New Driving Laws 2021
From today (April 1st 2021), a slew of new driving laws will be put in place.
The changes mostly affect tax issues affecting both for personal and work vehicles.
The new laws incentivise the uptake of electric vehicles and penalising more polluting vehicles.
Here the latest driving law changes:
Mobile Phone Ban
Drivers caught holding their phones while driving could risk a £200 fine and six penalty points.
The new ban replaces a loophole which allowed people to take photos and videos while driving without being penalised.
Purchase Tax
If your car emits more than 225gCO2/km will be required to pay a 50% purchase tax from this year, which would increase in instalments.
VED
The amount of tax you’ll pay will depend on your new car’s CO2 emissions. Those that emit no CO2 will cost you nothing to tax.
You can see the full breakdown here:
| CO2 emissions (g/km) | First-year Rate | Standard (second-year) rate |
| Zero | £0 | £0 |
| 1 to 50 | £10 | £155 |
| 51 to 75 | £25 | £155 |
| 76 to 90 | £115 | £155 |
| 91 to 100 | £140 | £155 |
| 101 to 110 | £160 | £155 |
| 111 to 130 | £180 | £155 |
| 131 to 150 | £220 | £155 |
| 151 to 170 | £555 | £155 |
| 171 to 190 | £895 | £155 |
| 191 to 225 | £1,345 | £155 |
| 226 to 255 | £1,910 | £155 |
| Over 255 | £2,245 | £155 |
Benefit in Kind
Drivers may have to pay as much as £390 per year to use their vehicles due to BiKs reintroduction.
A 1% charge, based on income rates and vehicle value, could find many drivers with zero-emission models caught out, a charge that will likely increase to 2% in 2022.
Fuel Duty
Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the duty on fuel will once again be frozen for the new tax year.
This means that it has stayed at the same rate for a 10th year in a row.
Fuel duty is a tax currently stands at 57.95p per litre of petrol, diesel, biodiesel and bioethanol.
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New Driving Laws 2021
