Euro5 Road tax

Not sure about Euro5, my 2003 - 2.8JTD is below £200 the last time I taxed it. Approx £191.

You may be asked for the certificate of conformity to prove what Euro type your engine is and unless it is fairly new it wont get a Euro 5 status which relates to the emmissions. But as both Ally and jlaurence said it should be under the £200 mark. ( I need to check what mine is now )

Its only 16 months 1st registered 1/10/2012 and thats the only type of engine Swift/ Ducato were fitting at that time and still to date best I can tell according to their web site.

I went to DVA in Belfast armed with all my info to claim the lower band road tax for Euro 5 instead of PLG. The first person I spoke to hadn't a clue what I was talking about 3 of his colleagues got involved and produced some small print to say only vehicles registered between 1/1/09 and 31/12/10
qualified for this tax class. I asked why newer vehicles which are also EURO 5 complainant didn't qualify no one could tell me. Bottom line is i'm £85 poorer and had to pay £225 for my tax disc.

I would contact Swansea as that's where the v5 forms come from

After countless emails back and forth to the DVA I eventually received this explanation why motorhomes 1st registered after 31/12/2010 are in a higher taxation class then before this date.

Robert







Dear Mr Best

Sorry for the confusion which has arisen regarding the reason why your vehicle is not able to be licensed in the Euro 5 Taxation Class.



The Euro 5 Taxation Class was initially introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer during his budget speech on 12th March 2008 to incentivise the purchase and development of fuel efficient vehicles and to reward the drivers of the most environmentally friendly vehicles. To qualify to licence in the Euro 5 Scheme (which was restricted to vehicles with the body type ‘van’ which weighed up to and including 3500kgs),the vehicle must have been registered between 01/01/2009 and 31/12/2010 and have the engine certified by the manufacturer as being Euro 5 compliant.



When it became a compulsory requirement for all diesel engined vans being registered after 01/01/2011 to be Euro 5 compliant, the Chancellor of the Exchequer removed the concessionary Euro 5 rate of duty and a standardised rate (known as the Light Goods Vehicle Taxation Class) applied even though the vehicles were Euro 5 compliant.



This was also the case previously for vehicles which were Euro 4 compliant and an incentive was introduced with a reduced rate of Tax for Euro 4 compliant vans which were licensed between 01/03/2003 and 31/12/2006. From the 01/01/2007, when Euro 4 became the compulsory standard for all diesel vans, the concession ended and the standard Light Goods Vehicle Taxation Class took effect until the introduction of the concession for Euro 5 vehicles on 01/01/2009.



Historically, motorhomes which weigh up to and including 3500kgs, have always been licensed in the Private Light Goods Taxation Class which has two specific rates of duty for vehicles not over 1549cc and vehicles which are over 1549cc.



Motorhomes only became liable to have compulsory type approval at date of First Registration after April 2012 and this is one of the reasons why they were not included in either the Euro 4 or Euro 5 schemes.



With regards to other owners of similar motorhomes being charged lower rates of duty than you currently are, this could be because they may weigh slightly over 3500kgs and would therefore have to be registered in the Private Heavy Goods Taxation Class which is currently £165 per year. I know it is somewhat ironic that the rates for heavier vehicles are currently set at a lower rate than their lighter equivalents but responsibility for this falls directly with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Vehicle Policy Group, Swansea and the current Chancellor of the Exchequer.



I trust this helps to answer your initial query and apologies again for the confusion.



Yours sincerely



Sean Devlin

Operational Manager