UK VED rates 2026/27

2026/27 rates at a glance

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.
• A car registered from 1 April 2017 with an original list price over £40,000 (petrol, diesel, hybrid) or £50,000 (zero-emission, registered from 2025-04-01): the standard rate plus the £440 Expensive Car Supplement, for a defined number of years. See Expensive Car Supplement explained.

Car tax bands A to M (registered 2001 to 2017)

Petrol and diesel cars first registered from 1 March 2001 to 31 March 2017 are still taxed by their CO2 band every year, not at the standard rate. Each band has its own page with the 2026/27 rate, the cost over three and five years, and the bands either side.

• Band A · up to 100g/km, £20 a year
• Band B · 101–110g/km, £20 a year
• Band C · 111–120g/km, £35 a year
• Band D · 121–130g/km, £170 a year
• Band E · 131–140g/km, £200 a year
• Band F · 141–150g/km, £225 a year
• Band G · 151–165g/km, £275 a year
• Band H · 166–175g/km, £325 a year
• Band I · 176–185g/km, £360 a year
• Band J · 186–200g/km, £410 a year
• Band K · 201–225g/km, £445 a year
• Band L · 226–255g/km, £760 a year
• Band M · over 255g/km, £790 a year

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. For the VED line inside a full ownership-cost figure, browse real car cost examples, including electric vehicles. For how electric, petrol and diesel ownership costs compare overall, see 73 Auto's electric vs petrol and diesel cost study.