I have just had the reminder through, under the new UK car tax system

Either £149.63 for six months
£285.00 for 12 months
and £2.50 if pay by CC

Just wondering if anyone else has had their first reminder through under the new system, and I'm curious as to what everyone pays for their Jag...

 

Yep done the Jag & the Skoda . 6 months tax upfront , paid by Debit Card . Unlike Credit Card they don't make an admin charge , it taken straight from your Current Account .

 

That's interesting. Just got the renewal for my BMW and the annual figure is £285 but 6 months is £156.75. At least you can pay monthly now which is useful for summer-only classics.

 

My other car is only used in fine weather but I have previously kept it taxed all year for convenience. There is no longer any incentive to do this. I wonder how much revenue will be lost by others thinking the same.

Graham

 

Just had mine through and renewed it too.

To be honest, I've tended to do it this way for the past few years as it was so much easier.

Just went for 6 months this time, as the road tax, MOT and Insurance all fall about the same time, this is a good way to break that up a little.

 

I just checked my XJR on the government web site,


£126.50 for 6 months, or
£230.00 for 12 months.


SO... there you go, IF you want a big engine car in the UK... buy a pre 2001 car

 

I took a big hit going from a 2005 XK8 4.2 Coupe to a 2007 XK 4.2 Coupe. The 2005 car was £270 for 12 Months but the 2007 was £490.







Renewal this year will be £500



This is the same as the tax for a 2015 F-Type 5.0 litre V8. Larger engine and eight years younger than my XK.

Graham

 

Now I'm wondering if I am better off sticking with my X-Type for as long as I can! Mind you - realistically its going to be another year or two before I can afford to upgrade to a newer model or my real wish of another XJ, but maybe the next model on from my last one ..

 

That is one heck of a difference, and it makes no sense.


Checked it out, and makes even less sense,


2005 4.2 XK8 CO2 279. Euro 3. tax band K. tax class 48
2007 4.2 XK8 CO2 269. Euro 4. tax band M. tax class 48


That makes the older Euro 3 compliant engine that is worse on CO2 a little over half the price to tax as the newer cleaner Euro 4 compliant engine, ???


Some jobsworth sat behind a desk in Swansea did a really good job with the math on that.

 

Try explaining the British car Reg plate system to the rest of the world.

There again we don't have State tax over here . In the USA ignore the price tag as at the check-out they add State Tax , so you end up paying more than the sticker says ??

 

Here in Ireland we have always had the option of paying tax for either 3, 6, 9 or 12 months at a time. Of course it's cheaper overall, to pay the full 12 months in one lump. This way, it only costs me €1,805 per annum, as opposed to around €2,020 by doing it in installments.

Once you get up around 3.0L you go onto the top bracket, so enjoy your motoring.

Now I'll go off into a corner and cry quietly...............sigh.......

 

That's serious money ........ but you more than get it back on Local Property tax versus UK Council Tax.

Tax - a lose / lose situation wherever you live!

Graham

 

I think the reasoning behind older cars, which may emit more CO2, not getting a bigger tax hike is that the authorities generally have to make it clear BEFORE people buy things that the tax will be high or higher. They are avoiding retrospective taxation - something they do right across the whole tax system, with very rare exceptions. Were those cars to be introduced new today then they'd get an even bigger tax charge.

The "avoid retrospective taxation" idea makes sense. The fixation on CO2 over a bizarre drive pattern instead of on pollution over the whole driving pattern makes no sense but is what it is. (And is the root cause of the UK's fixation with diesels despite their awful pollution.)