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Without a tax disc, how can I check that my vehicle...

According to the Department for Transport (DfT), the number of untaxed cars on UK roads has more than doubled since the tax disc was abolished last...
Published 27 November 2015
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Letters of the week, August 23

This week: community road maintenance, Clarkson and the MX-5, the definition of "accident" (literally), setting the road tax record straight, more...
Published 24 August 2015
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Letters of the week, August 16

This week: taxing historic vehicles, Operation Stack, collisions v accidents, overtaking on the left, lane hogging and the Jebel Hafeet road
Published 17 August 2015
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Driving Green: How much is road tax for "green" cars?

For several years any car rated below 100g/km of CO2 has attracted a zero rate of vehicle excise duty (VED), or road tax...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What is a "green" car?

What constitutes a green car isn’t as cut and dried as you might think. While for many, CO2 emissions are at the heart of what makes a car green...
Published 05 August 2015
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News: ‘Double charging’ on car tax stings drivers...

The newly elected transport minister will come under pressure to reform tax for motorists
Published 11 May 2015
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I want to export my left-hand-drive car to Spain but...

Q. I want to export my left-hand-drive car to Spain. At present it is kept in a garage and has an MoT certificate, but is not taxed or insured. I...
Published 03 March 2015
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Must my tax disc still be displayed in my car window?

I understand that paper tax discs are being phased out this week. Does that mean I will no longer have to display the disc I bought recently, or must...
Published 28 September 2014
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News: Abolition of tax disc angers boy with 12,000...

From next Wednesday the tax disc is no more, but while most people will be rejoicing about no longer having to carefully tear out the flimsy circle...
Published 26 September 2014
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Letters of the week, September 21

The issues that got you talking this week.
Published 23 September 2014
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News: Boris Johnson proposes "workplace parking levies"...

A scrappage scheme for older diesel cars and the introduction of a workplace parking levy that could see employees paying up to £400 a year to park...
Published 10 September 2014
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The new tax disc rules (updated)

What changed on October 1, 2014? Do we still need to display our existing tax discs? Click here for the answers.
Published 03 September 2014