Tax exemption e-petition

an email i sent them


Department Responsible:
Department for Transport
Problem Description:
tax exemption was introduced in on classic vehicles as a way ofpromoting this important part of our motoring history and it wasdisapointing when the then government decided to move away from its 25year rolling structure in 1998 to opt for tax relief on vehiclesmanafacture d before 1973.
iunderstand the governments focus on VED impact on environmental factorshowever i feel that owning a classic vehicle myself and only driving iton average 2000 miles a year has much less an impact on the environmentthen buying a new vehicle and driving it 30000 miles a year.
ibelieve that owners of historic vehicles that do not qualify for reliefof VED are under pressure to keep their vehicles on the road as oftenmany have their vehicles maintained by specialists, must pay a premiumon parts and then generally have to pay out a great deal to keep themon the road for others to enjoy.



Proposed solution:
i would like a debate opened or some room for statistics to becollected to see if the 1973 ruling could be extended by a further 10years, or even as a starting point to include all vehicles manafacturedup to and including 1979.
Cost or time incurred:
each owner of a classic vehicle that falls outside of the current VEDexemption could save between £100 and £200 per year as many ownersincluding myself opt to SORN their vehicles for 6 months of the yeardue to the VED.

ithink more importantly it would encourage owners of these forgottenclasics to use and show their vehicles off which would benefit themotoring history we have in great britain
Department:
Department for Transport
Category(s):
Transport and infrastructure Idea - the journey What's happened so far?
This idea was logged on 28/01/10
What's happening right now?
This idea should receive an initial response before 02/02/10
What can I expect to happen?
This idea will receive an official response by 28/04/10



Official response

Thankyou for your Better Regulation proposal about the exemption from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for vehicles registered before 1973. Your proposal has been passed to the Policy and External Communications Directorate at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), anExecutive Agency of the Department for Transport, for consideration.

You suggested that consideration should be given to extending the 1973 deadline to allow more old vehicles to be able to take advantage of the exemption.

However, we do not consider that your proposal should be taken forward.

The current 1973 cut-off date is seen as offering an appropriate balance between the need to protect the United Kingdom’s motoring heritage and the need to encourage environmentally friendly motoring.

People with vehicles constructed after 1973 are naturally disappointed that they do not qualify for the exemption from VED. But it is inevitable that, wherever a qualifying line is drawn, some people will fall on the wrong side.

No further action will be taken regarding your proposal, but we hope this explains the position. We would like, also, to extend our thanks for the time and trouble you have taken to participate in this process.

 

i have done as requested !


could you now sign mine please -


http://thelatebay.com/index.php?topic=832.msg9004#msg9004

 

This comes up about every 2 months.
Unfortunately, it aint gonna happen!