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Government car tax climbdown
Tuesday 11 November 2008, 10:33
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The Government’s plan to increase vehicle duty appears to have been delayed for a year.
Changes in the budget meant from next year all cars which had been on the road since 2001 would face above inflation rises in Vehicle Excise Duty.
However The Daily Telegraph understands increases for cars bought after 2001 and before 2006 are to be delayed for at least a year, by Chancellor Alistair Darling.
Although the extra duty will apply to cars bought after this period, it is still seen as a climbdown by the Government.
The plan upset many motoring groups because the changes will mean higher vehicle duty for family cars.
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I did E mail your magazine regarding the last budget, and the criminal RFL retrospective tax hikes a while ago, asking why (to me) No one ,apart from the Telegraph, had seriously objected to said increases, but had no response (as yet )
I find it mystifying that the government can get away with this type of thing time after time, with no reaction whatsoever !
I myself have a modest Mercedes c320 circa 2003 and thus have ab obvious interest here, but cannot believe the chancellor can apply these changes so unfairly, on those who purchased vehicles before he had even been made chancellor, let alone thought of it: Me thinks perhaps this was already on the agenda ???? The earlier changes for those who bought vehicles with engines basically over 2.8 litres or so after March 2006 was reprehensible in itself, but to then backdate it several years is insanity, and grossly unfair, leading to appalling value drops in those cars, or much more expense via this tax, a win win situation for the treasury.
I did write to gordon Brown who just bounced it over to the treasury who months later sent me the standard drivel reply .
Maybe your magazine could help to put the nail in this nasty tax, for good if you are minded to , which would be a good service to all those car owners (including me I know) as I feel its not an actual green tax as such, just a realization by the treasury that by increasing the tax from 2006, it would suppress the market for higher end cars, resulting in a lower than thought revenue income, hence the retrospective afterthought ....... call me cynical why don't you!
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19 November 2008, 20:30