Car tax hack for all EVs in the UK - act before end of March 2024
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2024
- From April 2025 car tax or vehicle excise duty (VED) will be payable on all electric vehicles in the UK.
This loophole will ensure that you don't have to tax your EV till March 2026.
Follow the steps in this video to retax your vehicle in March 2024 so that your next renewal is March 2025 meaning that your EV remains taxed till March 2026 for free.
You can do this in March 2025, but why wait, do it now then you won't forget!! The DVLA may also restrict this in 2025 so don't miss out.
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Thank you. Glad your channel popped up on my feed. Am now a subscriber! Cheers
Awesome, thank you!
Works a treat, thank you for creating this video. I've shared it to my EV owning friends who are in the same position.
What a blinder! Just done mine! Thank you so much - every penny saved and all that....
Thanks, mine was due to renew automatically in May. Renewed it today as per your video and saved ten months.
Great tip, thanks for posting and I just taxed my car until 2025.
Mine was due up on the 1st of May, thanks for the video !
Nice one!! Just done this, mine was due June 1st so would have lost out on 10 months of free VED
Got my first EV, a plus point was £0 tax, and then I got told about the increase! But was then alerted to this workaround.. thankfully as it's only just been taxed (2nd March) so I don't need to do anything. yay.
Done it for both out EVs, tx for the tip!
just done this for my EV6 and my wife's Niro EV - cheers!
Very useful posting. My EV was just "taxed" in Feb so no particular worry there, I'll have had it 3 years in 2025 so feel I have had a decent run - it couldn't last.
That said, I believe the removal of that incentive, regardless of the token (0) value, will annoy buyers and keep ICE going just that little bit longer.
At the end of the day this is government admitting it can't figure out road pricing or mileage pricing.
Interestingly I recently found an insurer which is offering good rates for pay-by-mile cover so for the lower mileage owner, which might just include the average EV owner, there is always a way to save.
Just done it. Thank you!
Absolute genius. Saved me 8months this year and potentially another 12 next year!!
I've already done this for my EV last weekend and just out of principle, for a couple of my petrol cars too, one of which is at a relatively high VED rate. Had to SORN that one just to bump the date to miss the 1st April 2024 rise and the other one was just coming back on the road since November and was already SORN'd.
I did this for my wife's Hyundai i10 99g car that is also £0 but is rising from band A to band B in 2025 also. However at the time I assumed I had to SORN the car first, so did that on the 29th Feb but then couldn't re tax for 5 days online but it stated that I could just go to the Post Office with the v5, mot and insurance which I did on the 1st March. All the PO needed was the v5 and didn't need to view the other documents as it is obviously like the online system where it instantly knows the MOT and insurance details.
My Hyundai Ioniq was 1st January tax but just changed it to the 1st March 2024 online as you have shown, thanks 👍🏻
Isn't the new band A or B, for a pre-2017 car, going to be only £10 or £20 as I understand?
@@peterwells2142 Yes that's correct for all pre 1st April 2017 band A
Thank you so much!
Thank you. Saves me about 5 months but my wife was due to renew in April/May so this is a great tip - much appreciated. As per some comments while in theory you could wait until next year far better to start the process now and you can rest easy. Not against paying my fair share when it comes to it but it says a lot about our government/dvla that it is apparently fair to change the rules to charge Ev's but, unless it changes again, it is not right to backdate these changes for other more polluting cars. The unfairness is creating the divisiveness we see. Why not say EVERY car from 2025 pays the minimum of £x VED and then there can be other categories of price for the higher polluters. That's not me!
Just done it. Thanks.
Thanks for the tip RS. It's only fair that ALL vehicles should pay but it should be an appropriate amount. It is not fair to make zero emission EVs pay MORE than some low polluting ice cars.
I agree totally. I'm happy to pay something but this is my little protest that it should still be less than ICE vehicles while they are still being sold new.
Thanks for watching.
Free road tax is only to bribe lemmings into
Buy a throw away car with only a. Guarantee life years pray after that.
Overall EVS never saving the planet
Zero emission? Are you for real?
