{"id":82397,"date":"2017-07-10T12:45:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T12:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=bf54d5bac84e93f0b6d785ae9f9e4e64"},"modified":"2017-07-10T12:45:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T12:45:43","slug":"press-release-nearly-new-car-buyers-advised-to-check-tax-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82397","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Nearly-new car buyers advised to check tax rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>New vehicle tax rates came into force for all cars and some motorhomes registered from 1 April 2017. Those looking to buy a nearly-new car can check online to make sure they know what they\u2019ll need to pay.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of tax to pay will depend on the type of vehicle. The standard 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>There is an additional payment of \u00a3310 per year for 5 years (from the second time the vehicle is taxed), if the vehicle has a list price of more than \u00a340,000 at first registration.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the tax rates can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.uk\/newvehicletaxrates\">www.gov.uk\/newvehicletaxrates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These changes do not affect cars registered before 1 April 2017.<\/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\">Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm &#8211; only for use by journalists and the media:<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 123 0791\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">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 those thinking of changing their car this summer to find out if new tax rates could affect them.<\/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\/82397"}],"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=82397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}