Maybe An Idea To Renew VED Before The Budget

[mystreet]

@siteguru and @Lovemyev when is your VED due?

 

[emmrecs]

No letter received here, but my VED is due for renewal March 1st, 2025, so the "new tax" shouldn't affect me until 2026, I hope!!

 

[siteguru]

Mine would have been due 01-Nov-24 but I did the VED renewal March 24, so it's now due 01-Mar-25 (i.e. a month before the new rates kick in). So I'll be paying £0 at some point in February 2025 (as you pay for VED before it becomes due).

 

[Les burrows]

Yep - got mine dated 23/09/2024.

Yeh me to I had one around a week ago for my 5 so did my wife for her 4 but it shouldn’t come into effect for us until March 2026 like yourself Siteguru we Tax our cars in March 24
Les

 

[mystreet]

Wonder if they are going on original date instead of new March 25 date.
As of yet I have not got the letter, mine was due June 25

 

[siteguru]

Thread necromancy alert!

I've just paid for my first MG4 VED this morning ... £195 to tax the car from 01-Mar-26 for 12 months.

 

[Lovemyev]

Thread necromancy alert!

I've just paid for my first MG4 VED this morning ... £195 to tax the car from 01-Mar-26 for 12 months.

Ouch .

 

[siteguru]

It's coming to everyone with an EV ... some may already have paid it. (Like yourself, for instance, as it'll have been included in the lease/purchase cost of your MGS5).

 

[MG Clive]

It's going to be a sad couple of months for EV owners

 

[salty]

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It's going to be a sad couple of months for EV owners

Presume you still get a reminder through the post? Mine's due 1st March.

 

[MG Clive]

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Presume you still get a reminder through the post? Mine's due 1st March.

Yes you do

 

[Ian Key]

I had to pay £195 VED when I bought my MGS5 in August last year. It's expected to go up to £200 in April 2026

 

[Les burrows]

I had to pay £195 VED when I bought my MGS5 in August last year. It's expected to go up to £200 in April 2026

Wow ian I sure I read somewhere the first year was £10

So I had letters yesterday for my MG5 and my wife’s MG4. £195 on each.
Les

 

[SimonomiS]

Maybe all the new EV VED will go towards mending a few potholes...

 

[MG Clive]

Maybe all the new EV VED will go towards mending a few potholes...

You should do Stand-up mate.

 

[salty]

You should do Stand-up mate.

In a pot hole. Some are almost that, deep.

 

[SimonomiS]

You should do Stand-up mate.

Indeed. Or perhaps replace the horn in my MG5 with an irony klaxon

 

[Lovemyev]

It's coming to everyone with an EV ... some may already have paid it. (Like yourself, for instance, as it'll have been included in the lease/purchase cost of your MGS5).

Your right !.
I got caught out early.
Our car was a pre reg, in August 2025.
The dealer had registered the car and paid the £10 for the first year.
I asked them to apply my private plate ( on retention ) and put onto the car when I collected it.
This was done successfully, but because the car required a new V5C it triggered a request for the car to be taxed again.
I had to pay the full £195.00 in order to get it taxed !.
I should have tried leaving it on the original plate and then flip to the private plate after 12 months.
I gained a year on the ZS EV so can’t really complain ( but I will of course ).

 

[Lovemyev]

Wow ian I sure I read somewhere the first year was £10

So I had letters yesterday for my MG5 and my wife’s MG4. £195 on each.
Les

You’re right Les, I think it’s £10 for the first year on EV’s cars costing less than 43 grand ish.
If I remember correctly.

 

[Ian Key]

Wow ian I sure I read somewhere the first year was £10

You are correct but I'm the second owner as the car was a pre registered with 5 miles on the clock. It might have cost me £185 extra for the VED but I saved nearly £10k on the list price.