Originally Posted By Peter J
Scrap the car tax system and collect the revenue through fuel duty.

The RAC Foundation, in 2012, calculated 14p a litre would do it.

Fuel for Thought

With the recent fall in fuel prices this wouldn't even return prices to where they were at the peak.

We have 3 cars, total car tax is almost £1000 a year.
That would be 7142 litres at 14p a litre.

We drive about 17,000 miles in total
Average mpg across the 3 is roughly 32mpg.
So we buy about 2500 litres.
We would "save" about £600


Which unfortunately means the exchequer would have to find the 600 quid from other revenue sources.

I'm all in favour of indirect taxation as it gives a degree of control over how we pay our taxes, but shifting it to fuel duty would have plenty of unintended consequences, like unfairly penalising poor working people who have to drive a car to work in favour of wealthier folks who own plenty of cars but don't drive much?

Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE