Bike tax increases

[Uber Dave]

As per the article.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/road-tax-for-motorcycles-over-400cc-increased/26427.html

[Dabz]

£81 per bike, ouch

[Wes]

Its is, especially when you take into account the adverage annual mileage

[Dabz]

I was only taxing my track bike for the odd few trips, and with the baby I won't be doing many miles on the road bike either :/

[Swanny]

And don't forget when you buy your new bike you have to tax it straight away

[Snowy]

At least we've all saved that £1 on 3 litres of fuel recently......

[BB]

Bast*rds!

[Gavuk]

https://www.change.org/p/minister-of-transport-reduce-road-tax-on-motorcycles?recruiter=258177481&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_page&utm_term=mob-xs-share_petition-no_msg&fb_ref=Default

:D

[redken1]

Perhaps WB should contact David Attenborough to see if he would like to make a programme about a species under the threat of extinction.:p

[BugsyB]

Easy answer is to abolish Road Tax and gather the money on fuel. The more you drive and use fuel, the more you pay.

[Swanny]

They should be encouraging people to use bikes rather than the opposite
So much for all the going green BS they keep spouting

[Republic]

We who pay all form's of tax, are paying for those who don't pay it, if they was made too would we need a tax increase at all, politicians don't set a good example, is this why they don't put it on fuel, why would they, they have us too pay tax and they are not in it for us.

[Burbler]

Easy answer is to abolish Road Tax and gather the money on fuel. The more you drive and use fuel, the more you pay.

They have always done that AS WELL. Never had understood why there is such massive duty on fags, booze and fuel.

[Republic]

Not for MP's they claim it back on expenses, and the people they truly represent don't pay tax at all, your right it's all smoker and mirrors and all at our expense.

[Jed]

Given the state of the nations finances; I'm sorry but I can't get excited by a 1.7 or 1.25% increase (over 400/600 respectively). It grieves me that the money raised by VED is not spent on the roads, but again that is simply a function of how public services are funded. I have long wondered why VED is not scrapped and the money raised directly through an increase in fuel duty. A plausible if not 'the' answer lies in the fact that fuel prices are included in the official inflation figures so the govt won't take the hit on that or risk the implications to the financial markets, albeit only a one off increase. Maybe now with the recent drop in fuel prices this could be a good time to do it?

[Jon_W]

I can't say a £1 increase (for me this will cost a total of £2 extra per year) in bike tax will make much difference. Fuel and insurance costs pale this into insignificance.

[WhyNot]

Atleast its only a pound, it could have been a lot worse! I'll take a look at this thread in 5 years time and try not to cry...

[Stuntsunlimited]

They should be encouraging people to use bikes rather than the opposite
So much for all the going green BS they keep spouting

We all know the story with these.... I went ltd company last year. Basically I pay myself as little as possible each month. Apparently my company can pay for my R1 and there is a tax incentive for it. Thanks tax man.

[Alan]

Road tax is a way of ensuring vehicles are insured and MOT'd, which is one of the reasons I believe for the recent change where tax cannot be transferred with the vehicle. For this reason I am happy to keep road tax, although given the tax breaks for low emission cars, I think it is too high on bikes. The vehicle has to be insured and MOT'd to be taxed, and Road Tax is very easy to monitor, if a vehicle is not SORN'd or taxed, they can automatically issue a fine and ANPR will pick up vehicles that are not taxed. It would not be so easy to monitor insurance and MOT's. If it helps to keep the number of uninsured vehicles on the road down than I am in favour of it.