Why different car tax rate for Saxo's and AX?

This is the Forum for all your Citroen Technical Questions, Problems or Advice.

Moderator: RichardW

Post Reply
leonard1
Posts: 26
Joined: 08 Nov 2004, 18:17
Location: United Kingdom
My Cars:

Why different car tax rate for Saxo's and AX?

Post by leonard1 »

I'm amused (and empty in the pocket now!) as my 1996 1l AX car tax last month was £62 and my 2001 1.1 Saxo this month is £57. I know its only a fiver difference for 6 months but thought they would be the same ...
Top
JohnD
(Donor 2022)
Posts: 2632
Joined: 14 Mar 2001, 23:41
Location: Epsom, Surrey
My Cars: 2010 Citroen C5-X7 tourer
1998 Citroen Saxo 1.5D
2018 Citroen C4-B7
1998 Peugeot 306. 1.9D
2011 Citroen C1
x 72
Contact:
Contact JohnD

Post by JohnD »

Isn't it something to do with vehicles with a lower CO2 output being placed in lower tax groups - but only after a certain date.
Top
bernie
Posts: 882
Joined: 10 Apr 2001, 02:25
Location: Southampton United Kingdom
My Cars:

Post by bernie »

April 1st 2001 was the cut off point.
Top
Stuart McB
Posts: 1635
Joined: 03 Oct 2003, 00:50
Location: United Kingdom
My Cars:
x 1

Post by Stuart McB »

Don't start me about Vehicle Excise Licence. Something like £28 billion is collected from the various road fund licence evey year with the "sole" purpose of being put back in to the roads and transport network of the country. So why is it then that the goverment only spent £6 billion last year in total on the roads ?
Top
jeremy
Posts: 3959
Joined: 20 Oct 2002, 16:00
Location: Hampshire, UK
My Cars:
x 2

Post by jeremy »

Stuart
I think it was Winston Churchill no less as Chancellor of the Exchequer who raided the Road Fund for the first time in the 1920's. This practice has of course carried on uninterrupted ever since. Doesn't seem to have put us off driving does it!
jeremy
Top
Stuart McB
Posts: 1635
Joined: 03 Oct 2003, 00:50
Location: United Kingdom
My Cars:
x 1

Post by Stuart McB »

I've takem a 'kalm' this morning and so nothing can get at me to day, not even some goverment minister with a 'tax spending, asylum, job increase, green belt building, London is the center of the universe' point of view. Oh happy day!, come on sing along you know the words. Oh happy day.....
Top
User avatar
Dormouse
(Donor 2022)
Posts: 2010
Joined: 15 Apr 2021, 14:32
Location: Kingdom of Fife
My Cars: Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4, Fiat Ducato, Morris Mini.
plus notable cars I have owned :- Studebaker 1921, Daimler Consorts, Mercedes 220 Pontoon, Simca 1301, Austin Metropolitan, lots and lots of Minis, both steel and fibreglass bodied, Fiat 500F, Citroen GSA's, Skoda Estelle 120 Rally replica, DKW 1000S, Triumph Herald Estate, Warwick GT (very briefly)
x 666

Re:

Post by Dormouse »

Stuart McB wrote: ↑11 Dec 2004, 20:32 Don't start me about Vehicle Excise Licence. Something like £28 billion is collected from the various road fund licence evey year with the "sole" purpose of being put back in to the roads and transport network of the country. So why is it then that the goverment only spent £6 billion last year in total on the roads ?
Someone sees the scam! Just wait til they change the VED for "green" cars once we are suckered in!
Top
Gibbo2286
(Donor 2020)
Posts: 7217
Joined: 08 Jun 2011, 18:04
Location: GL15***
My Cars: 2006 C5 2.0 Litre HDI VTR Automatic Estate.(now sold on)
Currently Renault Zoe 2014 ZE
x 2519

Re: Why different car tax rate for Saxo's and AX?

Post by Gibbo2286 »

Posts from 2004 to 2021 and still the same moan. :-D
Man is, by nature, a lazy beast, he does not need twice encouraging to do nothing.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Citroën”