Car Tax (VED) Calculator
Work out your Vehicle Excise Duty for a car first registered from April 2017 — enter the CO2 figure and list price to see the first-year rate or the standard annual rate, including the expensive-car supplement.
Estimate only. 2026/27 rates — estimate, verify with gov.uk / DVLA; speeding fine is an estimate, the court decides.
Enter your vehicle's CO2 and list price
Your annual Vehicle Excise Duty appears here as you type.
How UK car tax (VED) works
For cars first registered from 1 April 2017, you pay a first-year rate based on the car's official CO2 emissions — the higher the emissions, the higher the rate, from £10 for zero-emission cars up to £5,690 for the most polluting (2026/27 rates). From the second year, every car pays a flat standard rate regardless of CO2 (this includes electric vehicles, which lost their VED exemption from April 2025). If the car's list price was over £40,000 when new (£50,000 for zero-emission cars from April 2026), you also pay a £440-a-year expensive-car supplement on top of the standard rate for five years, from the 2nd to the 6th year of registration.