Let me guess it will go up as well to pay for the whole system to go electronic penalising the motorist again :evil: :evil:
The whole Autumn Statement is going to be a kick in the teeth for a lot of people. It's the financial institutions which are largely to blame for the mess that the World is in at the moment, THEY should be the ones made to suffer not the general public :evil:
Will they pass on the cost saving from not printing & distributing all the discs ? I very much doubt it . They should scrap the entire thing and if necassary add it to the cost of fuel - the more you burn / use the roads, the more you pay - simples :wink:
Its about time. Direct Debit is a good thing. Although the whole process of taxing a car should be scrapped. Add it to the cost of fuel A much fairer way of taxing the motorist especially those low mileage users like me and save the cost of administering car tax.
Overall cost of removing the tax disc will see an increase of approx 10 %, but that is expected to reduce that to 5% on release. This wil ldepend on the market conditions in April 2015 They are then going to charge an additional 5% if you want to pay monthly. You can pay 6 monthly, like now but this will be 10% more expensive than paying for a year, like now.
The theory is, as you purchase the car, you will sue your smart phone to tax the vehicle, prior to driving it the first time. Then, you can haggle with the seller if they havent taxed it. The potential is that failing to do the check prior to purchasing, they can say its taxed, but you would need to see a reciept from the DVLA or check it on your smart phone, for a cost of.... £6 through the DVLA? hmmm cash is only going 1 way at this point. What would stop the seller, as soon as you drive off with the car, claiming back his tax payment electronically? So you drive knowing you have tax, then 3 weeks later get pulled.... for no tax...
I think the plan is that once everyone is terrified of large fuel costs and has converted to little ECO-Boxes that do 150 mpg and a max speed of 46 mph and 0- err... 46 in 3 minutes... and never leave the cities, then we can dispense with the need for speed cameras :lol:
ive been flashed by the speed camera on parbold hill on my pushbike only thing it got was my arse in my bmc shorts
Just got my car tax renewal letter. £490.00 for 12 months. Wouldn't mind if we decent roads to drive on.
https://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPo ... =directgov why worry about buying a car this is updated via computer you sorn your car this will be updated you buy a car check the site tells you when taxed,if it has tax or when it runs out SIMPLES