Even if you take away the astronomical damage done to the environment through mining and production, a fully built EV produces more harmful particles to the atmosphere than a modern petrol or diesel.
If you really are interested, which I doubt you aren’t, a bit of research will show the latest studies conclude that the wear on tyres and brakes due to the increased weight of EVs exceeds not only the tyre/brake wear on ICE vehicles but produces so much more that it also exceeds ICE car tailpipe emissions as well.
Er... To address one of your points, brakes don't wear on EVs the same as ICE vehicles due to regenerative braking.
Read this quote, taken from a brake pad manufacturer:
"Given these factors, the average lifespan of brake pads on EVs can vary widely. However, due to regenerative braking, brake pads on EVs generally last longer than those on traditional combustion engine vehicles. In some cases, EV brake pads can last up to 100,000 miles or more."
Source: nrsbrakes.com/blogs/blog/rethinking-brake-pads-are-they-necessary-for-electric-vehicles#:~:text=Given%20these%20factors%2C%20the%20average,to%20100%2C000%20miles%20or%20more.
You say 'latest studies'. Did you check who funded the studies? Do you have a link to one of these studies?
Many thanks RS, you have just saved me 6 months' road tax!
No worries.
Glad to share the info. I'm actually happy to pay VED for my EV but it should be a fair amount when compared against ICE vehicles that pollute much much more than EVs.
Sounds like a brilliant idea 😀👍 but are there any unexpected consequences of having the car registered and taxed at a different date?
No, when a car is bought used it isn't taxed or registered on the same date...
@@RSThinksbrilliant thanks 👍
🎉 Fantastic thank you
Thanks, just done mine. Probably not needed as i will likely be replacing this year (nothing wrong with it just fancy a change) but no harm done if I do and only upside if I don't.
I'm in the same situation. Just hedging my bets too. Just incase I still have my car in 2025.
Nice thanks, I'll do it now
Done. Thanks pal
Excellent thank just taxed
Thanks just did my Mokka! Shal I do the same for my MiTo as it is £0 at the moment?
Might be worth it. I think, it's going up to £20. Check DVLA for more info.
Thanks for watching.
if they’re removing bands, why not also take the opporutnity to remove that weird window where some diesel owners still get £0 VED?
By coincidence our EV was due for VED this month so will be again in March 2025.
Interesting wrinkle if it's not plugged.
It's why I bought my ultra-low emission diesel before 2017, while it was still £0 road tax. It's going up next year though to £20.
Not exactly low emission......
Low CO2, plenty of NOx!
@@computerbob06 like an EV is low emissions, lol. 😂😂😂😂
@Malpriorvids Sigh.
I thought all these £20 band A were being put on band B £180 being the new lowest but I could be wrong.
@@garrycroft4215 I believe that applies to vehicles registered after March 31st 2017.
Done, thank you 🙏🏾 Do you know if the luxury car tax applies retroactively or in this case only if bought from April 26 ? I bought my EV in October 2023 for £43,450 will they charge me the extra £360 luxury tax in 2026? No one I asked seams to know. Thank you. ❤
Its on or from 1st April 2025
Having been invited to the Republic of Congo a few years ago, I witnessed small children, covered in dirt, on the verge of starvation digging away with a short piece of rebar! I was told that the number of children involved has increased exponentially since the rise in EV production.
I’m aware that the materials are used in other products, but 2020 figures put cobalt usage at 4% for petroleum products, 9% in ceramics, 19% in tools, 66% in batteries (45% being EVs), and 2% in other uses.
Cobalt has been mined in the DRC for over 100 years. Source: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420722004500
Are you saying that it's only in the last 15-20 that child labour has been used? It's an inexcusable practice, but your focus on only the later years is quite blinkered.
At least now, steps are being taken to source cobalt ethically (Source: www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/industry-news/volkswagen-cobalt-mining-congo/) and to seek new battery chemisty in EVs that reduces its use to zero (Source: electrictogether.com/get-help/which-electric-cars-are-cobalt-free).
