UK VED rates 2026/27
For the tax year running 2026-04-01 to 2027-03-31, the standard annual VED rate is £200, zero-emission cars registered on or after 2025-04-01 pay £10 for their first licence, and the Expensive Car Supplement of £440 applies to cars with an original list price over £50,000.
Last reviewed: 2026-08-13
2026/27 rates at a glance
| Tax year | 2026-04-01 to 2027-03-31 |
| Standard rate (year two onward, all fuel types) | £200 |
| Zero-emission first-licence rate (registered on/after 2025-04-01) | £10 |
| Zero-emission flat rate (registered 2001-03-01 to 2017-03-31) | £20 |
| Expensive Car Supplement threshold | £50,000 |
| Expensive Car Supplement amount | £440 |
Looking for the 2025/26 figures or the change between the two years? See EV road tax 2026/27: what changed on 1 April 2026.
First-year rate vs standard rate
VED is charged differently in a car’s first year than in every year after. New petrol, diesel and hybrid cars pay a one-off first-year rate, banded by the car’s CO2 emissions figure at registration — the higher the emissions, the higher the first-year charge. From the second licence onward, almost all cars — petrol, diesel, hybrid or electric — move onto the same flat standard rate of £200. New zero-emission cars follow the same first-year/standard-rate shape but with a fixed £10 first-licence charge instead of a CO2-banded one, because they have no CO2 emissions to band against. 73 Auto’s calculator returns exact first-year and standard-rate figures for zero-emission cars; for the exact CO2-banded first-year figure on a specific petrol, diesel or hybrid car, see GOV.UK’s official vehicle tax rate tables.
Who pays what
- Petrol, diesel and hybrid cars: a CO2-banded first-year rate, then the £200 standard rate from year two.
- Electric cars registered on or after 2025-04-01: £10 for the first licence, then the same £200 standard rate from the second licence — see Electric car tax.
- Any car (electric or otherwise) with an original list price over £50,000: the standard rate plus the £440 Expensive Car Supplement, for a defined number of years — see Expensive Car Supplement explained.
Where these figures come from
These are the same rate figures 73 Auto’s VED calculator applies to a real vehicle check — see Data Sources for how they are maintained, and Methodology for how VED fits into a full ownership-cost estimate.
More on UK car tax
- Electric car tax: do EVs pay road tax?
- EV road tax 2026/27: what changed on 1 April 2026
- Expensive Car Supplement explained
For how 73 Auto sources and calculates these figures, see Methodology and Data Sources.
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