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Cambell
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Posted: 01-October-2014 at 14:17 |
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The tax disc is gone. What does this mean for me?As the paper tax disc passes into history, we look at how the changes will affect motorist across the country From today you will no longer need to display a paper tax disc in your car window as records will, instead, be electronic. Here’s a guide to what you need to know about the system. If you pay by credit card you will also be hit with a £2.50 surcharge. The option to pay by direct debit is available for people who need to tax their car from 1 November 2014. Edited by Cambell - 01-October-2014 at 14:19 |
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Andrew Rolland
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So who has peeled their tax disc off their screens then?
I haven't yet, I quite like my Lightning McQueen tax disc holder "I am Speed"
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Cambell
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Nope, keeping mine on.
Its a f'kin racket. If I sell a car on the 1st of the month, I cant reclaim that months tax. The new owner has to pay from the 1st and I'd have to tax whatever I'd bought on the 1st. I'll remember to always sell a car on the last day of the month !
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Ham328
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I've said for years road tax should be scrapped altogether and added to the tax you pay on fuel. Everybody then pays for what they use accordingly.
Stereotypical auld woman who uses her Allegro to go to church and back on a Sunday shouldn't have to pay the same as me doing 10,000 miles a year any more than I shouldn't have to pay the same as a businessman doing over 100k PA. That system also automatically replaces the emissions based daftness we have now and charges more from those who choose to drive so called gas guzzlers than it does from the ever increasing numbers of people pootling about the motorways at 55mph in their 1000cc eco-friendly shoeboxes. Agree 100% with Cambell's points as well. It's a government scam with no attempt to dress it up otherwise. When we vote for independence hopefully we can set up a more just system for Scotland..........Oh Wait |
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Mine's gone, I need as much vision as possible in a Z4!
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Andrew Rolland
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But its always been like that! Cars can be taxed twice for the same month.
Under the tax disc scheme......
You trade a car in on the 15th of Aug which is taxed till 31st Dec. You remove the tax disc to redeem it, you can't get the tax back for the month of August as you are part way thru it as its unused whole months. So you get 4 months tax back in your pocket.
Someone buys your car on the 20th Aug. He/she has to tax it as you have taken the tax disc from it to reclaim it. He/she then has to tax the car from the 1st Aug which means the tax disc will expire on 31st July the next year. That means the car will have been taxed twice for the month of August.
No change. How is that a new racket, its been a racket for years......
I've now removed my tax disc.
I'm with the tax on fuel, I currently get 22.9 mpg on my 6 mile run to the station. I get about a month out of my tank as I'm doing so few miles now, so I don't pay much for the pleasure of my car.
Tax needs to be increased on the cancerous DIEsels.
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Agree with Cambell. have sent email to a classic car magazine about this rip off
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Cambell
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Selling / buying a car with a current tax disc was a perk. I didn't have to tax my M5 for 6 months as the guy had already taxed it. This is no longer an option.
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Its a farce!
Ment to 'save' the motorist in excess of ten million quid yet my car tax is not going to drop. Its an easy way of seeing if a car is kind of legit of being on the road. If you've got a tax disc that runs well into 2015 then its worth a few hundred on fleabay. Folk are selling them, guess its crooks buying them to alter and put on cars to drive or sell on. Or to ring your car ;-) So I'll have a reminder that my tax is due.. What if it doesn't come in the post? Am I liable.. Of course, its sheeite. I ran about earlier this year for six months with no mot. I buzzed by many police cars yet none batted an eye lid, guessing their cars ain't too well equipped. |
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@Cambell ~ you quoted Andrew and edited it to pick out a certain point. However, you edited out one of the square brackets ] of the BBCode so it wasn't shown as a quote - I edited to fix it
Here is your original .... [QUOTE=Andrew Rolland]
No change. How is that a new racket, its been a racket for
years......
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Selling / buying a car with a current tax
disc was a perk. I didn't have to tax my M5 for 6 months as the guy had already
taxed it.
This is no longer an option. |
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and when you sell a car you get the tax back on that, swings and roundabouts. except for the month you always lost.
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I have been diagnosed with ADHOtS. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Ohh that's Shiney
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Andrew Rolland
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Admin error Cambell lol!
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Thanks NeRo, thought I'd maybe been a bad boy ! As you know, I'm an angel so was a bit confused.
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There is a petition on this tax con. We should all sign it, I have
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Andrew Rolland
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Didn't Cambell mean to write
Sorry Bud
Or is that just me that is confused in my sleep deprived state?
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Boy121
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I found this infographic that gives a good summary of all the changes in an easy to understand way. Hope it helps the confusion - http://www.gbshowplates.co.uk/new-car-tax-rules-2014/
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