can you put disabled tax on motorhome

Essex lady 57

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hi there I hope someone can help me with my query at the moment we a caravan but now we are both decided we want to carry on but want it a little easier and considering a motorhome our friend has one for sale we have disabled tax on our car at the moment i am basically asking can you put the tax to a motorhome instead of car as we are thinking of selling both our caravan and car so we trying to find out a few things before we commit to buying motorhome really hope someone can help with this query thank you for reading
 
No idea, but good question DVLA of course (if you can get hold of them) will know, might be worth looking on their website too.

www.gov.uk

Vehicles exempt from vehicle tax

Types of vehicle that are free to tax (exempt), including vehicles used by disabled people, mobility scooters, and historic vehicles
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
 
I think Member st3v3 might have his Motorhome registered as his disabled vehicle?
I understand only one vehicle per household allowed but can be any passenger vehicle in that household?
 
at one time brownhills at newark were positively advocating this made a huge price difference
 
rugbyken said:
at one time brownhills at newark were positively advocating this made a huge price difference
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I think there is a knock-on benefit of some (note, some, not all) additions can be VAT-free. This could well extend to a VAT-free purchase of a motorhome which I guess is what Brownhills were promoting?
definately something worth checking if it could apply.
 
rugbyken said:
at one time brownhills at newark were positively advocating this made a huge price difference
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If you were buying a new vehicle adapted for a disability you can get VAT exemption which is probably why they were adviocating it
 
Essex lady 57 said:
hi there I hope someone can help me with my query at the moment we a caravan but now we are both decided we want to carry on but want it a little easier and considering a motorhome our friend has one for sale we have disabled tax on our car at the moment i am basically asking can you put the tax to a motorhome instead of car as we are thinking of selling both our caravan and car so we trying to find out a few things before we commit to buying motorhome really hope someone can help with this query thank you for reading
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Yes you can. You have to change the vehicle to disabled class then you can apply the road excise exemption to it
 
wildebus said:
I think Member st3v3 might have his Motorhome registered as his disabled vehicle?
I understand only one vehicle per household allowed but can be any passenger vehicle in that household?
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Correct on all three.

The only other thing is the vehicle must not be used for journeys that aren't directly for the disabled person.

For example, disabled wife, husband could go to the supermarket but not use it for his own commute to work.
 
St3v3 said:
Correct on all three.

The only other thing is the vehicle must not be used for journeys that aren't directly for the disabled person.

For example, disabled wife, husband could go to the supermarket but not use it for his own commute to work.
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that's very good to know as we are both retired so no commuting involved thank you for your reply
 
Again Yes , if disability is severe enough you can buy a new motorhome vat free but now much harder than it used to be ,unless the rules have recently changed ,
 
Molly 3 said:
Again Yes , if disability is severe enough you can buy a new motorhome vat free but now much harder than it used to be ,unless the rules have recently changed ,
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Is it limited to NEW motorhomes, or would a used one from a VAT-registered qualify (assuming the buyer was within the rules of course)?

Ref this being harder then used to be, on the question of VAT-free improvements, I recall speaking to a major supplier of motorhome accessories (one of the biggest in the UK) and they confirmed that things had got a lot stricter, so much so that it was near-impossible to supply parts on that basis. Another supplier I use (and many here do also) will longer supply VAT-free items, and it would seem that any improvements made to a motorhome for disability reasons can be free of VAT but only when done by recognised companies (so supply only is out, unless you find someone who is willing to take a chance - and I don't know who that would fall back on if the HMRC got involved!).
 
St3v3 said:
Correct on all three.

The only other thing is the vehicle must not be used for journeys that aren't directly for the disabled person.

For example, disabled wife, husband could go to the supermarket but not use it for his own commute to work.
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That may not be as strict nowadays Steve. Motability had a lot of discussions with government about this and it was agreed a vehicle could be used by family members or usual driver for their own use as well. One of the examples they gave was going to the shops. You cannot however use a blue badge unless it is to aid the disabled person themselves
 
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