On 08/04/2011 22:10, Tony Raven wrote:
Matt wrote:

It's not necessarily bigger /or/ more polluting cars, as neither of those
are used as criteria for establishing the tax level.

"Vehicle tax rates for cars registered on or after 1 March 2001 are split
into 13 bands depending on CO2 emissions. The amount you'll pay depends on
which band your car is in. The lower a car’s emissions, the lower the
vehicle tax payable on it."
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...le/DG_10012524

I expect you'll try to claim CO2 isn't pollution.

It is not how much they pollute, it is their theoretical _potential_ to
pollute (well emit CO2) that dictates the tax rate. The amount that is
actually emitted during the year is _not_ taken into account. A band M
car is taxed at GBP460.00 even if it is kept on the road, but travels
zero miles (and thus doesn't pollute at all) in a year. Similarly a
band A isn't taxed, even if it travels 100,000 miles in a year and
pollutes a lot!

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Matt B