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Monty4RT

New Member

• Oct 17, 2010

• #1

Just renewed the road tax on my 87 90 , my pal reckons it will be free when it gets to 25 year old , is he right or was it the beer op2: ?

 

barmatt

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Oct 17, 2010

• #2

no he's not right, only cars pre 1972 are eligible for free tax. when it was originally introduced in 2001 it was going to roll forward every year so that a car stopped paying for road fund licence after 30 years but this was very quickly stopped when they realised how much revenue would be lost.

 

hughesy

Well-Known Member

• Oct 17, 2010

• #3

Aye it's ridiculous really. A 1972 motor is a "historic vehicle" but a 1973 one is not. To be honest the saving of a year's tax when spread across the total running cost of an old landy is insignificant. Nice not to have to stump up every year though.

 

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Monty4RT

New Member

• Oct 17, 2010

• #4

oh well , will have to stop his beer

 

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crowmann

Active Member

• Oct 18, 2010

• #5

barmatt said:

no he's not right, only cars pre 1972 are eligible for free tax. when it was originally introduced in 2001 it was going to roll forward every year so that a car stopped paying for road fund licence after 30 years but this was very quickly stopped when they realised how much revenue would be lost.

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Only a little smarter than the beer drinker ....

2001 eh?

Another poster that writes garbage on here.

 

Griffdowg

New Member

• Oct 18, 2010

• #6

barmatt said:

no he's not right, only cars pre 1972 are eligible for free tax. when it was originally introduced in 2001 it was going to roll forward every year so that a car stopped paying for road fund licence after 30 years but this was very quickly stopped when they realised how much revenue would be lost.

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its pre January 1973 so it can include cars from 1972

it was the budget in 1998

and it was only ever 25 years... not 30.

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nathan5346

Well-Known Member

• Oct 18, 2010

• #7

Another little 'bonus' fooked by labour

 

Karlos28

Well-Known Member

• May 6, 2011

• #8

Just a word of warning when you do go and tax it, it says 205 on your reminder. But the cnuts have put it up to 220...!