{"id":78869,"date":"2017-02-11T00:15:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T00:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=09d5d59300c2a9bec2d1c54392497e33"},"modified":"2017-02-11T00:15:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T00:15:01","slug":"press-release-50-days-to-go-until-new-vehicle-tax-rates-come-into-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=78869","title":{"rendered":"Press release: 50 days to go until new vehicle tax rates come into force"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Rohan Gye, <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr> Vehicle Service Manager, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">These changes won\u2019t affect any vehicles that are registered before 1 April 2017. So, for anyone who already owns a car or is thinking of buying a used car the rates of vehicle tax will not be changing. However, anyone considering buying a new car that will be first registered from 1 April should check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/vehicle-tax-rate-tables\/vehicles-registered-on-or-after-1-april-2017\">vehicle tax rates table<\/a> on GOV.UK to find out how much they\u2019ll pay.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the changes, vehicle tax for the first year will continue to be based on CO2 emissions. After the first year, the amount of tax to pay will depend on the type of vehicle. The new rates are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a3140 a year for petrol or diesel vehicles<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3130 a year for alternative fuel vehicles (hybrids, bioethanol and LPG)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a30 a year for vehicles with zero CO2 emissions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, for vehicles with a list price of more than \u00a340,000, the rate of tax is based on CO2 emissions for the first year. After the first year, the rate depends on the type of vehicle (petrol, diesel, zero emission etc) and an additional rate of \u00a3310 a year for the next 5 years. After those 5 years, the vehicle will then be taxed at one of the standard rates (\u00a3140, \u00a3130 or \u00a30) depending on the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>There is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-vehicle-tax-rates-from-1-april-2017\">further information<\/a> available on the changes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1075\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\"><abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr> Press Office<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLongview Road<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMorriston<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSwansea <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SA6 7JL <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:press.office@dvla.gsi.gov.uk\">press.office@dvla.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone (only for use by journalists and the media):<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 123 0791\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone (out of office hours \u2013 only for use by journalists and the media):<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 123 2407\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DVLA is reminding motorists that there are just 50 days to go until new vehicle tax rates come into force for all cars and some motor homes that are first registered from 1 April 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}