How much extra Vehicle Excise Duty will you pay?

In order to find out how much you will be paying you will need to do the following:

1.  Click one of the links below and download the database for the year your car was registered (usually the year it was bought new), or the new car database if you are buying a new car now or have done within the last few months.  Unfortunately older years do not cover all cars in production, however, a sizeable range of cars is covered even as far back as 2001:

Download the TaxPayers' Alliance New Car Vehicle Excise Duty Database (XLS, 2.5MB)

Download the TaxPayers' Alliance May 2007 Vehicle Excise Duty Database (XLS, 2.1MB)

Download the TaxPayers' Alliance May 2006 Vehicle Excise Duty Database (XLS, 1.9MB)

Download the TaxPayers' Alliance May 2005 Vehicle Excise Duty Database (XLS, 1.4MB)

Download the TaxPayers' Alliance May 2004 Vehicle Excise Duty Database (XLS, 887KB)

Download the TaxPayers' Alliance May 2003 Vehicle Excise Duty Database (XLS, 910KB)

Download the TaxPayers' Alliance May 2002 Vehicle Excise Duty Database (XLS, 640KB)

Download the TaxPayers' Alliance July 2001 Vehicle Excise Duty Database (XLS, 557KB)

If your car was registered before 2001 you will pay a £200 flat rate increasing in line with inflation.

2.  Scroll down the list to your car's manufacturer, model, engine description and transmission.

3.  Read across to see how much extra you will be paying.  Note that while a first year charge is included for all years, for the sake of completeness, the first year charge is only paid by the owner of a new car.

Analysis

A heavy majority of the different car models in current production will face increased taxes under the new charging structure, even compared to the 2008-09 rates:

• 88 per cent of cars will pay more under Darling's new charging structure.
• 2 per cent of cars will pay the same under Darling's new charging structure.
• 9 per cent of cars will pay less under Darling's new charging structure.

The higher rate in the first year, the "showroom tax", will apply to most cars - with only a small number paying less in the first year:

• 72 per cent of cars will pay more in the first year than in subsequent years.
• 22 per cent of cars will pay the same in the first year as in subsequent years.
• 6 per cent of cars will pay less in the first year than in subsequent years.

Notes

1. Fuel economy data is drawn from the official VCA Car Fuel Database.
2. Data on the new charging structures is from table A8 in the Budget.