Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971

PART II Tables showing annual rates of duty on goods vehicles

TABLE A

GENERAL RATES OF DUTY

	Weight unladen of vehicle	Rate of duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Description of vehicle	Exceeding	Not exceeding	Initial	Additional for each ¼ on or part of a ¼ on in excess of the weight in column 2
			£	£
1. Farmers' goods vehicles.	—	12 cwt.	17.50	—
	12 cwt.	16 cwt.	19.25	—
	16 cwt.	1 ton	21.00	—
	1 ton	1 ¼ tons	22.75	—
	1 ¼ tons	2 ½ tons	22.75	2.00
	2 ½ tons	4 ¼ tons	32.75	2.50
	4 ¼ tons	5 ¾ tons	50.25	1.00
	5 ¾ tons	8 ½ tons	56.25	1.25
	8½ tons	—	70.00	1.00
2. Showmen's goods vehicles.	—	12 cwt.	17.50	—
	12 cwt.	16 cwt.	19.25	—
	16 cwt.	1 ton	21.00	—
	1 ton	3 tons	21.00	2.00
	3 tons	4 tons	37.00	2.25
	4 tons	5 tons	46.00	2.00
	5 tons	6 tons	54.00	1.75
	6 tons	—	61.00	2.00
3. Electrically propelled goods vehicles (other than farmers' goods vehicles or showmen's goods vehicles); tower wagons.	—	12 cwt.	24.00	—
	12 cwt.	16 cwt.	26.25	—
	16 cwt.	1 ton	29.50	—
	1 ton	6 tons	29.50	3.00
	6 tons	7 tons	89.50	2.50
	7 tons	8 ¼ tons	99.50	2.75
	8 ¼ tons	—	113.25	3.00
4. Goods vehicles not included in any of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Schedule.	—	12 cwt.	24.00	—
	12 cwt.	16 cwt.	30.00	—
	16 cwt.	1 ton	36.50	—
	1 ton	1 ½ tons	36.50	6.50
	1 ½ tons	2 tons	49.50	6.75
	2 tons	3 tons	63.00	7.50
	3 tons	4 tons	93.00	10.50
	4 tons	—	135.00	13.50

TABLE B

RATES OF DUTY ON GOODS VEHICLES USED FOR DRAWING TRAILERS

	Weight unladen of vehicle
1.	2.	3.	4.
Description of vehicle	Exceeding	Not exceeding	Rate of duty
			£
1. Showmen's goods vehicles.	—	—	17.50
2. Electrically propelled goods vehicles (other than farmers' goods vehicles and showmen's goods vehicles); tower wagons.	—	1 ½ tons	14.00
	1 ½ tons	3 tons	24.00
	3 tons	—	27.00
3. Other goods vehicles .	—	1 ½ tons	14.00
	1 ½ tons	2 ½ tons	24.00
	2 ½ tons	4 tons	40.00
	4 tons	—	54.00