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[Riley Blue]

Hard on the heels of its exemption of pre-1960 cars from the MoT, the government has announced a review of VED, the annual road tax, which pre-1973 vehicles are currently exempt.

According to the BBC News website, discussions are already taking place though proposals have yet been made and the government will listen to the views of motoring groups before taking any decisions.

Any thoughts on how this could affect the 300,000+ vehicles in the UK that currently aren't required to pay VED? Is this going to be a case of giving with one hand and taking away with the other?

[Rick]

I think it's more likely aimed at bashing people who are opting for new, so-called "green" cars, with their current low levels of VED£.

Does your figure of 300,000 pre-73 cars relate to the number of cars that are on the road and actually paying zero £ for their VED, or the number of cars registered that date to pre-73, including non-runners?

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[Riley Blue]

The 300,000 figure is from Honest John - so it must be correct...

The review, as I understand it, is to recoup the loss of income from VED. I doubt the government will care too much which group of motorists make up the loss, can't you hear them saying 'But we just exempted you from the MoT...!'

[Julian]

I think this is what you read? Here's the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18277311

Looks like the gubbinsment is sh**ting themselves because the free and/or very cheap road taxes on new vehicles will result in a huge loss of revenue in a few years as all the older 'new' vehicles get scrapped.

Julian.

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[Julian]

[Riley Blue]

I agree Julian but will they ignore the opportunity to tax a third of a million previously untaxed vehicles. I fear the temptation may be too great

[Julian]

[baconsdozen]

With all the U turns they're doing,caravans,pasties etc I wonder if they have the faintest clue what they're doing.
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[Riley Blue]

[MikeEdwards]

[bernard] Wouldn't you need rather a lot of room to do a U-turn with a caravan? [/bernard]

Perhaps this is where they "consider re-instating rolling 25-year exemption" like they said before they got in. They'd make far more out of extra revenue from the fuel I would probably use if I could take my car out on the odd nice day in winter than they get for the six months road tax I pay now.

I would imagine if they're trying to raise revenue, as others have said they would be better of targeting a larger market than the classic vehicles.

[Rick]

[Julian]

[welshrover]

does it matter who's running the country, theyre all lying, scheming, cheating bastar*s who line their own pockets and stuff everybody else.

[Bitumen Boy]

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