From today, all Vauxhall electric cars are priced below the threshold for the new ‘Expensive Car Supplement,’ thereby saving Vauxhall customers £2,125 in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED or ‘road tax’) over the first few years of ownership
Drivers of new petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles are set to face higher first-year tax rates following today’s Budget.
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Drivers of used electric vehicles face a “tax penalty” that could keep older, polluting cars on the road for longer, according to new analysis.
Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said to the Commons today that in order to fill the holes in the UK’s finance, electric vehicles will no longer be exempt from ‘vehicle excise duty’ (VED) from 2025.
New government figures reveal the percentage of vehicles dodging vehicle excise duty (VED) is now 1.9%, up from 1.6% in 2019, excluding motorcycles.
Tax discs were scrapped in October 2014, with the government switching over to an online database where Vehicle Excise Duty could instead be bought online instead of going to a post office.
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The DVLA has clamped nearly 9,000 vehicles since it launched a campaign to crack down on untaxed vehicles at the end of February.