Government response on Historic Car Tax petition

[seanbob]

Just received by mail:

 

"The Government is committed to using Vehicle Excise Duty as a means of bringing environmental factors into consideration when people choose to take ownership of a car. Vehicle Excise Duty also helps to support the Government's wider policy objectives by providing a valuable source of revenue from which important public services may be funded.

 

The Government recognises that many historic car owners would have been disappointed when the 1998 Budget decision was made to freeze the rolling 25 year exemption at 1973. However, the Government continues to judge that in the light of its environmental focus for Vehicle Excise Duty it would be inappropriate to extend the exemption at this point in time.

 

It should be noted that the current exemption remains in force, currently benefiting some 307,407 vehicles, many of which will be maintained in careful preservation by their owners. The exemption applies equally to all historic cars built before January 1973 irrespective of their country of manufacture.

 

Some other types of historic vehicle are also exempt from payment of Vehicle Excise Duty. This Government decided to make all steam powered vehicles exempt from April 2001, benefiting vehicles like preserved steam powered road rollers and traction engines. Historic lorries built before 1973 are also exempt, provided that they are not used commercially.

 

The Government believes that it has got the balance right in the current exemptions it offers. In considering the case for further exemptions or changes to existing ones the Government has to consider the stability of its tax measures, the consistency of its environmental signal, and the costs of delivery - these would include initial implementation costs and ongoing administrative costs."

 

In other words, screw you, we're making too much money out of it!!

[negri]

only 300,000 cars get free tax . . .

 

i wonder how many out of that actually see a road ? bet not even half .

 

wonder how many cars there are in each year group 26 yr old , 27 yr old etc .

 

 

totally out of order that the rolling 25 year exemption was stopped . they could have reduced it even .

[Duke3s]

They just want to screw you into the ground dont they?

muppets

[badchild]

fook puppets, taxed on your wages then again when you buy stuff ie petrol fegs, drink, all the good stuff

 

 

I'm alrite though mine's 1969

[GT_Jim]

its not as if they are abused on the roads

 

but why cant they make the exemption to about 1980 that seems reasonable and as for enviromental issues they arent that bad unlike shady yankee cars

[john_3.0s]

what they clearly dont understand is the environmental impact of MANUFACTURING a new car rather than running one, bunch of numpties

[escortmad79]

Government = a bunch of c***s!!!

[Cookie]

Government = a bunch of c***s!!!

 

 

That summs it up for me to m8!