Campervan road tax rate changes

The first thing to note here is that the DVLA’s recently introduced new road tax (Vehicle Excise Duty, or VED) structure for Campers and motorhomes does notaffect any Campervans that are already registered, it only applies to new registrations.

Previously, all new Campervan conversions built using brand new, factory-built base vehicles could be registered under the category Private Light Goods (PLG) with a flat rate road tax charge of £265 per year.

But from September 1 2019, all new Campervans will be assigned a road tax rate according to their published CO2 emissions (the same system used for all passenger cars).

In fairness, this is nothing new. Since September 1 2018, the emissions-based road tax structure has applied to all new factory-built Campervans such as the VW California, so the recent change is just bringing all new conversions