In the UK, if the vehicle was registered before 1973 it can be eligible for Historical exemption.
depends on the size of vehicle eg 2.0 vw golf = 185 pounds
Many charities in the UK will accept vehicles for donations as they can use the funds from the vehicle after selling it. Be sure to ask for a tax receipt for the value of the vehicle or if the charity sells it, the selling price.
In UK every year.EDIT: Just to expand the above answer a little. In the UK you MUST have continuous tax on a vehicle. Your new tax disk takes over from the expiring one. You do not have a 'period of grace' whereby your existing tax disc has expired and you've not 'had time' to get the new disc validated. As soon as your existing tax-disc expires - if you drive the vehicle on the road - you will get a ticket if you're stopped by the police. That includes driving from your home to the post office to renew the disc ! As soon as a vehicles tax expires, the DVLA computer system notifies the Police National Computer and a marker is put against the vehicle's registration to say the tax is no longer valid.
In the Gregorian calendar January is the first month. However there are different 'types' of year. The tax year for instance, starts in April in the UK, in Australia the Tax year starts in July but we still use the Gregorian calendar.
If you SORN a vehicle, you don't need to pay the tax and insurance. You should not bring your car on the roads of the UK. All the tax and insurance will resume after you un-SORN the vehicle. You can immediately SORN your vehicle by filling a V890 form in the DVLA.
In the UK a new tax year always starts on the 6th April through to the 5th April the following year.So the UK 2011 tax year is 6th April 2011 through to 5th April 2012.
Road tax in the UK was abolished in 1937. There is a tax on cars and other motorised vehicles which ranges from £0 to £1100 a year based on the age and emissions of the vehicle, this tax is known as 'Vehicle Excise Duty' (V.E.D.).
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In the UK, no one pays road tax as it was abolished in 1937. The current vehicle tax system, often mistakenly referred to as 'road tax', is Vehicle Excise Duty (V.E.D.). Unlike the abolished road tax system, VED does not primarily contribute to the maintenance of road networks. VED is a tax on a motor vehicle's emission rate of carbon dioxide, therefore bicycles are exempt for two reasons: 1) they are not motor vehicles. 2) they do not emit carbon dioxide. That's not to say cyclists don't pay VED - surveys show nearly 90% of cyclists also own a car.
UK Road Tax was abolished in 1937, so it didn't cost anything. People in the U.K. often mistakenly refer to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) as 'Road Tax'. The VED for a car in 1964 was £4 12s 0d for four months and £15 0s 0d for the year.