dieselnutjob Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I know that there have been loads of epetitions about rolling classic car tax exemptions, but I think that this one is worth signing. So please go to http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49330 why is worth signing? Because this got a whole page in this months Practical Classics which has how many readers... Because 40 years is realistic as it will hardly cost the government anything as there are so few 1974 cars with tax discs. Because it looks like the government is was already convinced enough to do a one off one year extension this year so it looks like something that they might want to do anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Duly signed, as the long term owner of a 1974 vehicle I'd best show willing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrshirelad Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Signed it too Sam. All of mine are post 74. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I signed it a few months back, I doubt it will get listened to but there's no harm in signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan84 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 It's long overdue them updating the age requirements for tax exemption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMoss Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Signed - again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Done, for all the good it will do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Dare I say it, this issue is possibly the best reason to vote Conservative. I reckon they're the only party that would go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I for one am very glad that we can have yet another thread/debate about this issue on Autoshite. It must be at least three months since the last one! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 I have also seen the various petitions asking for the return of 25 years rolling tax exemption. The thing is that this is a totally unrealistic ask because it would see the government loosing 15 years span of tax disc income. This is the first petition that is asking for something realistic, and it has the backing of Practical Classics. I think I might write to my MP as well. If enough of us do this then maybe it will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 It's a good idea to start with a rolling extension of next year's plan to give 1973 cars the exemption but I seem to recall reading that the reason they'd only gone for this date is that there is a sharp rise in surviving numbers of vehicles post-1974 and that revenue would be hit too hard to extend it past that date. Can anyone prove or disprove this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 It could be successfully argued that the biggest reason for the loss of tax revenue is because they keep giving new 'clean' cars free or cheap road tax. Pisses me off something mighty that the cars I like cost over £220 a year to tax, but some resource-munching new motor might be free or £35 a year. I have signed the petition. It makes a lot of sense. However, I don't care if the Tories are the most likely party to agree to it, I'd still rather vote for an inflatable monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 It's a good idea to start with a rolling extension of next year's plan to give 1973 cars the exemption but I seem to recall reading that the reason they'd only gone for this date is that there is a sharp rise in surviving numbers of vehicles post-1974 and that revenue would be hit too hard to extend it past that date. Can anyone prove or disprove this?I guess that the stats will be buried somewhere in the howmanyleft website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 or herehttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport/series/vehicle-licensing-statistics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 It's a good idea to start with a rolling extension of next year's plan to give 1973 cars the exemption but I seem to recall reading that the reason they'd only gone for this date is that there is a sharp rise in surviving numbers of vehicles post-1974 and that revenue would be hit too hard to extend it past that date. Can anyone prove or disprove this? A while ago there was an interview with Lord Montagu in one of the classic car magazines (Classics, I think) where he claims that was the reason for the 1973 cutoff. That was bandied about online a lot, so probably where it originated. If there is a sharp drop off after 40 years, I can't imagine why. It's not like anyone's buying a 30+ year old car to use as their daily just because it's cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 There might have been quite a few 1973/4/5 cars around in 1998, when it stopped rolling forward, they'll be a lot less now. But the conservatives are the only party ever likely to be sympathetic to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 The thing is, nobody "went for" a 1973 cut-off date. It was designed (under the Major government) as a rolling programme of cars becoming exempt at 25-years-old. When the Labour govt came in in 1997 they abolished the rolling aspect of the policy and it just so happened that 1973 was "25 years ago" at that point. I think people are reading more into it than there really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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