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Vehicle excise duty evasion statistics: 2021

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, or vehicle tax) evasion among vehicles seen on UK roads, and the associated potential revenue loss in 2021.

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Department for Transport
Published
30 November 2021

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Statistics on rate of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, or vehicle tax) evasion among vehicles seen on UK roads, and the associated potential revenue loss in 2021.

There was an estimated:

  • 1.9% of vehicles (excluding motorcycles) in UK traffic that were unlicensed, up from 1.6% in 2019
  • 719,000 unlicensed vehicles (excluding motorcycles) in UK active stock, or 1.8% of all vehicles (excluding motorcycles)

In 2021, there was an estimated £119 million of potential revenue loss over 1 year for the UK (about 1.8% of total due). Although some of this will have been recovered through DVLA enforcement activity or by vehicle keepers paying arrears of duty at a later date.

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Published 30 November 2021

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