tax quick question

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:30 pm

hi guys quick question, how much is tax on a gti?

one_must_fall · Post by **one_must_fall** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:41 pm

Â£180 a year.

which is Â£20 less than my mates old monster of a 4 x 4.

Steve W · Post by **Steve W** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:57 pm

Yeah, I believe its Â£180 a year, unless the vehicle was registered after 1 March 2001, when the tax rules changed and is based on emissions rather than engine size. Those registered after that date should only cost Â£165 a year.
So my 2000 polo GTI costs me Â£15 a year more, even though it has the same engine!

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:00 pm

Steve W wrote:So my 2000 polo GTI costs me Â£15 a year more, even though it has the same engine!

Technically it's a different engine with a different engine code. Changes were purely to do with emissions as far as I'm aware.

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:58 pm

I think if your car is registered after March 2001 and you have an ARC engine then it is Â£180. I know a few members registered after this date paying the higher amount.

My car is an AVY March 2001 registered, so I paid Â£165

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:17 pm

thats not too bad, im only paying an extra Â£25 per year, was worried it was alot more!

MaxZ · Post by **MaxZ** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:29 pm

Mine's an AVY registered in June 2001 and I am paying 180 :S

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:16 pm

ot got changed again, as mine went from being Â£115 a year down to Â£100, Now its back up, and only a 1.4, The goverment were losing alot of money or something, and changed it from the emmison based calculation.

Go on to the DVLA website and somewhere on there you can input your reg and it will tell you how much tax your car is for 6 an 12 month!

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:25 pm

Annoyingly expensive is what it is

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:49 pm

The ARC/AVY theory isn't very accurate.

I have an AVY (January 2001) and taxed it yesterday for the pricely sum of Â£180.

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:09 pm

ModifiedMadness wrote:The ARC/AVY theory isn't very accurate.

I have an AVY (January 2001) and taxed it yesterday for the pricely sum of Â£180.

Same.

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:03 pm

Ahh well, looks like a game of hit or miss

1 GTI · Post by **1 GTI** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:47 pm

My car is May 2001. I payed Â£150 last year so have to wait until the new year to see what i'll be paying

oscar olop gti · Post by **oscar olop gti** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:15 pm

Mines AVY, registered September 2001, 90 quid for six months.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:30 pm

So Â£180 for the year.