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Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have

• What you can tow

  You can tow trailers up to a certain weight with your car driving licence.…

• Towing weight and width limits

  Most cars have a maximum weight they can tow. It’s usually listed in the…

• Trailers, caravans and towing equipment

  The equipment you use with your trailer or caravan must: meet certain…

• Towing an American caravan or trailer

  American trailers and caravans do not always meet European safety…

This collection brings together guidance and associated documents relating to alternative pricing

• Updated: 14 March 2025

How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.

• Updated: 19 December 2024

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Guidance for suppliers.

• Updated: 12 February 2025

Guidance for infrastructure operators and motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers.

• Updated: 30 June 2023

Find out about the calculation of the company car benefit charge.

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Caldwell on 29 December 2025.

• Updated: 4 February 2026

Check which new hybrid and electric vehicles (EV), including cars, vans, trucks and motorbikes, are eligible for a government plug-in grant.

How the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) changes affect your vehicle.

• Updated: 1 April 2025