car tax and private registration question

[fudgepanda]

Is there a Smiley Tax?

Yet another myth, it's the Smiley Excise Duty, or SED. It hasn't been a Smiley Tax since the '30s. Buffoons . D'oh!! That's another tenner. Aarrgh, I've done it again. This is costing me a fortune. Noooo!!

Alright, I seem to have developed Smiley Addiction Syndrome. Look, it's not a problem. I can handle it.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

when u retain a private reg and pay the fee(1 year 105,2 yr 130!) does that fee include car tax when u put it back on the car

be nice if it did since my car tax is £250 a year.

 

[classic33]

Yet another myth, it's the Smiley Excise Duty, or SED. It hasn't been a Smiley Tax since the '30s. Buffoons . D'oh!! That's another tenner. Aarrgh, I've done it again. This is costing me a fortune. Noooo!!

Alright, I seem to have developed Smiley Addiction Syndrome. Look, it's not a problem. I can handle it.

Did you follow the link?

 

[Maz]

when u retain a private reg and pay the fee(1 year 105,2 yr 130!) does that fee include car tax when u put it back on the car

So if you have a private/cherished number plate, you have to pay a fee each year to keep it? It's not a one-off payment?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

be nice if it did since my car tax is £250 a year.

Then change car for one that isn't £250 a year?

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Then change car for one that isn't £250 a year?

It wasn't a complaint, simply an example to the OP that VED, in many cases,exceeds the total fee they quoted.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

So if you have a private/cherished number plate, you have to pay a fee each year to keep it? It's not a one-off payment?

No there is no annual fee. You have to pay a retention fee if you want to remove the plate off the car but keep it registered to you. This retention does run out after a period but can't remember how long, couple of years I think,

 

[marknotgeorge]

So if you have a private/cherished number plate, you have to pay a fee each year to keep it? It's not a one-off payment?

The retention certificate is for if you don't have it on a vehicle. IIRC, before the retention certificate came about in the 80s, the private plate dealers had fleets of cheapo mopeds to store the numbers on.

 

[fudgepanda]

Did you follow the link?

Of course not, I'm not falling for that one

 

[fudgepanda]

Did you follow the link?

Actually, in the end I couldn't resist.

 

[Noodley]

Luckily for you lot there is not (yet) a nobber tax or you'd all be skint!

 

[classic33]

Luckily for you lot there is not (yet) a nobber tax or you'd all be skint!

Well the doctor can fix that for you, at a cost of course.
www.nobbergp.ie/costs
or maybe buy a car
www.nobbermotors.ie
or live there
http://www.meath.ie/Tourism/MeathsTownandVillages/Nobber/

 

[fudgepanda]

Luckily for you lot there is not (yet) a nobber tax or you'd all be skint!

I'm already composing a strongly worded letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer demanding one be started. It'll be a valuable extra revenue stream for the Treasu.....D'OH!! Bugger, I've done it again. Maybe I'd better move to Ireland.......

Well the doctor can fix that for you, at a cost of course.
www.nobbergp.ie/costs
or maybe buy a car
www.nobbermotors.ie
or live there
http://www.meath.ie/Tourism/MeathsTownandVillages/Nobber/