Road Tax Rates

Road Tax: All you need to know about changes in two minutes

Details of what's changing in 2009 - and beyond

Road Tax rises will be a maximum of £5 in 2009
Retrospective part of the tax is delayed, not scrapped
Find out which cars will cost you just £35 a year in tax

Car tax search

Use the Parker's VED Calculator to find out how much your car tax disc will cost.

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How it works

From 1st March 2001 the annual car tax (or Vehicle Excise Duty - VED) rates are determined by CO₂ emissions and type of fuel used. This information is on the car’s log book - also called a V5 document.

If your car was registered before the 1st March 2001 then car tax is based only on the engine size, with one rate for engine sizes up to and including 1549cc and one for engines over 1549cc.