Retaxing car from 1st April Wider Involvement

Martinonline · Mar 6, 2025

Firstly, I realise there is a thread on the Chat subforum but I am posting here to request those that have not forshortened their April tax year date to contribute to that thread.

I used the 'no letter' route to tax my car on the 1st March. The application was accepted with a zero tax. The VED Checker says my car is taxed until 1sr April 2026 but today I received a renewal letter.

Is this a question of unlinked databases/programs or will I find on 1st April that the Checker declares my car untaxed? Comments on the Chat subforum please.

webhiker · Mar 6, 2025

What's happening on April 1st?

Sloucher · Mar 6, 2025

webhiker said:
What's happening on April 1st?

As from April 1st 2025 all EVs will be taxed at the same rate as ICE vehicles (£165 for the MG4 I think). Up until now, they had been exempt.

webhiker · Mar 6, 2025

Really? Are you sure? Is this a global scheme carried out by the Chinese?

DavidGRS · Mar 6, 2025

Suggest you visit Vehicle tax for electric, zero or low emission vehicles.

Griffian · Mar 6, 2025

Martinonline said:
Firstly, I realise there is a thread on the Chat subforum but I am posting here to request those that have not forshortened their April tax year date to contribute to that thread.

I used the 'no letter' route to tax my car on the 1st March. The application was accepted with a zero tax. The VED Checker says my car is taxed until 1sr April 2026 but today I received a renewal letter.

Is this a question of unlinked databases/programs or will I find on 1st April that the Checker declares my car untaxed? Comments on the Chat subforum please.

That letter was probably produced before you did the online re-tax. Post seems to take weeks to arrive but it may also be down to when it was actually posted.

MGDriver · Mar 6, 2025

webhiker said:
Really? Are you sure? Is this a global scheme carried out by the Chinese?

Nothing to do with the Chinese, its the UK Government forcing all EV cars to pay road tax

siteguru · Mar 6, 2025

Technically it is VED - Vehicle Excise Duty ... but colloquially it is known as Road Tax.

(It's not been officially called road tax since about the 1930s).

dawson2099 · Mar 6, 2025

It's always been possible to renew your tax in advance at the then current rate. No need for a letter.

Wudus · Mar 6, 2025

Martinonline said:
I used the 'no letter' route to tax my car on the 1st March. The application was accepted with a zero tax. The VED Checker says my car is taxed until 1sr April 2026 but today I received a renewal letter.

Same here. I reckon the computer hasn't been updated with my renewal yet. I've put the renewal form in the bin

Martinonline · Mar 6, 2025

DavidGRS said:
Suggest you visit Vehicle tax for electric, zero or low emission vehicles.

Yes I have visited that site and it says I should be paying £195 in VED. However when I renewed online I was not charged anything. Please see the relevant thread on the Chat subforum. Hence the confusion.

Alb · Mar 6, 2025

As the question has been answered, I'm closing this to save a parallel thread from developing.

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