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Well im sure most of heard by now but it seems in the budget today that they have extended the free road tax cut off date to 1974 !!!!!

 

 

 

So hopefully we will have a few more cars coming out when the change starts !!!

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They did, cut off date now 1/1/74 

 

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/classics/2013-03/classic-car-ved-exemption-extended-to-1974/

 

Work out your build date here

 

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/ipb/index.php?/topic/18726-determine-your-cars-build-date-for-tax-free-status/

 

And bollox, mine is August 74...............maybe they'll restart it on a rolling basis at the 40 year interval in the 2014 budget? Here's hoping.

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over the moon about this, i was really peed off when i figured out my Capri wasnt quite tax exempt 'cos she was built in Jan 1973. But now its all good :dance:    Anyone know when the update comes into effect? as i think my tax runs out end of this month or next.

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Presumably it's to do with the new upgrade ?

 

 

Yes exactly right sorry. You posted after the conversion process onto the new database had begun. This isn't simply a forum upgrade, it's a completely new operating system so the whole database (840000 posts plus all the sigs,, profiles, attachments etc) had to be converted to a new format. It took most of the day.

 

It's also why most people will have to sort new avatars

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Where did my post about this that I put up this afternoon go ?

Presumably it's to do with the new upgrade ?

Yeah sorry Doris

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over the moon about this, i was really peed off when i figured out my Capri wasnt quite tax exempt 'cos she was built in Jan 1973. But now its all good :dance:    Anyone know when the update comes into effect? as i think my tax runs out end of this month or next.

 

 

i'm happy about this, mine is june 73

 

except i just bought a years ticket to start on the 31st

 

i wonder how they are going to go about it?

 

 

Like most things in the budget, it doesn't come into effect immediately but rather from 2014 so you'll have to wait till next year. Bit strange how they only advance it by one year, let's hope it's because they intended reintroducing it on a rolling basis come 2014 when the cars are 40

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yeah i looked a bit closer after i posted that - so this tax disc should now take me right up to my free one next april

 

still gets a small YAY from me

 

and I too hope they put back the rolling exemption

 

although they will be killing our engines with 10% ethanol soon so it might all be a waste of time

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