In 2019, BMW said it would source cobalt for EVs and batteries directly from Australia and Morocco to ensure ethical mining. Mining giant Glencore turned its attention to the Murrin Murrin mine in Western Australia for EV production, which produced 2,900 tonnes of cobalt in 2018. Source: www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1031790/rising-green-metal-demand-sparks-need-for-ethical-supply-players-in-the-cobalt-space-to-watch-1031790.html#:~:text=Ethical%20sources%20of%20cobalt%20supply&text=In%202019%2C%20BMW%20said%20it,tonnes%20of%20cobalt%20in%202018
@@RSThinks I’m sure I stated “the number of children involved has increased exponentially since the rise in EV production”.
Troll
@@GrahamSnelson fishface.
Hi, My Tesla MYLR is tax renews 01-09-24, will this hack save some tax if I taxed now 🤔
Yes! Do it now though. Then subscribe to the channel... Lol 😉
My EV car tax is due on the 1st January each year, so is now taxed until January 2025 - so should I retax as normal in January 2025 - or retax it again in March 2025?
The car was also just above the £40K limit to qualify for the 'luxury car tax' band, so would this also put back paying that increase in tax for the following year?
Taxing in Jan next year will mean you're covered till Jan 26, would only gain a couple of months if you retaxed again now. If you think it's worth it, go for it. Do it soon though...
Thanks for watching!
I thought EV's (apart from those subject to the luxury car tax) were only going up to the bottom tax band - currently £20?
Mine is taxed every Feb so I should be fine anyway and just miss one month's worth of free car tax.
Edit: I stand corrected (mostly) - source: RAC
New zero-emission cars registered on or after 1 April 2025 will be liable to pay the lowest first-year rate of VED (which applies to vehicles with CO2 emissions 1 to 50g/km) currently £10 a year.
From the second year of registration onwards, they will move to the standard rate, currently £180 a year
Zero emission cars first registered between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2025 will also pay the standard rate
So cars purchased on or after 1/4/17 will pay the standard rate, currently £180!
Don’t understand how this loophole works. The government website says that the earliest you can re-tax a vehicle is the 5th of the month in which the current tax expires. In my case it expires on 31st October so the earliest I can re-tax is 5th October 2024.
Just try it. It works. 🙂
You need your V5 doc though as you haven't got a renewal document.
Just done mine as it was due in August. I’m sure DVLA will be all over this soon stopping people doing it.😂😂
So on the ‘before you continue’ page it says if you continue with your application you may be charged again. What’s that all about?
Most other vehicles have to pay for VED... 😉 So probably just a standard message.
@@RSThinks no worries. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching. Hope you saved a chunk of money!
What thats about is that the programmers didn't bother to check the fee but instead just put a catch all message up. Just done mine.Paid the fee of £0.00.
If I missed this in March 2024, can I do the same steps in March 2025? Am I right to think of I voluntarily retax my EV in March 2025, the VED charge will still be zero?
Not sure. The government can change the goal posts at any time, so it's unknown.
Not sure this will work, the tax is calculated on the gov site on a month by month basis, therefore from March you’ll pay 1 month at zero and the rest of the year at the new rate. It’s partly why they make the changes a year after announcing them.
Great if it does as mines always been renewed in March but I’m sure the stealers would have this covered.
Done
Guess it's possible to do a 6 month re-tax in Sept '24 so VED runs out on 28 Feb then do a 12 month renewal from 1 Mar 25
Sounds like a good plan.
People are saying you won’t get to renew at 0 in March 2025. You will pay 1 month at 0 then 11 months at the new rate. It’s all online apparently.
Do you have a link?
@@RSThinks no. I have asked them to prove it.
If you get anymore info, please let me know.
Why can’t you do this next March?
Good point .
You might be able to, but do you trust the government to not close this loophole next year...?
Besides, I'd just forget to do it 😁
Because if you do it now you wont have to worry about remembering to do it next March.
@@MarkSmith-lu7ly anyone know if classic cars will be taxed in 2025 ? , I have a 1973 VW which is currently exempt .
Didn’t work for me. Will try in a few days as I have just taxed until April 2025
You might find thst you can't change it. Good luck though. Please report back so others can see the outcome.
Try after 4 - 5 days, It will work
Can you just re-tax March 2025?
