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The zero VED currently applies to 93% of new Ford Fiestas, Britain’s best- selling car, as well as the Ford Focus Electric, priced from £33,500, with an expected on the road price of £28,500 – allowing for the £5,000 UK Government Plug-in Car Grant
how much could it cost you? NEW ROAD TAX RULES:
As the new Vehicle Excise Duty rules come into force we look at what it could cost you, plus Heritage Transport Show
move to refl ect the changes in emissions technology in newer cars – and what you pay will be calculated from the vehicle’s CO2 emissions.
F Under the new rules, only electric and
hydrogen cars will be exempt, while the majority of cars will move to a standard rate of £140 annually from the second licence. Cars with zero emissions will be
exempt from new, while others priced over £40,000 will be charged an additional £310 a year, on top of the standard rate, for the following fi ve years.
rom 1st April you could be paying more to tax a new car – unless you drive an electric one. The Government is making the
The new system means there are three bands: • Zero-emission cars pay no tax. • Standard cars (anything over zero) pay £140 a year.
• Owners of any car that costs more than £40,000 – regardless of its emissions – will pay £310 a year for fi ve years.
On top of that, in the fi rst year, cars are rated on their carbon-dioxide emissions and will pay a one-off VED of between nothing and £2,000. So owners of hybrid cars, who currently pay no car tax, will pay £10 in year one, then £140 a year after that. Owners of some high-performance cars, or cars which drink the fuel, will be better off – as the yearly fl at rate of £140 is less than they currently pay.
At-a-glance guide • Tax for vehicles registered before 1st April 2017 will not be affected by this change.
• The way in which tax is calculated for all other vehicle types will not be changing. • All vehicles (M1, M1SP and M1G) with zero emissions will be exempt from the standard rate of vehicle tax. All other vehicles will pay a standard rate of £140 a year. • An additional rate will be added to the vehicle tax for all new vehicles with a list price of over £40,000. This additional rate of £310 will be payable each year for fi ve years from the end of the fi rst vehicle licence. After the fi ve-year period the standard rate will apply. • Zero emission vehicles will have a standard rate of £0 but if the list price is over £40,000 they will pay the additional rate of £310 a year for fi ve years. • Multi stage build M1SP and M1G vehicles without a CO emissions fi gure shown as part of the fi nal type approval will continue to be taxed as PLG.
Journey back in time
The Heritage Transport Show, now in its eighth year, is taking over the Kent Showground, Detling on Saturday 1st April, from 10am-4pm.
The organisers, Kent County Agricultural
Society, believe that this year will see the show welcome high numbers of entries. The event has a long-standing partnership with the South East Bus Festival, which will once
again be joining the show’s festivities. The Kent Farmers’ Market is also making a welcome return, giving visitors the opportunity to buy food that was at one time produced with the help of the vehicles and machinery on display.
The gate price for the Heritage
Transport Show & South East Bus Festival (combined ticket) costs £10 per person with car parking and under 14s free. Tickets can
be purchased in advance, priced £7 per adult and under 14s free. Visit kentshowground.
co.uk/heritage-transport-show/
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