Cyclists who pay "road tax".. sometimes known as Road Fund Licence & VED

[alan]

I do...two lots actually.Who else?

[ed_o_brain]

I guess I contribute my share when I hire a car.

[Greenbank]

Nope, and when I did have a car I didn't have to pay anything for its "road tax" either.

[Martin109]

Yes, for the first time in my life I now own TWO cars!  Two 1990 'H'-reg cars, so 2 x £195, or whatever it is at the moment, before it goes up in the budget.

[Wendy]

It's only the ignorant and the idiots who call it road tax.  Can we change it to car tax please?

[woollypigs]

yes I pay my council tax which pays for the upkeep of the roads.

[Really Ancien]

It's only the ignorant and the idiots who call it road tax.  Can we change it to car tax please?

And people like me who own a Land Rover Tipper and a BMW K100 RS motorcycle. Both taxed

Damon.

[Wendy]

Alright, VED if you want to be pedantic.  It'll never be road tax though, not even for you.

[alan]

It's only the ignorant and the idiots who call it road tax.  Can we change it to car tax please?

I have amended the thread title...hope this meets with your approval

[Wendy]

It's only the ignorant and the idiots who call it road tax.  Can we change it to car tax please?

I have amended the thread title...hope this meets with your approval

Oh, sorry!  I did realise you said that title tongue-in-cheek, so I wasn't including you in the list.

[Wendy]

p.s. there's no road fund license either, not any more.

[alan]

title tongue-in-cheek,

that's why it was inside " & ".
no offence taken.
I have sloping shoulders & thick skin

[nuttycyclist]

I think I'm winning so far.

I pay VED on 3 vehicles.

[Jaded]

I have sloping shoulders & thick skin

That will be useful on the End to End 

[Pneumant]

I think I'm winning so far.

I pay VED on 3 vehicles.

Snap! (2 motorbikes & 1 car)

[Jurek]

I shall be sending the DVLA some money via teh interwebs this evening for the Honda to be legit on the road for another year.

[Jurek]

Done!
And I am experiencing not-having-to-queue-up-in-the-Post-Office joy. 

[rower40]

Not me.
I sold my car (Rover Montego 2.0 Turbo Diesel) when I realised that it needed me more than I needed it.
However, that I've got more (much more) money than sense, I'm considering splashing out on something sporty and impractical.  If only to keep some rain off my driveway.

[mike]

two for me too, both band L. 

Joy.

[Cunobelin]

VED has a band A which is for al vehicles emitting less than 100g of CO2 per km

These vehicles include

SMART
fortwo coupé
fortwo coupé cdi
fortwo cabrio
fortwo cabrio cdi


SEAT
New Ibiza 5 door
1.4 TDI 80PS Ecomotive    
New Ibiza Coupé
1.4 TDI (80PS)

FORD
New Fiesta, Post 2009 Model Year
1.6 Duratorq TDCi

VOLKSWAGEN
Polo
1.4 TDI (80 PS)

SEAT
Ibiza
1.4 TDI 80PS Ecomotive

    
VOLKSWAGEN
Polo
1.4 TDI (80 PS) BlueMotion

and........................................


Bicycles



The charge for VED Band A is £0.00

So in fact by the vehicle assessment standards all bicycles pay full VED for their band

[FatBloke]

I pay vehicle excise duty on 2 cars. I also pay £160 per month council tax, income tax, insurance duty, duty on petrol, duty on beer, duty on wine, VAT, plus probably a hundred other petty little taxes introduced by Gordon fucking Brown over the last 10 years!!!   

[mike]

I dont think he can be blamed for *all* of them, FB....   

(and there's a simple way to pay less tax on beer - you wont like it, but it works )

[simonp]

I pay vehicle excise duty on 2 cars. I also pay £160 per month council tax, income tax, insurance duty, duty on petrol, duty on beer, duty on wine, VAT, plus probably a hundred other petty little taxes introduced by Gordon fucking Brown over the last 10 years!!!   

Yet we still pay less tax (as a proportion of national income) than for the entire 1980s bar 1989 where we paid the same amount as in 2008.  We have had two periods of low tax since 1980 - once under the Tories, 1992-1997, and once under Brown, 2002-2005.  The remainder of the Brown period has been fairly average.

[handcyclist]

I think I'm winning so far.

I pay VED on 3 vehicles.

Snap! (2 motorbikes & 1 car)

Snap! (A car, a van, and a superscoot)

[Adrian]

And I am experiencing not-having-to-queue-up-in-the-Post-Office joy. 

Always worth celebrating