UK owners - don't forget to tax you cars before the end of this month...

[Murph7355]

Even if the tax isn't due to expire, you can renew it for the next 12mths with the V5C.

Will save you £195.

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[tophamn]

Good advice, @Murph7355 - head to Taxing a vehicle - GOV.UK and have your V5C handy. Ignore the warnings that your vehicle is already taxed and you'll be taxed to end February 2026 for the sum of £ZERO.

 

[Midlifecrisis]

Good call I did mine last March. It won’t save quite that much though… it will just defer the payment of £195 to next March. It will save you £16.25 per month that you no longer pay

 

[Durham]

Even if the tax isn't due to expire, you can renew it for the next 12mths with the V5C.

Will save you £195.

Thanks for telling us. Just done it!

 

[Dabz]

Thanks, just done both of ours. Originally due in June so we save 9 months on both

 

[csm7djs]

Done mine Saturday morning - expires 1st April 2026

 

[afhussain]

thank you, did this for both of my cars

 

[tophamn]

expires 1st April 2026

You sure about that?

 

[csm7djs]

Yep, Tax due: 1 April 2026

 

[tophamn]

Yep, Tax due: 1 April 2026

OK, so I guess your tax was due at the end of March anyway, right? - otherwise renewing would have given you 12 months from START of March, so expiring end Feb 2026.

 

[csm7djs]

I think so - I bought the car last April - Porsche taxed it for me at the time of collection. On Saturday when I renewed it, it stated next due 1st April. I assumed by me taxing it in March, it would reset it, but checking on https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/ it says: Tax Due 1st April 2026

 

[Longy_UK]

Even if the tax isn't due to expire, you can renew it for the next 12mths with the V5C.

Will save you £195.

Are you sure its only £195 to tax a taycan next year? I read that the 'premium vehicle tax' is to be added to all vehicles included those already registered. i.e an extra £410 for five years....

 

[csm7djs]

Yes, only £195 on already registered Taycans:
"While secondhand EVs registered before 1 April 2025 will not be subject to luxury car tax, they will be required to pay the standard VED rate of £195 a year from 1 April." This taken from WhatCar: Luxury Car Tax

 

[Longy_UK]

Hurrah! Thanks @csm7djs

 

[afhussain]

I really thought that the premium vehicle tax applied to used Evs too but you might be right, the Gov.UK site seems to agree that it only applies to electric cars registered after 1st April 2025.

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