Classic Car tax exemption is back !

[CortinaDave]

Just been in the budget that the rolling exemption is back as of this year for cars 40 years and over. Sweet ! Not a million years to wait for tax free motoring to come to my cortina

[eddyramrod]

I missed that one.  Good work George, even if 40 is the wrong place.  At least we've got it rolling again and 40 is better than nothing. 

[Sloth in a bowl]

Excellent my datsun is 40 this year. Only one 6 month ticket to go and it will be tax free.

[CortinaDave]

I wish it extended to people too. I'd be delighted to be tax exempt at 40 years old

[Wilko220]

And money off beer tax as well. Not bad.

[Hertz]

Great news! I must admit I didn't think this would come back in at all.

[chris1991]

Great news, my Beetle is not far off being 40. 

[castros_bro]

Bollocks, I've just sold my 41 year old motorcycle.

[vulgalour]

6 years wait for the Princess, only 1 for the Renault!  I bet they revoke it in 11 months time.

[dieselnutjob]

When is the next election?

 

my car is 40 in 2016 so if Labour get in before that I'll have to wait for the next recession

 

Scottish yes vote might help.

[chris1991]

This might be a really stupid question but im tired 

 

My car was manufactured in April 1975 (registered August), would that mean I have to wait until January 2016 for it to be tax exempt?

[trigger]

Oh yes! My Cortina is 40 years old in 3 days time and I plan to tax it and remove the SORN on the 1st April, I'm guess it's now tax exempt?! That's excellent news!

[Bobthebeard]

WooHoo! Good news.

My oldest car will be 40 in 2028!

I however will be ancient and possibly be too old to care. Ho Hum.

[beko1987]

Should we start a 'tax exempt' tat for sale thread? I had a quick look on ebay but I dont want a fucking beetle or mini or £40k+ restored car! Any non project tax exempt metal out ther capable of doing 40-50 miles a day with little fettling?

[CortinaDave]

I reckon it'll be next year for you Trigger. AFAIK this year its moved to all cars manufactured by 1st jan 1974, so  will be next year before yours comes into force

[Sloth in a bowl]

Looking at the rules it seems that 1973 cars will become tax exempt on 1st April 2014. 1974 cars become tax exempt on 1st April 2015, etc.

[In The Pit]

Wonderful news we’ve been waiting and campaigning for 17 years for this to happen, a shame it wasn’t reintroduced at 25 years or even 30 but it is a step in the right direction.  Many people said it would never happen but I think a lot of it is due to the amount of petitions that have been added to the government website also various owners clubs and the classic car movement keeping on about it.  If we had just shut up and excepted it they wouldn’t have reinstated it.

[derskine]

Doesn't make a difference to me at the moment sadly.

8 years for the 18.

[CortinaDave]

I think the problem with making it 25 years now is a 25 year old car now is a very different animal to what it was in the 90's

 

 

Mk3 Cavaliers, Sierras,Calibras,Primeras would all be nudging into tax exemption and I for one would take full advantage of that and run them daily, as would too many others for the governments liking

[Mr Lobster]

Another eleven years and I will be celebrating. Until then it looks like I'll keep paying up.

[Guest Breadvan72]

My old Landy only has to survive another two years and them it can expire gracefully in a pool of tax free rusty fluids!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Gideon in cynical desperate attempt to turn shiters into Tory voters shock!

[trigger]

I reckon it'll be next year for you Trigger. AFAIK this year its moved to all cars manufactured by 1st jan 1974, so  will be next year before yours comes into force

 

Bollocks. Your right as well. pissing arseflaps. I could have done with it this year too.

 

 

 

The new cut-off date for classic vehicles will take effect from 1 April 2014, and covers all cars manufactured before 1 January 1974

[CortinaDave]

I still have the log book for for a J reg MK3 I scrapped years ago. Wonder if I'd get away with ringing my MK4 S with the plate and claiming it was a development car

[RichardMoss]

Gideon in cynical desperate attempt to turn shiters into Tory voters shock!

Feel free to carry on paying if you feel that taking advantage of the tax break would offend your political principles.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Gideon in cynical desperate attempt to turn shiters into Tory voters shock!

 

 

Monkeys will fly out of my arse before I vote for those cnuts.  Shove yer penny a pint up yer wazzoo, posh boy!

[trigger]

What do we think of this then (which everyone seems to be missing).
 

 it was confirmed that VED - your tax discs - can now be bought and paid for monthly, and you will need to cash in your tax when you sell your car, leaving the next owner liable to buy a new tax disc. This logical move has been introduced to reduce tax administration costs.

[Lacquer Peel]

It's such a relief that people who have an old car for a hobby are spared a couple of hundred pounds a year, while people who need to run a car but can't afford anything cheaper to tax still pay.

[hairnet]

trig they were on about that before xmas - were you pissed

[trigger]

trig they were on about that before xmas - were you pissed

 

Not rolling it they weren't.