Budget: next year 1973 vehicles will become tax exempt.

[DoloWIGHTY]

2.148 VED: classic vehicle exemption – The Government will extend the cut off date from which classic vehicles are exempt from VED by one year. From 1 April 2014 a vehicle manufactured before 1 January 1974 will be exempt from paying VED. (Finance Bill 2014)

[2drToledo]

Good heavens, really?! Great news.

My 4dr Toledo miss exemption by two weeks last time...

[DoloWIGHTY]

<--- Jim after reading the above!

[2drToledo]

Crikey Alan, have you got a camera hidden in my office?!

[Jon Tilson]

Oh what an utter nasty cheapskate that guy is. You still have to wait another whole year......grrrrrr!

and then you get 1 more year's worth of classics, meaning all L's and some M's....

Must have cost him all of 30 grand....bar steward. I'm sooo voting UKIP.

Jonners

[Oli_88]

5 years to go for me, by which time it'll probably be on a Q plate anyway.

[SprintMWU773V]

I just read the detail myself and was surprised, i'd like to have seen more but actually much better than expected. Makes no odds to me unfortunately!

[Howard81]

That's great news!

Also:

2.151 VED: tax disc display waiver – To reduce tax administration costs, the Government
will put off-the-road declarations onto an indefinite basis. The Government will also extend the
grace period to 14 days, following the payment of tax, on the non-display of the tax disc in a
vehicle. (Finance Bill 2013)

Seems a good common-sense move!

[Mad Mart]

Bah! humbug.........April '74.....moan...moan...moan..................

[Lord Tolly]

Bah Humbug !!!!

Mine was reg'd in November 74


how do you find out when exactly when a Toledo was manufactured?

[YoungManGoneWest]

At last, the Jensen, previously one month the wrong side of the cut-off date, will now be tax free. I might even fill her up with the saving!

[DoloWIGHTY]

That's great news!

Also:

2.151 VED: tax disc display waiver – To reduce tax administration costs, the Government
will put off-the-road declarations onto an indefinite basis. The Government will also extend the
grace period to 14 days, following the payment of tax, on the non-display of the tax disc in a
vehicle. (Finance Bill 2013)

Seems a good common-sense move!

They will lose revenue.

How?

Well the DVLA is suppose to send out a confirmation that you have put a car on SORN, they are supposed to do this each and every time a SORN declaration is made by an owner - all fine and dandy.

However, if they do not send the confirmation then they haven't correctly logged the application on the computer - and who pays for their mistake? Yes that's right the owner of the car, an instant £80 fine and then others added on.

[stranter]

23 January 1973! I will actually benefit from a road related budget measure! The six months I buy this year will be my first and last for it. This makes sense unlike that daft MOT exemption for very old vehicles.

[xvivalve]

Call me cynical, but if off road notification becomes a one off indefinite statement, I reckon bringing a car back onto the road will become a much harder task with all manner of things to be demonstrated...and of course fees to pay for the privilege. All of a sudden it will become convenient to keep your car taxed!

[Jon Tilson]

I think the SORN thing is a good move. It means you dont have to fart about re sorning every year and its especially good if like us youhave a lot of vehicles. Its all too easy to miss a reminder thinking its for something else....

I dont see how it can be harder to get back on the road than a V5, MoT and insurance, which you can do to unsorn any car now.

He could have easily added a year now....its still longer than the 35 years that was supposed to be labour policy until they forgot and its totally out of step with euro neighbours.

Jonners