Sharpie Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 It's currenly at £180 for 07/08 and will go up by £5 to £185 from 1 April 2008 for 08/09 as per last years Budget report. Today, they say it will go up by £15 to £200 in 09/10. Then from 1 April 2010 for 10/11 it will be increased in line with indexation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cj748 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Why don't they just scrap 'road' tax and put it on petrol. That way those who bend it mend it. All fair, and bound to please everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Why don't they just scrap 'road' tax and put it on petrol. That way those who bend it mend it. All fair, and bound to please everyone. Don't quote me on this, but i think that UK and Ireland are only European countries which still seperate road tax from fuel taxation. All continental Europe using "tax in fuel" scheme, which is obviously more fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Check this out: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=508653 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Seems like there are a lot of people are going to get shafted by this system. What difference will it make to the big picture and climate change? Fook Hall!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 £950 for the top rate in 2010 but, only for the fist year and then down to £455 each year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 £950 for the top rate in 2010 but, only for the fist year and then down to £455 each year. Bargain!! When are the hydrogen cars coming out then? H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Seems like there are a lot of people are going to get shafted by this system. What difference will it make to the big picture and climate change? Fook Hall!! H. Exactly, but to quote someone else from earlier this week, "cli*ate ch*nge" is the goose that has laid a million goldern eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Konazzeg on bio fuel for me....when I win the lottery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmx1lew Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 lpg conversion any good does that reduce your tax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesC Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Why dont the government just keep ALL our wages and then give us pocket money depending on how much we earn. Higher earners would receive a maximum of £75 a week and lower earners £45 a week. This would obviously combat all the problems in the world, climate change, crime etc etc. It's the way forward i tells thee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 i'm going back to steam ,if its good enough for new power stations its good enough for me.it must be good for climate change so no tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgtX80 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 wasnt it on top gear, road users of the world account for 0.01% of the emissions towards global warming, its industry thats causing the majority of it. Its just another way to justify robbing us blind. Give me reliable, clean, fast public transport & i will gladly use that to commute each day, unforunately there isnt any for me to use. Its not my fault. Wouldnt mind so much if they actually kept the roads in good condition by fixing potholes. Speed humps account for increased emissions & wrecked suspension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 it says for cars registered after march 2001 would that apply to imports registered after that date or year of manufacture ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymdee Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 the higher brackets are for NEW cars only with FIRST registration after March 2001. there is no official CO2 output for the Supra as it is pre-2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Why don't they just scrap 'road' tax and put it on petrol. Probably because of massive job losses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 wasnt it on top gear, road users of the world account for 0.01% of the emissions towards global warming, its industry thats causing the majority of it. Its just another way to justify robbing us blind. plus rising global population and livestock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucasdemoley Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Did anyone see the petrol station in the background of a BBC news thing i think it was, its was 140 pence, ouch! My gf's cousin is over here for a bit, there from Barbados. He was complaining to me about fuel prices out there, there something like 40p a liter, lol! Mind you though, when they buy a new car/ want to import they have to pay 3 times the cars value in total (so like 200% tax on a new car), ouch! I have a mondeo as a second car for work, a 2002 and because of the newer tax brakets (its a 2.0td) its currently cheaper to tax than my sisters 1.6 petrol golf. Also, if road tax is to pay for the roads, how come hybrid cars get away without paying, they still wear the roads? Really annoys me that they also keep mentioning the Prius and not like the Lexus Hybrid. At the end of the day though, road tax cosing an extra £15 a year is hardly going to scare me into changing my vehicle, I spend more than that in diesel a day to get to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASHTHEBISHOP Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 and 4p on a pint is really going to stop binge drinking isnt it? Another scam the working man budget. Emmigration is looking more like the future every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucasdemoley Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 ^^^^ It actualy crossed my mind today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 At the end of the day though, road tax cosing an extra £15 a year is hardly going to scare me into changing my vehicle, I spend more than that in diesel a day to get to work. How far is your commute? £15 of diesel would do me for 150 miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucasdemoley Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Well I used to drive my old fiesta project with a 2.0 conversion into work, which £40 of fuel sees it 200 motorway miles, and as half my journey is backroads it kinda goes thorugh it even more. Its about 90 miles really, but as i do other driving for work (Im a grad QS), I do abit more general driving for work. This is why I bought the Mondeo just over a month ago, as last week I did 1000 miles and ive done over 5k miles in it since ive had it! So yeh, maybe £15 is a little over what I'm spending now, but its probs what i shell out on an avarage day going site-office-home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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