[David9694]

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[Daveyraveygravey]

Rich_cb wrote:

Rich_cb wrote:

Is Road Tax/ VED the new Wing Mirror/ Door Mirror?

 

No because wing/door mirror is the same object just somewhere else on the vehicle,  and most people can understand that.  However, anyone who doesn’t ride a bike seems to think there is a specific tax we all pay to use the roads, and that if they pay their “road tax” that entitles them to drive where (and how) they like.  

[David9694]

I’m sure Fair Fuel could help

I’m sure Fair Fuel could help you with this. You’d have to have it registered with them before you can pay -ahem-  VED on it. 

[Gary's bike channel]

i tried to tax my bicycle on

i tried to tax my bicycle on the gov website. I have a frame number but they won’t even give you the option to tax it and not pay a fee.

[mdavidford]

I tend to agree, but that’s a

I tend to agree, but that’s a whole other discussion.

[hawkinspeter]

Totally agree.

Totally agree.

[wycombewheeler]

mdavidford wrote:

Exactly. And insisting on calling it VED isn’t really going to help anything, because to most people it’ll be a meaningless bunch of letters that stands for they don’t know what, and they’ll still just see ‘Road Tax’. At least ‘Vehicle Tax’ is closer to being accurate than ‘Road Tax’ and less opaque than ‘VED’.

Perhaps we should be lobbying for them to start calling it ‘Vehicle Pollution Tax’ instead?

I’d rather just see them scrap it, and increase fuel duty in a revenue neutral way. Let the ones doing the polluting be the ones that pay.

The downside is of course that fuel sales should start to reduce due to electric vehicle roll out, and will have to be replaced by some other revenue stream, but the vehicle tax is outdated and serves no purpose any more.

The disc was a useful indicator that a vehicle had been insured and passed as roadworthy at least once in the last year, but now the disc is not required, and insurance and MOT records are freely available online.

[mdavidford]

Exactly. And insisting on

Exactly. And insisting on calling it VED isn’t really going to help anything, because to most people it’ll be a meaningless bunch of letters that stands for they don’t know what, and they’ll still just see ‘Road Tax’. At least ‘Vehicle Tax’ is closer to being accurate than ‘Road Tax’ and less opaque than ‘VED’.

Perhaps we should be lobbying for them to start calling it ‘Vehicle Pollution Tax’ instead?

 

[brooksby]

Depends on whether wing

Depends on whether wing mirrors were cancelled by Churchillian edict in 1937…

[Rich_cb]

Is Road Tax/ VED the new Wing
Is Road Tax/ VED the new Wing Mirror/ Door Mirror?

[quiff]

There may be a technical

There may be a technical distinction between tax and excise duty (or between tax, excise and duty even), but it’s common to refer to it as tax. At least the form is clear that it’s vehicle tax, not road tax – isn’t that the main beef? 

[David9694]

Let’s all tweet them about it

Let’s all tweet them about it! Just refer to VED, guys.

[David9694]

I guess you’re an intern?

I guess you’re an intern?

[Hirsute]

This turned up today. Might

This turned up today. Might have to wait to payday though.

[ChrisB200SX]

My electric car is £0, the

My electric car is £0, the diesel is £30… I don’t even want to think about how much my 200SX will cost to get back on the road.
How many cars do I have to pay tax on before I’m allowed to ride any of my bikes on the road?

[brooksby]

You still have to go onto

You still have to go onto their website or phone them,  and still go through the options to confirm the vehicle’s details and that you have insurance “and an MOT if required” (it isn’t).

And yes, prior to their abolition we were posted and had to display a tax disc which showed zero-rated.

(I suspect that the admin of all of that cost more than £0.00…).

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