Abolish Vehicle Excise Duty (road tax) in favour of usage-based (fuel) taxation.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should suspend VED as soon as possible. A tax on fuel instead could achieve fairer, use-based charging whilst supporting the government's stated environmental aims, and be revenue-neutral overall. It would also address the unfair double taxation whenever there is a change of Keeper.

VED is a regressive tax which unfairly penalises occasional car users, a situation that is only amplified by the current COVID-19 crisis.

Millions of people are now unable to use their cars due to movement restrictions imposed by the The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020, yet are legally obliged to pay hundreds of pounds a year in VED.

Such changes could easily be implemented via existing mechanisms to exempt vehicles from VED based on age, and the Petrol Revenue tax.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Remove Vehicle Excise Duty and add the cost to Fuel Duty

Timeline

16 May 2020	Petition opened for signatures
29 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Jul 2020

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