Expensive car suplement

[nigel4]

As I understand it the IM5 LR & performance purchased now will be subject to the £440 a year expensive car suplement for the mext 6 years; but if we wait 5 months it will be exempt. Is this right?

Is anyone thinking about delaying their order?

 

[Kenp1]

It is from April 2026, but also affect cars bought after April 2025. So if you bought a car between those two dates you wouldn't pay the tax.

Doesn't affect me as I'm only buying cars that I can pay for outright after trade in.

 

[LenEV2016]

As I understand it the IM5 LR & performance purchased now will be subject to the £440 a year expensive car suplement for the mext 6 years; but if we wait 5 months it will be exempt. Is this right?

Is anyone thinking about delaying their order?

Luxury car tax kicks in at year two and runs to six, so 4 years but yeah it stops for cars up to £50 k next April.

 

[tsedge]

It is the car's registration date that counts, not when you buy it. Although these normally go together, if you are buying ex-demo or pre-registered they will be different.

 

[nigel4]

From the rac via my dealer it seems that the luxury tax threshold increase is backdated to April this year. So that will be good news.
Anyone any other definitive info or links?

 

[Kenp1]

I read that on the DVLA site as well.

 

[tsedge]

All EV cars registered from 1st April 2025 will have the new ECS threshold of £50,000 applied from 1st April 2026.

In plain English, the threshold is £50k if your car was registered on or after 01/04/25.

 

[salty]

Personally don't agree, with the so called
"Expensive" car supplement. Why?
Just because your lucky enough to be able to afford a more expensive car. Bloody good luck to ya.
It's still only one bloody car. Taking up One space on the road. It's also against the folk, like us, who perhaps can afford a nicer used "Expensive" car at about 2/3 year's old, and still have to pay the lot more expensive tax.

 

[tsedge]

It is just another tax. We have no end of them.

According to our government, you are one of the rich, so you need to pay.