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Changes to Vehicle Excise Duty, company car tax on double cab pick-up trucks and the approach to emissions testing of hybrid vehicles, were discussed as part of the BVRLA’s recent ‘Navigating New Vehicle Tax and Testing’ webinar. It can now be viewed online.

Vehicle Excise Duty and company car tax on double cab pick-up trucks are seeing changes from April 2025. Beyond this, the approach to emissions testing of hybrid vehicles is set to be updated, potentially resulting in revised official CO2 values.

Vehicle Excise Duty, company car tax on double cab pick-up trucks, and emissions testing of hybrid vehicles, are all set to see changes from April 2025.

The Chancellor’s Budget in October announced changes to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) and taxation of double-cab pickups, both of which are likely to impact BVRLA members and their customers. The BVRLA has updated its factsheets for company and fuel taxation to reflect the latest information.

Over three million van drivers – 1-in-10 workers – are at risk of being left behind in the transition to cleaner, greener vehicles, unless the Government takes steps to support the move to Zero-Emission vans. That was the overriding message from an open letter to the Chancellor last week, ahead of the Spring Budget on Wednesday 6 March.

A coalition of industry experts and trade bodies recently introduced the ‘Zero Emission Van Plan’ in Parliament, aiming to highlight the critical areas for action in van decarbonisation.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has rescinded its guidance from last week on the tax treatment of Double Cab Pick Ups.

The Chancellor’s recent Autumn Statement had a heavy focus on supporting workers via various wage support measures. For companies, a major change was announced to incentivise investments, but it came with a longstanding sting in the tail.

In response to today’s announcement from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV)*, the BVRLA has reemphasised the challenges being faced by van operators in their transition to zero emission solutions. The association has also outlined the support required to enable the transition and ensure Net Zero targets can be met.

As announced in the Autumn Statement on 17 November, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has now released the figures for the increased van benefit charge and the car and van fuel benefit charges. The figures are increasing by the consumer price index (CPI) from April 2023.

The Association of Fleet Professionals and the BVRLA have joined forces to call upon Government to take steps to ensure that the Advisory Electricity Rate (AER) for electric vehicles is fit-for-purpose.

The Government has halted plans to introduce a new graduated system of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for light goods vehicles or motorhomes from April 2021, to avoid distracting the automotive sector and businesses more widely from the challenges they currently face from the Covid-19 pandemic.