No Reduction in Road Tax Anymore When Uprating Motorhome Weight? (11 Viewers)

[Wombles]

Lots of chat on motorhoming social media that the rules have changed & that now if uprating the weight of your motorhome the road tax category remains the same so no financial incentive to do this anymore! Checking on SV Tech website it seems that this may be true https://www.svtech.co.uk/taxclass/

"** Following a change within the DVLA policy section (July ’24), weight changes to vehicles having a vehicle category (J) on the V5C as either M1 or N1, will now only have the F.1 Max Permissible Mass box changed, not the revenue weight or tax class."​

 

[Bobby-gg]

Already discussed

Motorhome Weights.

Current U.K. law on up plating has been changed WITHOUT consultation. When up plating from 3500kg RFL will continue to be £365 pa. IT IS NOT being reduced to the PHG rate of £165. Secondly, the DVLA are no longer changing the V5c to illustrate your new weight. The MTPLM will remain at 3500kg...

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

 

[Wombles]

Already discussed

Motorhome Weights.

Current U.K. law on up plating has been changed WITHOUT consultation. When up plating from 3500kg RFL will continue to be £365 pa. IT IS NOT being reduced to the PHG rate of £165. Secondly, the DVLA are no longer changing the V5c to illustrate your new weight. The MTPLM will remain at 3500kg...

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

Did a search before posting this but didn't find that thread & hadn't spotted it when looking at the forum each day! Thought it might affect some thinking of doing this so too important not to post although DVLA are being challenged about this.​

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[125BEER]

Question...
If you currently have PHG.....will the vehicle excise change at the 12 month renewal date....
ie pay more......

Cheers

 

[Wombles]

Question...
If you currently have PHG.....will the vehicle excise change at the 12 month renewal date....
ie pay more......

Cheers

It doesn't sound like it will affect anyone who has uprated in the past just those doing so now.

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[DuxDeluxe]

It was sneaked in by stealth…… I had to wait until the C1 was renewed (thanks incompetent DVLA “medical” team for not understanding basics) and missed the change by about 2 weeks

 

[L' Hobo]

It was sneaked in by stealth……

But surely, not unexpected?

 

[The Artilleryman]

This will not last long as Revenue weight is the only figure shown on DVLA's check tax page.

The V5c should be an accurate document, as this will be your documentary evidence if prosecuted/fined for being over weight.

Revenue weight and MTPLM should be the same.

This is DVLA trying to re write the rules as they feel that they are too many motorhomes being up plated to pay less VED, when the case is we are up plating so we can have a decent payload without being overloaded.

My 1st application to DVLA was rejected, re submitted in July and went through OK.

I have no problem of a single VED rate for motorhomes/camper vans, irrespective of GVW.