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Expensive car supplement, annual amount on top of the standard rate

440 GBP/year

2026-27, from 2026-04-01 · verified 2026-10-04 against the official source · next expected change 2027-04-01

You have to pay an extra £440 a year if you have any of the following: a car or motorhome with a list price of more than £40,000; an electric car or motorhome with a list price of more than £50,000

key

uk/ved-expensive-car/annual-supplement

value

440 GBP/year

period

2026-27

effective

2026-04-01 to date

source

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

verified

2026-10-04 — fresh (33 days ago; next check by 2027-04-01)

next expected change

2027-04-01 (annual: a fixed day each year)

source checked

2026-11-02 (the newest day the automated check fetched the source page)

previous

425 GBP/year (2025-26) from 2025-04-01

hash

sha256:1a2f054f1d305d4e6a07e673a36e30775da0a6a77c045a1e88eccc4181782f6f

signature

EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/uk/ved-expensive-car/annual-supplement?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/uk/ved-expensive-car/annual-supplement

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