Maybe, we don't know if they will allow it or even if they'll just make it mandatory for all EVs to re-tax in April and pay the standard rate.
The whole video was based on an assumption.
Thanks for watching!
Why not simply do this in March 2025 instead?
Will you remember? What if the DVLA put a blocker on the way or change something?
Don’t understand, surely when you have to renew again in march 2025 the charge will be in effect?
Renewal would be in February, to ensure you're covered on 1st March.
The charge comes in on 1st April 2025
The description of this video says "From April 2025 car tax or vehicle excise duty (VED) will be payable on all electric vehicles in the UK."
The "all electric vehicles" bit of that isn't correct - it's only on those first registered on or after 1 April 2017.
EVs (cars) registered between March 2001 and March 2017 will be required to pay £20 per year as they will move from Band A to Band B.
Source: www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-vehicle-excise-duty-for-zero-emission-cars-vans-and-motorcycles-from-2025/introduction-of-vehicle-excise-duty-for-zero-emission-cars-vans-and-motorcycles-from-2025
About time, I always thought it wrong that 2.5 tonn ev should pay less or none compared to a moped or motorcycle
It’s entirely fair because it’s an emissions tax, not a road tax. EVs emit zero carbon, carcinogens, toxins etc from their non-existent tailpipe compared to a moped or motorcycle. So that’s why it’s zero emissions tax for an EV.
@@alexforce7624 all lies , even after 5years an ev produces more emissions, if you combine tire wear, production, and energy use
Not really. Why did you start commenting on this video if you are anti ev?
EV tyre wear is no different to any other car.... Brake wear is way better due to regen braking... If you take all upstream emissions from well to wheel of ICE cars it is fact that EVs are cleaner and break even after a couple of years.
The U.S. refining hub of Texas has accounted for at least seven of the 12 separate fire incidents in refineries across the country so far this year.
If you are unsure of the benefits of ev's read this:
Air pollution from fossil fuels ‘kills 5 million people a year’
Of more than 8 million deaths worldwide from outdoor air pollution, 61% linked to fossil fuels, finds study
Andrew Gregory Health editor
Wed 29 Nov 2023 18.30 ES
Air pollution from fossil fuel use is killing 5 million people worldwide every year, a death toll much higher than previously estimated, according to the largest study of its kind.
The stark figures, published on the eve of the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai, will increase pressure on world leaders to take action. Among the decisions they must make at the UN conference will be whether to agree, for the first time, to gradually “phase out” fossil fuels.
You need to do this on the last day of the month. Register your vehicle as SORN and then re-tax it the following month - that way you'll get a full refund of unused months. Otherwise, you may well end up paying twice for two months.
Incidentally, as regards EVs you should warn buyers thinking of buying one to make sure they do it before April next year. As most EVs cost over £40,000 from next year they will be hit with the 'luxury' tax (currently £390) for the following five years.
EVs don't pay VED , so there is no refund to be paid.
@@RSThinksAh yes, I've still got a petrol car but most EVs will have to pay VED and the 'luxury' tax next year!
is the luxury tax still £40k? I got stung by that maybe 3-4 years ago by barely going over it due to adding privacy glass to my rear windows. £300 over the line and the dealer of course didn’t warn me. Got discounts on the car too so the price I paid wasn’t £40k but the list price was. Still - crazy its not gone up, all car prices not just EVs have gone up a lot and plenty of £40k cars you wouldn’t consider ‘luxury’
@@MrKlawUKYes, it is still £40k - absolute rip off so I can see fewer EVs being registered after April next year. List price does include all extras and is the list price when registered and not necessarily the list price when the vehicle was ordered - discounts don't count.
If it is only slightly over £40k there is a chance it might escape the extra tax because you can disregard the registration fee (I think it is still £55) and the first year VED rate if applicable.
A vehicle doesn't have to be sorned to re tax it.
im moving back to petrol car
What are you driving at the moment? Based on your comments on other channels, they're 100% anti EV which would suggest that you're not driving one today. Or have I mistaken all the other comments? :)
@@djtaylorutube😂 He’s had a mare there!
Stupid comment of the day 😂