{"slug":"uk-car-tax-ved","name":"UK Road Tax Calculator (car tax / VED) — 2026-27 rates","category":"everyday","tags":["tax","car","planning"],"aliases":["road tax","car tax","VED","EV road tax","electric car tax","first year road tax","expensive car supplement"],"region":"GB","tagline":"What you’ll pay to tax your car this year — the first-year bill on a new one, the £200 everyone pays after that, and the £440 surcharge on pricier cars.","endpoint":"https://xearno.tools/api/v1/tools/uk-car-tax-ved","page":"https://xearno.tools/t/uk-car-tax-ved","description":"Car tax arrives as two very different bills. The first year is a one-off charge set by the car’s CO2, running from a few hundred pounds to over £5,000 — which is why it usually disappears into the on-the-road price and is forgotten. Every year after that is a flat £200, and electric cars have paid it since 1 April 2025, the single fact a general-purpose AI is most likely to get wrong. Then there is the surcharge: any car listed above £40,000 pays an extra £440 a year from its second year to its sixth. For EVs that threshold rose to £50,000 on 1 April 2026 and was backdated to anything registered from April 2025, so even an answer that was correct last year has gone stale. Cars from 2001 to 2017 run on an older CO2 table, which is here as well.","inputSchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"regDate":{"description":"When was the car first registered? The decisive input — three different tax regimes by first-registration date (the date the car was first registered anywhere, not when you bought it). Cars first registered before 1 March 2001 are taxed by engine size instead and are out of scope here.","type":"string","enum":["new","y2017","y2001"],"default":"new"},"fuel":{"description":"Fuel type Zero emission = pure electric (or hydrogen fuel-cell). Hybrids count as petrol/diesel — their £10 hybrid discount ended in April 2025. Non-RDE2 diesels pay one first-year band higher (see methodology; this tool assumes RDE2).","type":"string","enum":["petrolDiesel","ev"],"default":"petrolDiesel"},"co2":{"description":"CO2 emissions (g/km) From the V5C logbook or the manufacturer. Sets the first-year rate for cars registered from April 2025 and the band for 2001–2017 cars. Ignored for EVs, and for the standard-year tax on post-2017 cars.","type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":400,"default":120},"listPrice":{"description":"Manufacturer list price when new (£) The published list price on the day of first registration, including factory options and VAT — not what was actually paid. This decides the expensive-car supplement, and it sticks with the car for life.","type":"number","minimum":0,"default":30000},"yearOfOwnership":{"description":"Which year of the car’s life? Which year’s tax to show. The CO2-based first-year rate only exists for cars registered from April 2025 — for older cohorts \"first year\" is shown as a normal year. Years 2–6 are when the expensive-car supplement can apply.","type":"string","enum":["first","standard","after6"],"default":"standard"}},"required":[],"additionalProperties":false},"methodology":["Three regimes by first-registration date. Cars first registered on/after 1 April 2025: a CO2-based first-year (\"showroom\") rate, then the flat standard rate. Cars registered 1 April 2017 – 31 March 2025: the flat standard rate (CO2 no longer matters). Cars registered 1 March 2001 – 31 March 2017: a flat annual rate from the 13-band CO2 table (A–M), fixed for life. Cars registered before 1 March 2001 are taxed by engine size (two rates, under/over 1549cc) and are not modelled here.","First-year rates (2026-27, cars registered from 1 Apr 2025) by CO2 g/km: 0: £10 · 1–50: £115 · 51–75: £135 · 76–90: £280 · 91–100: £365 · 101–110: £405 · 111–130: £455 · 131–150: £560 · 151–170: £1,410 · 171–190: £2,270 · 191–225: £3,420 · 226–255: £4,850 · over 255: £5,690. Rates above 150 g/km were doubled in April 2025. Diesels that do not meet the RDE2 emissions standard (mostly pre-2021 registrations) pay one band higher in the first year — this tool assumes RDE2-compliant diesel.","Standard rate (years 2 onward, 2026-27): £200/yr for ALL fuel types including fully electric — EVs lost their VED exemption on 1 April 2025 (new EVs pay the £10 first-year rate, existing 2017–2025 EVs moved straight onto the standard rate). The £10 alternative-fuel/hybrid discount ended at the same time. The 2025-26 standard rate was £195; rates are uprated annually.","Expensive-car supplement (2026-27): £440/yr on top of the standard rate, charged in years 2–6 only (five years), when the manufacturer list price on the day of first registration — including factory options and VAT, regardless of what was paid — exceeded the threshold. Thresholds: over £40,000 generally; over £50,000 for EVs first registered from 1 April 2025 (this EV-specific threshold took effect 1 April 2026 and applies retroactively to those registrations, so an EV that was paying the supplement in 2025-26 at £45,000 list stopped owing it). EVs first registered before 1 April 2025 are permanently exempt from the supplement.","2001–2017 band table (12-month, 2026-27): A ≤100: £20 · B 101–110: £20 · C 111–120: £35 · D 121–130: £170 · E 131–140: £200 · F 141–150: £225 · G 151–165: £275 · H 166–175: £325 · I 176–185: £360 · J 186–200: £410 · K 201–225: £445 · L 226–255: £760 · M >255: £790. Band A’s £0 rate ended in April 2025 — even old EVs and sub-100 g/km cars now pay £20.","Payment frequency: the figures shown are the 12-month single-payment rates. Monthly direct debit costs about 5% more across the year; a single 6-month payment about 10% more on an annualized basis. Cars in the SORN (off-road) state pay nothing.","All figures are the 2026-27 tables from gov.uk (vehicle tax rate tables), verified 2026-07-23. VED is UK-wide (unlike SDLT); vans, motorcycles, and pre-2001 cars use different tables not modelled here."],"usage":"POST https://xearno.tools/api/v1/tools/uk-car-tax-ved with a JSON body matching inputSchema."}