dvla tax rates

Post by **agriffo2000** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:59 pm

Hello Everyone!

We are thinking of changing our 9 seater Vito for something similar. I have seen a few I like the look of and have looked on the DVLA vehicle check website to see what the CO2 level is, to work out how much tax I will have to pay. A lot of vehicles, mostly imports, come up as zero g/km. I can't believe you won't pay a penny in tax so how else can I check which tax band the vehicle will be in?

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Post by **jag12** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 8:36 pm

If is registered then enter the number on this site

https://www.cardatachecks.co.uk/carcheck/lookup.php

Post by **agriffo2000** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 8:49 pm

thanks!
the same thing happens with this site - take N407BRR for instance, comes up as zero tax.

However, on this site, our current vehicle comes up at £230 per year when, in fact, we are charged over £550!
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Post by **GavinR** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:31 pm

Surely there are other sites which will give you the CO2 for a particular model?

e.g. https://www.nextgreencar.com/used-car-search/

Post by **agriffo2000** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:40 pm

thanks,
These sort of sites are great for general information, but we all know there are differences between the real world and the DVLA and I am looking for find out exactly what the DVLA holds for individual vehicles rather than general information about models.

TrevorG · Post by **TrevorG** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:54 pm

If you are interested in a specific car, get the 11 digit code from the owner off the v5 and on the DVLA website, you can check that actual vehicles tax rate.
https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/EnterV5C

Post by **agriffo2000** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:04 pm

thanks,
AFAIK you can do the same thing from the registration plate search service on the same site so I am not sure why the vin search would give a different result, but even so, I don't think people would give out their vehicle details especially if the reg plate is clearly visible in the advert. I dream about a lot of vehicles each week so it isn't really practical to contact every one I am interested in.

Post by **scimjim** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:20 pm

I presume that if it comes up with zero on the DVLA site, it’s not on the V5C. Not sure what they do in that case to calculate VED?

Post by **agriffo2000** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:23 pm

exactly - another DVLA loophole! nice to think it would be free . . .

Post by **jag12** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:21 am

Try

https://carfueldata.vehicle-certificati ... ?t=23ude39

Post by **jag12** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:59 am

Tax on newer vehicles is complicated by first years tax being higher on some vehicles than subsequent years.
Also vehicles over a certain value are the surcharged for the first five years which can lead to a sudden drop after five years old.
Complicated by changing in rates changing in previous budgets
Vehicles registered before 2001 are flat rate charged at £160 below 1549cc and £265 above

TrevorG · Post by **TrevorG** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:09 am

Copied from DVLA registration search page....

Tax rates:
The vehicle tax rates are only available if you have the latest 11 digit reference number from the V5C registration certificate (logbook)