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A 40 year rolling exemption for classic vehicles was announced in Budget 2014. Budget 2016 now makes this a permanent exemption for classic vehicles so that on 1 April each year vehicles constructed more than 40 years before 1 January that year will automatically be exempt from paying vehicle excise duty. It is reported that there are around 10,000 classic vehicle owners.


2 years to go on my Series 3 - yeah

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I am sure that it was 25 years old for qualification until misery guts Brown came along. I was counting down for my BGT to qualify back in the day but was well pipped at the post.

 

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I dont think that was the case it was 31 of december 1971, and fixed at that point in time for many years, i know all J reg was exempt but only some ks k came out august the first 1971 . thats how i remember it. But i have been wrong on occasion.

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I dont think that was the case it was 31 of december 1971, and fixed at that point in time for many years, i know all J reg was exempt but only some ks k came out august the first 1971 . thats how i remember it. But i have been wrong on occasion.

Not quite right, as my June 1972 bike is tax-exempt

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This is a bad thing

im with you there !!!

 

everyone thinks im going mental (maybe they are right !!) but they dont give anything away without something in return !!! they have been trying to ban/restrict the use of old cars for ages to no avail,

but........

if the tax is free, and in pre 60 examples mot exempt, then they can make all/any restictions they like

 

mark my words, you read it here 1st (or 3rd or 4th !!) the end is nigh.....etc etc

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Not quite right, as my June 1972 bike is tax-exempt

I dont know then, i said i could be wrong :lol: I thoughht only up to end of 1971 maybe it was end of 72 and only some Ls from august 1st to dec 31st of 1972. Cant find out now its all the 40 year roll info online now.

That many Landrovers on here some one will know for sure.

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I dont know then, i said i could be wrong :lol: I thoughht only up to end of 1971 maybe it was end of 72 and only some Ls from august 1st to dec 31st of 1972. Cant find out now its all the 40 year roll info online now.

That many Landrovers on here some one will know for sure.

 

"The original rolling system exempted all cars more than 25 years old from paying VED in the UK, but that scheme was scrapped in 1997 freezing the cut-off date at classics built before 1 January 1973."

 

Quote lifted from Classic and Sports Car March 2013

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The rolling system updates occur each April. For example, April 2016 sees all vehicles built prior to 1 January, 1976 eligible for Historic Vehicle car tax. This means all 1975-produced cars can be reclassified. April 2017 will see this change to all pre-1977 vehicles, and so on.

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I dont know then, i said i could be wrong :lol: I thoughht only up to end of 1971 maybe it was end of 72 and only some Ls from august 1st to dec 31st of 1972. Cant find out now its all the 40 year roll info online now.

That many Landrovers on here some one will know for sure.

!972 was I am sure the cut off point.

 

Blackpowder

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!972 was I am sure the cut off point.

 

Blackpowder

+1 it was definitely the end of 72 originally, my beetle is a Dec 72 car and is tax exempt, this was imported in 82 and a certificate of authenticity from the vw museum in Germany proved it was built in Dec72 but it has a Y reg plate on it soon to be swapped for an L reg so it looks right.

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I dont think that was the case it was 31 of december 1971, and fixed at that point in time for many years, i know all J reg was exempt but only some ks k came out august the first 1971 . thats how i remember it. But i have been wrong on occasion.

Yes that's right, it wasn't a rolling exemption.

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"The original rolling system exempted all cars more than 25 years old from paying VED in the UK, but that scheme was scrapped in 1997 freezing the cut-off date at classics built before 1 January 1973."

 

Quote lifted from Classic and Sports Car March 2013

Thanks for cleraring that up i struggled to find the older details onine irt was all curent info which you can understand i supose.

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