^^^^^^^^^^^
This is inevitable. Motoring is an easy target for tax generation. Has been ever since cars existed.
Buying a car? Tax on purchase VAT plus, now the £40k supplement.
Annual costs...VED, service cost VAT, spares ( tyres, brakes, fluids etc) VAT.
Fuel...a double whammy of fuel duty ( high rate) then add VAT.
Insurance taxed.
Parking? I think there is VAT.
Add in things like self induced costs for speeding courses/fines, with longer term insurance hikes ( more tax).
Got a garage? Taxes on items bought like tools, lighting, power plus potential Council Tax effects if the Band goes up. A bit airy-fairy but an example of the oft hidden costs.
Company car? Income tax liability.
Lots of talk about paying per mile raising its head again, toll roads, extended congestion/ emissions zones.
If you have an EV enjoy the current fuel savings while you can. As with initial FIT tariffs set high to entice solar gen things have changed. Get in early ( if you have the capital to pay for it) and it becomes viable. Not so easy now!
Bottom line is that motoring based taxes subsidise other spending over and above motoring spending.
