Car tax rip off?????

peterpan73 · 13-07-2009 09:36PM #1

hi all,
hope you can help, i drive a vauxhall (opel)zafira 1.9 energy, i got my notor tax renewal form in the post to day, for 12 months road tax it is coming to 614 euro, i think this crazy, can anyone else tell me what they are paying for road tax on a car of the same size.

Gumbo · 13-07-2009 09:37PM

peterpan73 wrote: »

hi all,
hope you can help, i drive a vauxhall (opel)zafira 1.9 energy, i got my notor tax renewal form in the post to day, for 12 months road tax it is coming to 614 euro, i think this crazy, can anyone else tell me what they are paying for road tax on a car of the same size.

obviously on a car of the same size the road tax is the same price

unless its an 08 model where the co2 emmissions may push it into a lower tax band.

is this the first year you have had to tax it?
did you not check the tax rates before you bought the car?

colm_mcm · 13-07-2009 09:39PM

all motor tax rates are on www.motortax.ie

why would anyone need to post up what they're paying,

tax rates are pretty common knowledge.

mickdw · 13-07-2009 09:41PM

If its not an 08 or newer, every 1.9 car pays the same. How much did you think it should be?

cabrwab · 13-07-2009 09:44PM

Road tax is based on cubic capcity so 1.9 is that much.
Unfortunately road tax in ireland is expensive!
If you bought it in 08 you could tax it on the lower the rate! (if the co2 emissons are low!)

blackbox · 13-07-2009 10:41PM

Usually cars badged 1.9 are actually less than 1900cc, so would have a tax of €582. Your Zafira must be 1901 or more.

Spare a thought for those of us who have to pay €1566 per year:(

Del2005 · 14-07-2009 02:59AM

cabrwab wrote: »

If you bought it in 08 you could tax it on the lower the rate! (if the co2 emissons are low!)

Was this not only for cars bought between Jan and Jun 08? And once your tax came up for renewal you could chose then if you wanted to go CO2 or cc based.

R.O.R · 14-07-2009 08:23AM

peterpan73 wrote: »

hi all,
hope you can help, i drive a vauxhall (opel)zafira 1.9 energy, i got my notor tax renewal form in the post to day, for 12 months road tax it is coming to 614 euro, i think this crazy, can anyone else tell me what they are paying for road tax on a car of the same size.

My car has a similar size engine, and I'm paying €614 a year! [/sarcasm]

1.9CDTi engine in the Fiat/Saab/Opels is 1910cc so takes it in to the 1901-2000 cc bracket. If it was 1900cc or under you could have saved a whopping €32 a year as it stands at the moment.

smash · 14-07-2009 08:40AM

To be honest... Suck it up, both my cars have bigger engines than yours and I was well aware of what I'd be paying before I bought the cars!

These are costs that should be noted when purchasing a car and if you didn't do your homework then there's no point complaining about it.

Cabaal · 14-07-2009 08:51AM

Seems a clear case of lack of research on such things before buying the car, not a very good idea to just assume what things will cost

Car tax rip off?????

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