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Find out how much the Road Tax (Vehicle Excise Duty or VED) will be on your car over the coming year. Cars from 1 March 2001 are taxed according to how much CO2 they emit. Cars registered before 1 March 2001 are taxed on engine size. There are two bands: engines up to and including 1549cc and engines over 1549cc.

Road Tax Explained

VED Rates and bands for 2012/2013, how to minimise the cost of Road Tax and details on "Showroom Tax"

Road Tax Rates for the next 12 months as announced by George Osborne in the 2012 Budget.
Buried within the full Budget document are Government proposals to investigate the way Vehicle Excise Duty is calculated and to introduce a Direct Debit system for collecting payment.
Recent Road Tax Questions

I currently have an 04 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec - bit of an impulse buy last year and now finding it very costly to run. Insurance and Tax both high and as...
Is there a legal requirement to display a tax disc in the lower near-side corner of the windscreen? I have received a fixed-penalty notice for 'Tax-disc...
I'm buying a second hand car from a dealer. He says that it still has 8 months tax left on it from the previous owner and do I want to buy it off him...
I was wondering, considering the current state of Britain's pot-holed roads and motorways, how much of the £215 road tax I pay actually goes back into...
Looking to buy a car with valid MOT that was SORN'd in November 2011. The tax disc was not surrendered for a refund and does not expire until August 2012....
Discussions this week in the office was about the government VED Road Tax changes next year forcing car registered after march 2001 into different tax...
Is there such a beast as a low or zero emissions, 60+ mpg automatic car?
DVLA wrote and told me to say my 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander was not taxed. I have the tax disc, obtained by the garage I bought it from and it shows the...
Last year when going on holiday to France I trailered a second car to leave there for a restoration. The second car would ether of been taxed or had a...
I've bought a car and want to sell my current car. The new car will arrive before the old one is gone. If I understand correctly, the new insurance law...

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