Car tax guides
In the United Kingdom, every vehicle contributes towards the maintenance of public roads with the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) – commonly known as the ‘road tax’. Learn more about this legal requirement with our articles.
Guides
This guide shows you how to check your road tax, why it’s important, different tax bands and the cost of vehicle excise duty.
It’s a legal requirement to tax your car in the UK. You’ll not get very far if you don’t pay your road tax! Learn how to do it and why it’s so important.
Learn how to cancel your road tax and get a refund if you don’t plan to drive your car for a significant period.
A step-by-step rundown of how to cancel your road tax. Find out what documents you need and how to contact the DVLA.
If you’re due to pay road tax, you can expect a V11 to land on your doormat. Here’s what that means for your vehicle.
See how much you’ll need to pay in road tax every year as the owner of an electric car.
A SORN will pause or stop your road tax liability on a car you don’t plan to use on the road.
Road tax plays a crucial role in maintaining the UK’s extensive road network and ensuring its safety and functionality.
Learn how to tax a vehicle without a V5C logbook and the easiest way to go about it.
Find out when a car becomes tax exempt, whether it’s based on electric vehicles, classic cars or something else.
Discover whether you can sell a vehicle with no road tax and exemptions to road tax itself.
Find out which vehicles are exempt from road tax, whether that includes electric and classic cars.
Learn how company car tax works and how to calculate it.
Find out what happens if you pay car tax late and special circumstances around car tax.
Discover why you can’t pay your car tax online and what the alternatives are.
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