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 2024 — See all updates

Documents

V149 (from 1 April 2024)

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V149/1 (from 1 August 2023)

Ref: V149/1

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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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Published 27 March 2013
Last updated 1 April 2024 + show all updates

1. 1 April 2024

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

2. 2 August 2023

   Updated V149/1 added.

3. 4 April 2023

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

4. 27 March 2023

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

5. 22 November 2022

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

6. 1 April 2022

   Old versions of the V149 and V149W PDFs removed.

7. 25 March 2022

   Uploaded the latest accessible V149 and V149W PDFs.

8. 18 May 2021

   Updated tax rates hyperlink.

9. 21 April 2021

   Updated pdf (V149 1 April 2021)

10. 1 April 2021

    Updated English and Welsh V149 pdf

11. 11 March 2021

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

12. 12 August 2020

    New Welsh V149/1W added

13. 6 August 2020

    Updated V149/1 pdf

14. 1 August 2020

    Attached new V149/1 for 1 August 2020.

15. 3 July 2020

    Update to Welsh pdf April 2020

16. 25 June 2020

    Updated pdf.

17. 16 March 2020

    New vehicle tax rates coming into force on 1 April 2020

18. 4 October 2019

    Added the Welsh version of V149W for 2019

19. 19 March 2019

    Attached new V149 for 1 April 2019.

20. 10 January 2019

    Updated pdf.

21. 10 January 2019

    Updated pdf.

22. 1 April 2018

    Removed 2017 rates.

23. 27 March 2018

    Updated with rates from 1 April 2018.

24. 1 April 2017

    New rates of vehicle tax from 1 April, 2017

25. 4 April 2016

    Old 2015 vehicle tax rates removed.

26. 17 March 2016

    New vehicle tax rates from 1 April 2016 added.

27. 7 April 2015

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

28. 1 April 2015

    New vehicle tax rates from 1 April 2015

29. 28 October 2014

    Updated version of the V149 and V149W.

30. 16 October 2014

    Go ultra low campaign link added.

31. 10 October 2014

    Updated version of both th V149 and V149W.

32. 1 October 2014

    Updated Version of the V149 published.

33. 18 September 2014

    Updated version of the V149.

34. 3 September 2014

    Added the V149W form

35. 1 April 2014

    Added new V149 for 1 April 2014

36. 27 March 2013

    First published.