Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 45793 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the surcharge for paying Vehicle Excise Duty in instalments for people with below average incomes.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 24 Apr 2025
In Autumn 2013, the Government announced the introduction of the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) direct debit scheme from 1 October 2014. Instead of paying VED annually or in two instalments per year with a 10% surcharge, this allows people to pay VED monthly o...