Pay-as-you-drive vehicle taxation.

[chowbenter]

I've been reading the future car taxation proposals by the 'Centre for policy studies' pdf. Some interesting changes on the horizon.
Everybody will be paying different amounts of pay-as-you-drive taxation as you will be given a certain free mileage allowance linked to your postcode with more allowance going to car drivers who live in the countryside with poor or no public transport, there will be a flat rate per mile mileage charging to be collected monthly or longer periods by direct debit, There will be congestion pricing as to when & where you drive, Fuel duty to stay in place & ZEV's & hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will pay significantly less than petrol & diesel cars.


One paragraph popped out

.... "However, another option (advocated by some) is to move everyone over to a per
mile system in one ‘big bang’ moment, replacing fuel duty and vehicle excise duty
entirely. New Zealand provides an example of such a system, albeit on a small
scale. Diesel vehicles in the country are not taxed at the source as petrol drivers
are – rather they must pay through road user charges.While this system targets
larger vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, diesel cars and vans are included as well. Users
are obligated to pre-purchase distance licenses in 1,000km units, with rates varying
based on vehicle type (diesel cars pay NZ$49 per 1,000km for example"


The future of road pricing starts at chapter 4 page 45. https://cps.org.uk/wp-content/upload...OF_DRIVING.pdf

 

[Gomev]

I've been reading the future car taxation proposals by the 'Centre for policy studies' pdf. Some interesting changes on the horizon.
Everybody will be paying different amounts of pay-as-you-drive taxation as you will be given a certain free mileage allowance linked to your postcode with more allowance going to car drivers who live in the countryside with poor or no public transport, there will be a flat rate per mile mileage charging to be collected monthly or longer periods by direct debit, There will be congestion pricing as to when & where you drive, Fuel duty to stay in place & ZEV's & hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will pay significantly less than petrol & diesel cars.


One paragraph popped out

.... "However, another option (advocated by some) is to move everyone over to a per
mile system in one ‘big bang’ moment, replacing fuel duty and vehicle excise duty
entirely. New Zealand provides an example of such a system, albeit on a small
scale. Diesel vehicles in the country are not taxed at the source as petrol drivers
are – rather they must pay through road user charges.While this system targets
larger vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, diesel cars and vans are included as well. Users
are obligated to pre-purchase distance licenses in 1,000km units, with rates varying
based on vehicle type (diesel cars pay NZ$49 per 1,000km for example"


The future of road pricing starts at chapter 4 page 45. https://cps.org.uk/wp-content/upload...OF_DRIVING.pdf

Fuel tax is essentially a pay per mile for ICE, but there is no simple way to apply fuel tax for EVs other than at public charge points. Perhaps the 20% VAT on public charging compared to 5% at home could be considered a crude pay per mile/fuel tax on EVs at the moment.

 

[Gadget Geek]

Fuel tax is essentially a pay per mile for ICE, but there is no simple way to apply fuel tax for EVs other than at public charge points. Perhaps the 20% VAT on public charging compared to 5% at home could be considered a crude pay per mile/fuel tax on EVs at the moment.

Pay per mile could be applied from the mileage reported on the MOT or at the service.

 

[Gomev]

Pay per mile could be applied from the mileage reported on the MOT or at the service.

Quite, relatively straightforward pay per mile but no easy equivalent of fuel tax.
I suspect sales of mileage blockers may increase though