Tax free / exempt. Changing?

I've heard that soon cars will be taxed according to their emissions.

Firstly, as I don't own a Landrover (YET), will the tax be high on them?

And secondly, does this mean that Tax free / exempt cars are being scrapped
(not literally).

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:06:56 GMT, "Quagga.R.T.M"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I've heard that soon cars will be taxed according to their emissions.
>
>Firstly, as I don't own a Landrover (YET), will the tax be high on them?
>
>And secondly, does this mean that Tax free / exempt cars are being scrapped
>(not literally).
>

cars built after a certain date (March 2001 i think) are already taxed
on different rates according to their emissions.
cars build before that are taxed by engine capacity - and the landy
already falls into the largest scale bracket (unless old enough to be
tax exempt).

As a percentage of cars on the road now, the number of tax exempt ones
can't be that significant, though i'm sure theyd still love to scrap
it and claw a few more quid from us.
I can't see it happening for a few years though since I doubt they
want to get any more unpopular with motorists.

In message <[email protected]>, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> writes
>On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:06:56 GMT, "Quagga.R.T.M"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I've heard that soon cars will be taxed according to their emissions.
>>
>>Firstly, as I don't own a Landrover (YET), will the tax be high on them?
>>
>>And secondly, does this mean that Tax free / exempt cars are being scrapped
>>(not literally).
>>
>
>cars built after a certain date (March 2001 i think) are already taxed
>on different rates according to their emissions.
>cars build before that are taxed by engine capacity - and the landy
>already falls into the largest scale bracket (unless old enough to be
>tax exempt).
>
>As a percentage of cars on the road now, the number of tax exempt ones
>can't be that significant, though i'm sure theyd still love to scrap
>it and claw a few more quid from us.
>I can't see it happening for a few years though since I doubt they
>want to get any more unpopular with motorists.
>
Well the date is fixed not the age of the car so it is a declining
number which qualify. Eventually it will be 99.9% Land Rovers, the Lib
Dems will be in power and they will scrap it.

[I could have sworn a pig just flew past the window]
--
hugh
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