Possible changes to car tax...

[Wing Commander]

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Saw this on an update from Evo magazine. Government apparently considering higher tax on certain cars beyond the existing arrangements...

https://www.evo.co.uk/news/202354/propo ... 135-a-year

[JohnP]

I suppose it's inevitable.

But at least petrol is getting cheaper... (Just trying to be positive.... )

[pmg]

If they applied the changes to existing vehicles, the impact on values of cars caught would mean those companies financing such cars by PCP would take massive losses forcing them into insolvency. so I think that unlikely

I always thought the last set of Cartax changes made during George Osbourne's reign went the wrong way. The luxury car tax was a revenue protection exercise and actual discouraged purchase of some quite efficient vehicles. One of the reasons I changed vehicle in 2019 was that greater taxes on higher emitting vehicles was always going to happen if manufacturers were not discouraged from producing them by the EU taxes on the overall range emission average.

[bobajob]

So potentially back to diesel unless an EV works for you....

[pmg]

So potentially back to diesel unless an EV works for you....

I thought Government had moved diesels up a CO2 band to remove their CO2 tax advantage and hence discourage their continued purchase,

Let's hope the increased EV's to be supported leads to rapid growth in the number and spread of fast chargers so EV's can work for those trips they currently do not

[bobajob]

Agreed - EV will become viable for more folks as the infrastructure develops. Would just be good to see a constant aproach to taxation.

[ScotMac]

A tough time for premium car manufacturers.

[VanB]

A tough time for premium car manufacturers.

A tough time for everyone right now, unfortunately.

[Paul]

A tough time for premium car manufacturers.

A tough time for everyone right now, unfortunately.

pubs now shut too!

[Ferdie]

A tough time for premium car manufacturers.

A tough time for everyone right now, unfortunately.

pubs now shut too!

..... all a bit grim a the moment, but I'm expecting some very shiny cars out there when we are all set free again
(I am contemplating how to get the tail pipes off to give them deep clean or perhaps I should respray the Dexta, so many things a man can do when in social isolation )