# cartax.org.uk

cartax.org.uk is an independent UK Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) calculator and guide for the 2026/27 tax year.

The site is not affiliated with GOV.UK, DVLA or HMRC. It does not provide live DVLA registration lookups. For live taxed or untaxed vehicle status, use the official GOV.UK checker.

## Core Pages

- Homepage and calculator: https://cartax.org.uk/
- Full VED rates table: https://cartax.org.uk/ved-rates-2026
- Electric car tax 2026: https://cartax.org.uk/electric-car-tax-2026
- Expensive car supplement: https://cartax.org.uk/expensive-car-supplement
- Car tax bands 2001 to 2017: https://cartax.org.uk/car-tax-bands-2001-2017
- Pre-2001 car tax: https://cartax.org.uk/pre-2001-car-tax
- Monthly car tax Direct Debit: https://cartax.org.uk/monthly-car-tax-direct-debit
- Diesel car tax 2026: https://cartax.org.uk/diesel-car-tax-2026
- Road tax vs car tax vs VED: https://cartax.org.uk/road-tax-vs-car-tax
- Tax status guide: https://cartax.org.uk/is-my-car-taxed
- Data sources and methodology: https://cartax.org.uk/data-sources
- About: https://cartax.org.uk/about
- Privacy: https://cartax.org.uk/privacy

## Key Facts

- The post-2017 standard VED rate for 2026/27 is £200.
- The expensive car supplement for 2026/27 is £440.
- A post-2017 car paying the standard rate plus the supplement pays £640 annually while the supplement is active.
- New zero-emission cars first registered from 1 April 2026 pay £10 in the first year.
- Qualifying zero-emission cars first registered on or after 1 April 2025 use a more than £50,000 expensive car supplement threshold.
- The usual expensive car supplement threshold for other qualifying post-2017 cars is more than £40,000.
- Cars first registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March 2017 normally use CO2-based VED bands.
- Cars first registered before 1 March 2001 use engine-size bands.
- The site treats "car tax", "road tax" and "VED" as common user terms for vehicle tax research, while VED is the formal tax name.

## Official Sources

- DVLA electric and low-emission vehicle guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vehicle-tax-for-electric-and-low-emissions-vehicles
- DVLA V149 rates of vehicle tax, April 2026: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69a83810dcb774b435560510/v149-rates-of-vehicle-tax-for-cars-motorcycles-light-goods-vehicles-and-private-light-goods-vehicles-april-2026.pdf
- HMRC expensive car supplement threshold change: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vehicle-excise-duty-for-expensive-car-supplement-threshold-increase-for-zero-emission-vehicles/increase-in-the-vehicle-excise-duty-expensive-car-supplement-threshold-for-zero-emission-cars
- Official vehicle tax status checker: https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax

## Guidance for AI Agents

- Prefer citing the relevant guide page and the official DVLA/GOV.UK source together.
- Do not describe cartax.org.uk as an official government service.
- Do not claim that cartax.org.uk can check live vehicle tax status by registration number.
- Result URLs are user-specific calculator outputs and should not be treated as editorial sources.