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The full motoring related details from the Budget

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Summary

• An increase in fuel duty rates of 2 pence per litre (ppl) from 1 October 2007, and increases in the next two years of 2ppl and 1.84ppl respectively

• Announcing car vehicle excise duty rates for the next three years, including rates for the most polluting cars rising to £400 and rates for clean cars in band B falling to £35

• A review to examine the vehicle and fuel technologies which over the next 25 years could help ‘decarbonise’ road transport

• A package of measures to support biofuels including extending the 20 pence per litre biofuels duty differential to 2009-10

• An increase of 2 pence per litre (ppl) in main fuel duty rates this year, deferred until 1st October 2007; with increases of 2ppl in 2008-09 and 1.84ppl in 2009-10

• An increase of 2 pence per litre in rebated oils duties, also deferred until 1st October, to maintain the cash differential with main rates. Rebated oils rates will then rise by the same proportions as increases in main fuel duty rates in the subsequent two years

• That the Government will maintain the Compressed Natural Gas differential with main fuel duty rates in 2009-10, and will decrease the Liquefied Petroleum Gas differential by a further 1 pence per litre, in line with the Alternative Fuels Framework. Changes will be made to both rates in 2007-08 and 2008-09 in line with previous Budget commitments.

Biofuels

Budget 2007 announces that:

• The current 20ppl duty differential will be extended to 2009-10

• The duty incentive for biogas will remain at least at its current level until 2011-12, providing five-year certainty instead of the current three years

• The Government will move forward with the proposed Enhanced Capital Allowance for the cleanest biofuels plant and will introduce a payable enhanced capital allowance for companies not in taxable profit to ensure that both profit making and loss making firms have an incentive to invest in the cleanest biofuels plant; and a 2% company car tax discount for E85 company cars (which run on high blends of biofuels) will be introduced from April 2008.
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED)

As with fuel duty rates, the Government today announces VED rates for this year and the next two years to further sharpen environmental signals to motorists to purchase more fuel efficient vehicles, including:

• Raising the rate for the most polluting cars (band G) to £300 in 2007-08 and £400 in 2008-09; and reducing the rate for low carbon band B cars to £35 in 2007-08, with that rate then frozen for the subsequent two years

• Raising the rates for graduated bands C-E, cars registered before 2001 and all light goods vehicles by £5 in each of the next three years; and raising the rates for graduated band F by £10 in 2007-08, then £5 in each of the subsequent two years

• In 2007-08 only, freezing the rates for motorbikes in the lower band with higher bands increasing by £1-£2; and freezing VED rates for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV), Special Types Vehicles, Combined Transport Vehicles and all vehicle categories that are linked to the basic goods rate

• Aligning the VED rates for petrol and diesel cars as the differential in nitrogen oxides and particulate matter emissions for new cars is expected to fall close to zero once Euro V and VI emission standards become mandatory.

Changes to this year’s VED rates take effect from 22 March 2007. All changes in subsequent years take effect from licences commencing 1 April in the respective year.
Company Car Tax (CCT)

Budget 2007 announces that Company Car Tax rates and thresholds will be frozen for 2009-10. The Company Car Fuel Benefit Charge multiplier will remain frozen at £14,400 for 2007-08.

Fuel duties
All fuel duty rate changes will take effect from 1 October 2007.
Pence per litre (unless stated)

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