S3 road tax
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Yes any car £40k or over pays the higher tax . I made sure my S3 had the lower tax band mine is £155 a year
What was the Otr price? Plus I think it goes off the list price, not the price you paid if you had discounts for example.
Your dealer has properly sc*ewed you over. Should have warned you were in the higher tax bracket. Nothing you can do unfortunately as goes on RRP on the road and not what you paid
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All that extra tax because of going over by £36.21
. My19 S3 was £40688 but before I negotiated I asked if it came under the Luxury car tax bracketit turned out my car came to £39995 as Audi added a after care plan which didn't effect the overall price so I was happy to try and do a deal after a week of going back and forth I got it for £35000 result
This can catch you out if you are not aware. Easy to see what the tax will be on a car by using the government web site.
A car that attracts the extra road tax because it was over 40K will have a date at the bottom of the result. "Additional rate applicable to"
This was a fairly new S3 I found on Autotrader with some options so will be over 40K.
https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/
A poverty spec S3 but this will be cheaper on road tax.
A car that attracts the extra road tax because it was over 40K will have a date at the bottom of the result. "Additional rate applicable to"
This was a fairly new S3 I found on Autotrader with some options so will be over 40K.
https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/
A poverty spec S3 but this will be cheaper on road tax.
You could say the same about GPF filters in my cause I guess not
Ouch! Over by such a small amount.
But yeah as others have said it will be payable for the next few years
But yeah as others have said it will be payable for the next few years
£536 over is pretty much the delivery charge, Registration and Number Plates inc VAT - This is counted towards the OTR price - Not sure why to be honest as a second owner will be hit with the same road tax up to 5 years old.
Should be on the car price including extras - Well actually it shouldn't apply at all just because you can afford a nice car out of your already taxed income!! But there you go
As it has been said it's the list price of the car, including any options but not the first year road tax and reg fee (i believe). Also its the list price at time of registering the car, so i theory you could order a car and its under and due to the chip shortage you have to wait a while and there's been 2 increases. Now when you receive the car they calculate the price at that time and not use the list price at time of ordering.
My road tax is around £160 a year for the S3 I couldn't of stomached paying £490 or what ever it was for a few options .
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It’s ridiculous isn’t it. Surely they have to change it soon with prices going up on cars
Yes its daylight robbery I bought my S3 brand new in 2019 but made sure the tax was in the lower band before I signed on the dotted line .
I think luxury tax reverts back to the standard £165 when the car turns 5 years old .
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Reality check, 50% depreciation over say 3 years and people are concerned about an extra few hundred Pounds a year VED ...
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No reality check needed here I think most people are well aware of depreciation .
The thread is about car tax so your missing the point .
Reality check not everybody on this forum as deep pockets
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So £20-30k lost in depreciation but nothing to see there Vs £300 a year VED ...
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Depends on whether you've gone over £40K
£180 (not sure if that's the new figure) if under and then additional £350 ish if over - So actually £530+
That's true the new Black Edition MY23.5 do start at £43K now and you'll still want to add the Tech Pack Pro probably - £47K - You used to be able to get an RS3 for that sort of money - It's all gone madimpossible to spec a S3 to stay below the £40k given they start from £43k now
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My 2015 RS3 could have been bought under £40k if you selected no options!Sure has. Not long ago S3’s started very low £30k’s
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£30k depreciation in 3 years? Point me towards the £10k 3 year old S3s please!
