Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage more motorists to sign up automatically to renew their vehicle tax.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 1st December 2017

Customers who choose to pay by direct debit have their vehicle excise duty renewed automatically. This facility was introduced in October 2014 and payments can be made monthly, every six months or annually. More than 98% of vehicles are properly licensed and around 30% of customers pay for their vehicle excise duty by direct debit. There are more than 13 million current direct debit mandates for vehicle excise duty payments.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency sends reminders advising customers of the available payment methods for vehicle excise duty, including direct debit.

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