{"id":724,"date":"2010-05-06T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=724"},"modified":"2015-03-19T14:58:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T14:58:40","slug":"dva-changes-to-6-month-road-tax-discs-refunds-and-used-imported-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2010\/05\/dva-changes-to-6-month-road-tax-discs-refunds-and-used-imported-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to 6 month Road Tax Discs, Refunds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>DVA Changes to 6 month Road Tax Discs, Refunds and used imported vehicles<\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes to 6 month Road Tax discs, refunds and used imported vehicles.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Different first year rates of Vehicle Tax will be introduced for cars registered from 1 April 2010. At the same time there will be some changes to the rules about six-month tax discs and refunds. There will also be different rates of vehicle tax for some used imported vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Six-month tax discs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vehicles being registered for the first time in bands A to D will not be able to get a six-month tax disc at first registration. This is because six-month tax discs are only available where the vehicle tax rate is \u00a355 or above. Vehicle tax in bands A to D will be free on first registration from 1 April 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Also, from 1 April 2010 six-month tax discs will not be available for vehicles being registered in bands H to M. This is because the first year rate for these vehicles is higher than the normal standard rate. If you have a vehicle in these bands you will be able to get a six-month tax disc when re-taxing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Applying for a vehicle tax refund<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want a refund on your first tax disc it will be calculated using the first year rate if the vehicle has been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>stolen<\/li>\n<li>scrapped<\/li>\n<li>moved into a tax class where no vehicle tax is payable, such as the disabled tax class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are applying for a refund on your first tax disc it will be calculated using the standard rate if the vehicle has been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sold<\/li>\n<li>exported<\/li>\n<li>taken off the road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Refunds will be calculated using the standard rate on all tax discs after the first tax disc, in all circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Used imported vehicles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you import a vehicle to Northern Ireland (NI) that has been previously registered abroad and register it here, you may have to pay the first year rate.<\/p>\n<p>If the vehicle was registered abroad for less than six months you&#8217;ll pay the first year rate when it&#8217;s registered in NI. The first year rate will also be payable if the vehicle has travelled less than 6,000 kilometres (3,728 miles) when it&#8217;s first registered in NI.<\/p>\n<p>If the vehicle was registered abroad for more than six months and travelled over 6,000 kilometres (3,728 miles) you&#8217;ll pay the standard rate of vehicle tax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DVA Changes to 6 month Road Tax Discs, Refunds and used imported vehicles Changes to 6 month Road Tax discs, refunds and used imported vehicles. Different first year rates of Vehicle Tax will be introduced for cars registered from 1 April 2010. At the same time there will be some changes to the rules about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10291,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/10291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}