The Budget

[krosfyah]

Am i right in thinking a years tax for a Lex is currently £400? I thought it was less than that, oh well its the price we have to pay i guess!

Apparently we are looking at an increase to £415 from what i have seen of the Budget

BBC News Car Tax Budget report

[aaronabbott]

Am i right in thinking a years tax for a Lex is currently £400? I thought it was less than that, oh well its the price we have to pay i guess!

Apparently we are looking at an increase to £415 from what i have seen of the Budget

BBC News Car Tax Budget report

i bloody hope not

[marshy]

i bloody hope not

It is true. Small price to pay in the grand scheme of things really. I just taxed, insured, MOTed and serviced mi IS300 and didn't get much change from £1200. I certainly didn't purchase a Lexus thinking it would be cheap to run!

[krosfyah]

i bloody hope not

It is true. Small price to pay in the grand scheme of things really. I just taxed, insured, MOTed and serviced mi IS300 and didn't get much change from £1200. I certainly didn't purchase a Lexus thinking it would be cheap to run!

Thats not bad - im looking at that being my tax and insurance bill alone on my standard IS200SE :tsktsk: :shutit:

Still, its a lovely car and i dont begrudge the cost :winky:

[Gareth Rose]

Just checked on Parkers website, they have a tax calculator, and say that a 200 is banf F, and that it will be £210 quid to tax.

So don't know what to believe. If it is 400, I've got til June to save up.

Its still a bit stupid tho, cos our cars are worth next to nothing compared to like a brand new Range Rover V8 Supercharged, so its us that are being punished cos we've worked hard to afford a bit of luxury, but its really not gonna bother the chelsea tractor brigade (who I thought were supposed to be the targets) who spend 50k+ on range rovers and X5s that they have to pay 400 odd quid, its a small percentage of they're cars value.

[aaronabbott]

Just checked on Parkers website, they have a tax calculator, and say that a 200 is banf F, and that it will be £210 quid to tax.

So don't know what to believe. If it is 400, I've got til June to save up.

Its still a bit stupid tho, cos our cars are worth next to nothing compared to like a brand new Range Rover V8 Supercharged, so its us that are being punished cos we've worked hard to afford a bit of luxury, but its really not gonna bother the chelsea tractor brigade (who I thought were supposed to be the targets) who spend 50k+ on range rovers and X5s that they have to pay 400 odd quid, its a small percentage of they're cars value.

i think it means if it were new it would be 400 quid and then less the year after

[Scorps01]

This will help, search by band.

http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/ved/

[aaronabbott]

This will help, search by band.

http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/ved/

the link only has it is250

[Bobski]

Thank god mines a 2000 model.

I dont think i would be able to put up with those costs for too long.

[krosfyah]

This will help, search by band.

http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/ved/

Strange...according to the VED site, we are Band G - which is £300/year.

Now im confused - i thought i would be looking at a £400/year bill, rising to £415 with the new budget?

[Scorps01]

Its only on new cars (i think) mine stays the same pre 01 model. :D

[redz_UK]

Its only on new cars (i think) mine stays the same pre 01 model. :D

unless something drastic changed today then its post 01 models only.

[aaronabbott]

Its only on new cars (i think) mine stays the same pre 01 model. :D

thats my interpretation aswell

[marshy]

If you have an IS200 registered after 1st March 2001 then from 2009-10 VED will be £415 and 2010-11 VED will be £430. The figures for IS300 will be £440 and £455 respectively.

Data from

http://www.smmtco2.co.uk/co2search2.asp and

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7293011.stm and

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/2/5/bud08_chaptera.pdf

[aaronabbott]

If you have an IS200 registered after 1st March 2001 then from 2009-10 VED will be £415 and 2010-11 VED will be £430. The figures for IS300 will be £440 and £455 respectively.

Data from

http://www.smmtco2.co.uk/co2search2.asp and

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7293011.stm and

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/2/5/bud08_chaptera.pdf

so what about pre 1st march 2001

[Lexus2D]

:tsktsk: ffs its bad enough now :tsktsk:

[marshy]

so what about pre 1st march 2001

2009-10 £185

2010-11 £200

[Rillo]

oh come on folks!! don't you believe the honest chancellor and his boss Gordon? This is saving the planet so stop complaining and take your medicine.

:tsktsk: :tsktsk:

[pobrown]

The £400 tax bracket for cars with over 225g/KM CO2 is only for cars registered on or after 23/03/06.

For IS200/300 registered before this date, but after 01/03/2001, then the new cost of Road Tax is £210 from 13/03/2008.

Anyone that owns an IS250 Manual registered after 23/03/06 will now be paying £400 per year in Tax, but I think the Auto version manages to sneek into the lower band of £210.

It isn't clear whether the tax bands for 2009/10 apply to new cars or exisiting cars when they come into force next year.

I hope I've got all that right. I've been following the tax bands closely recently, having just bought a Toyota Prius, with it's tiny £15 per year tax!

[aaronabbott]

oh come on folks!! don't you believe the honest chancellor and his boss Gordon? This is saving the planet so stop complaining and take your medicine.

:tsktsk: :tsktsk:

What's wrong with global warming? We might lose Holland but there are other places to go on holiday,"

quote jeremy clarkson

[marshy]

It isn't clear whether the tax bands for 2009/10 apply to new cars or exisiting cars when they come into force next year.

They apply to all vehicles registered from 1st March 2001.

[Bobski]

Nice to know you needed to be a mind reader back in 2001.

At first post 2001 models were cheaper to tax than pre 2001. Now it appears those of us with pre 2001 cars are the luckier ones.

I wonder if that will make (for instance) a dec 2000 car more valuable than a mar 01 car, due to the tax benifits.

interesting.

Have i mentioned before that the gov are a bunch of ROBBERS!

I believe its called extortion :)

[krosfyah]

Man talk about bad timing - i bought my March 31st 2001 registered SE 2 weeks ago - if i'd known this 1st March 01 tax hike was in store i probably would have gone for a 2000 car.

Oh well hindsight is a wonderful thing.

And to the poster who said the post 1st March 01 - 06 cars will be £210, i don't know where you got this figure from, but as far as i can tell, ALL post 1st March 2001 IS's will be £400.

Edited to add - actually, according to this, i think you are right:

Car tax chart

It would seem that Band G (£400/year) is only for those cars registered AFTER 23/3/06 - is this right? That means us March 01 through to 22nd March 06 owners still only have to pay £210 (i.e. we fall into band F).

Can any owner who has a car registered in this bracket please comment?

Thanks

[stuie]

My 2005 is costs 210 quid a year if its going to double the cars going to have to go :(

[Lexus2D]

My 2005 is costs 210 quid a year if its going to double the cars going to have to go :(

Thats what im thinking 2