End of free road tax?

Seems the government are thinking of removing the free road tax exemption for electric cars (link below to The Sun report, but other reporting outlets are available ).


So, is the age related free road tax concession going to get caught up in this and end as well? Or have I missed something?


https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/news-motors/20402733/electric-cars-owners-to-pay-road-tax-first-time/

 

Whether it happens or not it won’t be by design, more by accident . They haven’t got the ability to think it all through.

 

Of course they were always going to tax electric car owners, they still use the roads & put wear on the tarmac don’t they? Enough people own / use an electric car now so time for the government to go back to being greedy!

 

They already do. 2% this year iirc

 

Without trying to appear thick and failing miserably, what is this BIK tax? I’m assuming it’s not a tax on bickies, but it’s it basic income something or other ?

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,awaiting berating

 

Benefit in Kind tax. Like a company cat you can use when not at work.

Wondering if the tax will be retrospective or just for new electric cars ?

My friend has just bought an electric Mercedes and the free road tax was a key part of his decision.

Fingers crossed that historic vehicles form such a small part of road users, they’ll leave us alone.

Stirlingmoz

 

They already do Doug, MrsNTFC pays 2% which is fixed until April 2025. After that, by which time the number of EVs on the road will no doubt have shot up, who knows

 

Surely in the current climate (pardon the pun) people won't mind paying a contribution for electric or historic vehicles in some form, even if it's a token £50 a year? Historic vehicles save more than that every year by not needing an MOT test.

 

Yep i am waiting for that to happen .

 

Hence the Yorkshire expression
"miaow mooch?!"

 

Hahahahah.

Because EVs are heavy, and can accelerate like crazy they probably tear up the road surface worse than a small economical petrol car..

 

A company cat sounds like a purrfect benefit.

 

Slightly linked subject but diesel fuel is now on average 26p a litre more than petrol in my area. Remember the government push for us all to move onto diesel.
The new push is for renewable energy so in a few years when when we have all got solar panels and the like , guess what , i will be taxed, or some kind of extra cost added to it to pay monthly to the government

 

... although our narrow i3 tyres might mitigate against the need for one of these?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.im...worlds-first-device-capture-harmful-tyre/amp/

 

People have been prophesising the end of free historic tax since I bought my first bay over 25 years ago when it only worked for pre-1973 vehicles. I missed it by two day with my 2nd Jan Westy at the time! The only change in that time has been to extend it to a rolling 25 years.

 

Yeah them pesky weirdos with vw campers they just keep them going… the plan was to make them use them till they broke or rusted out
by giving them tax and mot free status
When we put the salt down that’ll finish them

 

Rolling 40 years now, so even better

 

Yeah.
2 of my motorbikes are tax and mot free now.