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  Best used cars with free car tax
  Since 2017, free road tax has been the preserve only of fully electric cars – with models that have no tailpipe emissions and cost less than £40,000 to purchase being...
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  Best used cars that cost £20 a year to tax
  Car tax, just one of the myriad ways motorists can be milked. Like other taxes, road tax, or Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) isn’t straightforward. These days, it’s based on the...
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  Car road tax: your guide to statutory off-road notification (SORN)
  There may come a point when you’re not going to be using your car for a lengthy period of time. Maybe you’re going to go travelling, or having a medical...
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  First year tax rates explained
  There’s a seemingly endless list of running costs when you own a car, from finance payments to servicing to insurance to fuel and, of course, annual vehicle excise duty –...
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  2023 VED car tax rates
  Every petrol, diesel, hybrid car and even many electric ones attract some amount of vehicle excise duty (VED) – also known as road tax. It’s one of the key annual...
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  How to tax a car online
  When once we had to stand in line at the post office to tax our cars, the prospect of being able to do so from the comfort of our homes...
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  Guide to car salary sacrifice scheme
  If you’re looking for a new set of wheels, getting a salary sacrifice car through your employer can be highly cost-effective way of doing so. The lease payment is taken...
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  BIK slashed on electric cars in latest tax changes
  In this year’s Budget it was announced that electric cars will pay no tax whatsoever. This means that you can expect to see a lot more electric cars on the...
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  Road tax: First year losers
  Choosing which new car to buy, based on the yearly road tax prices, is a sensible way of cutting your running costs. As well as the yearly road tax bill you...
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  Estates with no showroom tax
  Many people these days are looking for cars with low running costs, but what if you need some space too? If you slot into that category it might be worth checking...
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  Cheap to tax family estates
  As the cost of running a car has constantly increased, how much tax you have to pay has become more important than ever. With fuel prices unlikely to fall below £1.30 per...
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  How much road tax will you pay?
  Road tax can be confusing, especially when the goalposts are regularly moved by the government to promote different motoring policies. Road tax, or Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) as it’s formally...
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  Road Tax and the cost of fuel WILL be issues at the next election
  Readers of Parker’s are concerned about the cost of Road Tax and fuel and are willing to switch their vote to a party that will cut them – according to an exclusive...
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  DVLA forced to improve service
  An undercover investigation by Parker’s has prompted the DVLA to improve the way it answers public road tax enquiries. The shake-up aims to provide ‘consistent and accurate information’ and a dedicated Budget Line, operated...
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  Road Tax change U-Turn expected in Pre-Budget Report
  Controversial road tax plans – due to come into force in March 2009 – could be abandoned as part of a tax shake-up next week. The Government has signalled that changes to the road tax...
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  Crackdown on illegal foreign vehicles
  The Government’s motoring authority has set up checkpoints in Harwich and Portsmouth to check the details of hundreds of passing cars and more ports are set to follow. The law states that any...
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  New road tax powers for the DVLA
  The Government authority was handed more clout under a legislative shake-up, meaning officers can now take action against untaxed vehicles parked off the public road, such as in council-owned car...
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  Lib Dem's £2000 road tax plan
  Liberal Democrats have revealed radical plans to charge gas guzzlers up to £2000 for road tax to ‘transform Britain’s transport system.’ A fair deal for motorists?  In Fast Track Britain: Building a...
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  Southerners stung by UK’s highest road tax hike
  Drivers in Kingston-upon-Thames will pay more than those in Kingston-upon-Hull under the April 2009 road tax shake-up, opening up a North-South divide. Using official regional registration figures, obtained from the House of Commons Library, Parker’s has discovered that...
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  Pay-as-you-go road tax plans
  A national ‘pay-as-you-go’ Road Tax scheme is once again under consideration, following confirmation from the Government that trials will begin by 2010. Under the scheme, drivers will pay for the amount...

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