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Road Tax

As of April 2009, UK Road tax for new cehicles is calculated on CO₂ emissions. The rules for this calculation can be found below:

Cars registered after 1 March 2001 (based on fuel type and CO2 emissions)


Petrol and Diesel Cars					Alternative Fuel Cars
Band	CO2 (g/km)	2009	2010-11	2010-11 First Year Tax	Band	2009	2010-11

	Up to 100	Free	Free	Free		Free
	101-110	£35	£20	Free		£15
	111-120	£35	£30	Free		£15
	121-130	£120	£90	Free		£100
	131-140	£120	£110	£110		£100
	141-150	£125	£125	£125		£105
	151-165	£150	£155	£155		£130
	165-175	£175	£180	£250		£155
	176-185	£175	£200	£300		£155
	186-200	£215	£235	£425		£200
	201-225	£215	£245	£550		£200
*	226-255	£405	£425	£750		£390
*	Over 255	£405	£435	£950		£390

* - Note that L and M bands only affect cars registered after 23 March 2006. Cars registered before 23 March 2006 which emit more than 225g/km of CO2 will stay in band K.

Cars registered before 1 March 2001 (based on engine size as CO₂ figures were not available this long ago)

Private / Light Goods Vehicles

Engine size (cc)	12 months tax	6 months tax

Not over 1549	£115.00	£63.25
Over 1549	£180.00	£99.00

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