that road tax is spent on maintaining the roads and nothing else.

A tiny amount of vehicle excise duty is spent on roads. The big clue is that it's not called road tax They stopped ring fencing car tax for road projects before WW2.

If you didn't pay VED and fuel tax you'd only have to make it up from some other new and exciting form of tax

 

[Eklipze3k]

A tiny amount of vehicle excise duty is spent on roads.

And even then, pretty much only on the motorway network. Everything else falls under the jurisdiction of local councils, so your council tax pays for the upkeep of the roads.

 

[Venters]

My view it should be done on car size (say the number of seats). So small smart car £50, Panda / 500 £100 and Stilo etc being 5 seats £125.

I mean I'm paying enough tax ok 20000 miles of fuel a year, without having to pay more because my cars uses slightly more fuel than others.

2 seater Veyron?

 

[Wh05apk]

Personally I like the idea of scrapping the entire tax system and putting it on the price of petrol. That way you are directly paying for how much you drive. If you have an economical car or do few miles then you pay less. The more you drive the more you pay.

Its no good for businesses or people who have no choice but to travel long distances for work though. Its ok for me as I only cover about 4000 miles a year.

Agree totally, my wife has an old (12y/o) BMW 323 cab, which does about 25 mpg, pretty poor, but she only does about 3,000 miles pa, so it still only costs about £60 pm, from an environmental pov, should we scrap a good car, and buy a new one? off course not, most energy is used in the production of cars, not the fuel to run them.

Also how much does the administration of collecting tax cost, scrap it, add 10p per litre to fuel, then there is no escape, foreign vehicles would also then be paying as well, and there is no way of avoiding it, and tax paid would then be directly linked to how much you use/pollute.

 

[richardllew]

My diesel Panda road fund licence is £30 a year, it's now £5 less than when I bought it over 3 years ago. I'm very pleased with that!

 

[trackdayqueen]

My diesel Panda road fund licence is £30 a year, it's now £5 less than when I bought it over 3 years ago. I'm very pleased with that!

I reckon they should tax diesels more, just for the horrible racket they make.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Hmmm... it would certainly cost a lot more to learn to drive if that system was ever adopted.

Isn't that system already in place

130.9p earlier today for the old mans Panda :bang:

DING. What works for one person is not necessarily good for all. I'm back to paying £210 a year now. Am I moaning, not really. All I'd ask for is that road tax is spent on maintaining the roads and nothing else.

Ditto. State of the roads is awful in places. Having said that your lucky with your £210 as its based on engine size for the age of your new motor. How much would the equivilent type 'modern' of your car cost to tax? It'd be a high band probably wouldn't it? The only advantage of having an older high powered car.

My diesel Panda road fund licence is £30 a year, it's now £5 less than when I bought it over 3 years ago. I'm very pleased with that!

So it was £35 at one stage then? Thought it was

I reckon they should tax diesels more, just for the horrible racket they make.

 

[kipster1]

My 1.2 eco is £30 per annum.
I am collecting a 126 tommorow of 37 years, it will spend most of its life tucked away in my garage. £130 ????

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

My 1.2 eco is £30 per annum.
I am collecting a 126 tommorow of 37 years, it will spend most of its life tucked away in my garage. £130 ????

Yep. Your 126 is no different to our classic Pandas.

 

[Eklipze3k]

Yep. Your 126 is no different to our classic Pandas.

Or any other pre-2001 car for that matter.