Guidance

Vehicle tax rates (V149 and V149/1)

Rates of vehicle tax for all types of vehicle.

From:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Published
27 March 2013
Last updated
1 April 2026 — See all updates

Documents

V149 (from 1 April 2026)

PDF, 222 KB, 2 pages

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V149/1 (from 1 April 2026)

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Details

V149 has rates for:

  • cars
  • motorcycles
  • light goods vehicles

V149/1 has rates for:

  • all other types of goods vehicles
  • buses
  • recovery vehicles

The rates are for vehicles that have been registered. You can check tax rates for new unregistered cars online.
 

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Updates to this page

Published 27 March 2013
Last updated 1 April 2026 show all updates

  1. Removed PDFs for 2025 to leave only current 2026 rates

  2. Added new V149 and V149/1 forms, which will be valid from 1 April 2026

  3. Removed outdated PDFs

  4. Added V149 and V149/1 PDFs

  5. Added new rates of vehicle tax from 1 April 2024 for cars, motorcycles, light goods vehicles and private light goods vehicles.

  6. Updated V149/1 added.

  7. Removed old vehicle tax rates for cars, motorcycles, light goods vehicles and private light goods vehicles

  8. Added new rates of vehicle tax from 1 April 2023 for cars, motorcycles, light goods vehicles and private light goods vehicles

  9. Linking to an accessible version of vehicle tax rates tables. Also linking to tax a vehicle service.

  10. Old versions of the V149 and V149W PDFs removed.

  11. Uploaded the latest accessible V149 and V149W PDFs.

  12. Updated tax rates hyperlink.

  13. Updated pdf (V149 1 April 2021)

  14. Updated English and Welsh V149 pdf

  15. Added new rates of vehicle tax from 1 April 2021 for cars, motorcycles, light goods vehicles and private light goods vehicles

  16. New Welsh V149/1W added

  17. Updated V149/1 pdf

  18. Attached new V149/1 for 1 August 2020.

  19. Update to Welsh pdf April 2020

  20. Updated pdf.

  21. New vehicle tax rates coming into force on 1 April 2020

  22. Added the Welsh version of V149W for 2019

  23. Attached new V149 for 1 April 2019.

  24. Updated pdf.

  25. Updated pdf.

  26. Removed 2017 rates.

  27. Updated with rates from 1 April 2018.

  28. New rates of vehicle tax from 1 April, 2017

  29. Old 2015 vehicle tax rates removed.

  30. New vehicle tax rates from 1 April 2016 added.

  31. The description has changed from first year rates to first vehicle tax rates.

  32. New vehicle tax rates from 1 April 2015

  33. Updated version of the V149 and V149W.

  34. Go ultra low campaign link added.

  35. Updated version of both th V149 and V149W.

  36. Updated Version of the V149 published.

  37. Updated version of the V149.

  38. Added the V149W form

  39. Added new V149 for 1 April 2014

  40. First published.

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