{"slug":"uk-car-tax-ved","name":"UK Car Tax Calculator (VED) — inc. post-2025 EV rules","category":"everyday","tags":["tax","car","planning"],"region":"GB","tagline":"Vehicle Excise Duty (road tax) on a UK car — first-year rate by CO2, the £200 standard rate EVs now pay too, and the £440 expensive-car supplement with its new £50k EV threshold.","endpoint":"https://xearno.tools/api/v1/tools/uk-car-tax-ved","page":"https://xearno.tools/t/uk-car-tax-ved","description":"Computes Vehicle Excise Duty (\"road tax\") for a UK car using the 2026-27 rate tables: the CO2-based first-year rate for cars registered from April 2025, the flat £200 standard rate for later years, the 2001–2017 CO2 band table for older cars, and the £440/yr expensive-car supplement (years 2–6). Two recent changes make general AI unreliable here: EVs stopped being exempt on 1 April 2025 (models still say \"electric cars pay no road tax\"), and the expensive-car supplement threshold for EVs rose from £40,000 to £50,000 on 1 April 2026 — retroactively, for EVs registered from April 2025 — so even the briefly-correct 2025 answer is now wrong. The right figure branches on fuel, CO2, registration date, and list price at once.","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."}