California T5 Vehicle Tax

[Melinda Rickett]

We have a VW California T5 4 Motion 7 speed Diesel first reg Oct 2014; on the V5C it says 'Motor Caravan'; Taxation Class: 'Diesel Car'. Our renewal tax reminder is for 12 months at £615. Does anyone else pay this much?

 

[Melinda Rickett]

I should add that the date of first registration was Oct 2014 but the date of first registration in the UK was Jan 2017

 

[WelshGas]

We have a VW California T5 4 Motion 7 speed Diesel first reg Oct 2014; on the V5C it says 'Motor Caravan'; Taxation Class: 'Diesel Car'. Our renewal tax reminder is for 12 months at £615. Does anyone else pay this much?

Just paid £360 on a 4 Motion 180 SE first registered 1/12/2014.

 

[WelshGas]

I should add that the date of first registration was Oct 2014 but the date of first registration in the UK was Jan 2017

You will pay the VED rates as of 1st Registration in UK.

What rates of VED have been paid in the past?

 

[Melinda Rickett]

Thank you - we have always paid over £500 but I am thinking this may not be correct? We have owned the Cali for 3 years and it was previously registered from 2014 in the Republic of Ireland and from Jan 2017 it was re-registered in the UK.

 

[Bobalongbybus]

We have just taxed a 2015 t5180 se and it was £350, in Belfast

 

[B J G]

We have a VW California T5 4 Motion 7 speed Diesel first reg Oct 2014; on the V5C it says 'Motor Caravan'; Taxation Class: 'Diesel Car'. Our renewal tax reminder is for 12 months at £615. Does anyone else pay this much?

a 2.5ltr engine?

These fell into the higher Tax Band with the big 4x4's due to the Emission figure. Painful but no easy way out of it

 

[WelshGas]

a 2.5ltr engine?

These fell into the higher Tax Band with the big 4x4's due to the Emission figure. Painful but no easy way out of it

I don't think the 2.5 was available in 2014. Certainly wasn't an option when I ordered in May 2014.

 

[SusiBus]

a 2.5ltr engine?

These fell into the higher Tax Band with the big 4x4's due to the Emission figure. Painful but no easy way out of it

If it's a 2014 T5 4Motion, surely it's a 2 litre 180 ps, which doesn't attract the higher tax. I think the problem is that it was re registered in the UK in that short period when the DVLA applied a higher rate of tax to some Cali's, but I think that only applied for the five years after the first registration in the UK.

 

[B J G]

If it's a 2014 T5 4Motion, surely it's a 2 litre 180 ps, which doesn't attract the higher tax. I think the problem is that it was re registered in the UK in that short period when the DVLA applied a higher rate of tax to some Cali's, but I think that only applied for the five years after the first registration in the UK.

Info gleaned online

Engines
There was a choice of two different diesel engines in the T5, producing a total of four different power outputs; the 1.9 PD offered either 85 or 105bhp, while the more torquey five-cylinder 2.5-litre was available in 130bhp or 174bhp guise, the latter getting the option of VW’s 4Motion four-wheel drive technology.

 

[andyinluton]

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If it's a 2014 T5 4Motion, surely it's a 2 litre 180 ps, which doesn't attract the higher tax.

Early T5.1 180 4motions were a high tax rate, slightly later ones had the “blue motion” tag added. The changes made for blue motion dropped it a couple of tac bands due to reduced emissions.

 

[OllieCollieCali]

Ive got a 2006 T5 2.5l 130, and unfortunately I also paid £615 this year for road tax. I know someone with a 55 plate who pays half this, but im on the understanding they changed the tax bands in March 2006 (20 days before my van was first registered) and due to emmissions my van was bumped into the higher tax bands.
Id love to find a way to reduce it to sensible rates like everyone elses vans though - but not sure theres a way.

 

[B J G]

All in the Emission Band as to pre 2017 charges

VED Band	Vehicle CO2 emissions	Standard rate 2022-23	AFV rate** 2022-23
12-month VED rates for cars registered from 01 March 2001 to 31 March 2017*
A	Up to 100 g/km	£0	£0
B	101-110 g/km	£20	£10
C	111-120 g/km	£30	£20
D	121-130 g/km	£135	£125
E	131-140 g/km	£165	£155
F	141-150 g/km	£180	£170
G	151-165 g/km	£220	£210
H	166-175 g/km	£265	£255
I	176-185 g/km	£290	£280
J	186-200 g/km	£330	£320
K*	201-225 g/km	£360	£350
L	226-255 g/km	£615	£605
M	Over 255 g/km	£630	£620

 

[Melinda Rickett]

Thanks everyone for your contributions to this thread - we have a T5 2.0 180PS 4 Motion 7 speedDSG QD7. The chart above gives us the answer: our CO2 on the V5C shows us as 232 G/KM which puts us in band L so I guess £615 tax is correct