Practically Classics Forum

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/classi ... d-to-1974/

A little better, but not quite the reinstatement of rolling exemption we had before.

But it will likely mean price hikes by sellers for cars of this year.

Hopefully (as the article suggests) they will go with a 40 year rolling exemption. My proper classic is already tax exempt but the "modern" stuff has a while to go.

It'll only be worth celebrating if it does return to the "rolling" exemption, otherwise it's just tinkering...

The federations - SVVF and some national equivalent - were in on the planning of this and according to the latest from their reps' recent presentation at the AGM of a well-known car club, it will be rolling but at the 41st year rather than the 26th year as it used to be. Surely the government wouldn't back down after making assurances? Imagine the 1968 Dagenham trim shop strike if Barbara Castle had changed her mind, it would have been a whodunnit with bodies and everything.

Why they can't make it day to day as it is in Ireland and other places where a concession comes on at 30, not 31 or only in January or April (which would it be in the second year, assuming that this crowd are still in power by then?) but the 30th anniversary of registration? OK, so there's a token charge but it works over there and applies to insurance charges too.

I wish I was tax exempt,I was born in 1971

You may not be tax exempt but in the eyes of the FBHVC you are a classic.

I bet he's not smiling now.



Go on Terry, 'it 'im

At present, I am no better off but at least it's a start. Now if they do make it rolling, I've just got enough time for the V 8 to become tax exempt, before Ed Bollo*ks ballzizz it up, if the present government lose the next election. That just leaves my '79 Midget and my mother's '78 BGT out in the cold. Let's hope it's not like my pension age, that seems to be a bit like a carrot on a stick.....I wonder will I live long enough

Must resist punching the screen, laptop only came back from having a new one fitted 2 weeks ago.........

So I only have to tax my P6 Rover for another year and then it becomes exempt - about time I had something out the present shambles of a government - as its been all take so far - Just my luck that I will get a years historic tax exemption before another set of plonkers take office and reverse the decision

Grumpy Northener wrote:So I only have to tax my P6 Rover for another year and then it becomes exempt - about time I had something out the present shambles of a government - as its been all take so far - Just my luck that I will get a years historic tax exemption before another set of plonkers take office and reverse the decision

Can't see anyone taking it away from owners of 1973 cars, but when the next government comes along they could stop it in its tracks and make it a fixed cut off point again. And a different crowd will come along, that's a constitutional (I know, wrong word as technically we don't have [a constitution] ) certainty.