Great News FOR US All-Cheaper Rego About Time

[MIKEP]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11641123


The average motor vehicle levy will fall from about $195 to around $130 per vehicle from July 1, it has been confirmed.

Motorists can now check how much they will pay by entering their number plate.

ACC Minister Nikki Kaye today confirmed the new ACC annual licence levies that owners of light vehicles - cars, vans, utes and SUVs - will pay from July.

The levy is part of the "rego" vehicle licensing fee.

Ms Kaye said the average levy, which includes the licence levy and petrol levy, would fall by 33 per cent.

"It will save New Zealanders $218 million, and follows $438 million of cuts to motor vehicle levies last year," Ms Kaye said.

"This means the average motor vehicle levy has fallen from $330 to $130 since 2014."

ACC now uses a new system to assign a "risk rating" to each brand of car and charge motorists less for driving safer cars.

It has had problems since its introduction. Last June the Herald revealed a blunder meant about 15,000 motorists were denied the cheaper registrations they were entitled to.

The error has come about because ACC's computer system refused to recognise safer "sub-species" of popular vehicles. For example, it had classified the Toyota Corolla Spacio - considered among the safest vehicles - as the marginally lower rated Toyota Corolla.

The levy-cutting scheme has faced criticism for targeting older cars with higher rates, bringing accusations of it being a tax on those least able to afford newer and safer cars

Labour said the levy changes had been "chaotic".

Today, Ms Kaye announced refinements to the vehicle risk rating system.

"It was clear the new approach needed improved data for some cars and refinements to policy to ensure greater integrity of the system for some models. As part of last year's public levy consultation, ACC consulted on my behalf on a number of proposed improvements to the system."

As a result, changes will be made to the way vehicles are risk rated, from July 1.

"For example, the system now better identifies when improvements have been made to particular models of car, and it better recognises cars that have different names but which are essentially identical vehicles," Ms Kaye said.

"Enhancements have also been made to ensure greater robustness of the crash data that's used to help generate risk ratings. This is a new system that involves thousands of models of cars, so it's possible there will be further refinements in years to come."


ACC annual licence levies per risk band from 1 July for light petrol vehicles


Band 1 - $84.98

Band 2 - $61.87

Band 3 - $48.65

Band 4 - $25.54


ACC annual licence levies per risk band from 1 July for light diesel vehicles


Band 1 - $159.27

Band 2 - $136.16

Band 3 - $122.94

Band 4 - $99.83

[Swampy]

So we should all reg up to Jul 1 if our rego expires on Jun 1?

[nightz]

PLATE: NIGHTZ

TOYOTA MR2
2 SEATER 1990cc PETROL (1991)
Vehicle licensing fee
$153.94 / year
Estimated fee from 1st July 2016 for the 1991 model of this vehicle.
Vehicle licensing fee components
(estimated cost for a 12 month private passenger vehicle licence, from 1st July 2016)
$43.50Licence Fee
$84.98ACC Levy Band 1T
$1.64Other Levies
$3.74Online administration fee*
$20.08GST
$153.94Total

Cut and paste from website.
Thats a decent drop in $$

[GDII]

I remember when it was $276 for a year so I was buying 3 months at a time at around $76. So that actually cost me more but I never had $276 to just throw at it.

Very happy with this. Can run both cars for similar cost to 1.

[MarkT]

Groan - Just put 6 months on mine this morning -$183!!!! After July, $153 for a year

[ClanFever]

Yeap I did a year for my carib last week... should have known they're dropping it yearly now... $198.20

[Alsw20]

Groan - Just put 6 months on mine this morning -$183!!!! After July, $153 for a year

This news had been announced before Christmas, they just didn't specify the rates.

[BS4re]

Hi all, it's quite legal to fill out the correct form and pay up to the end of June, then pick up on the new rates on 1st July--- not a great saving now, but?? Some try to tell you 3 mths minimum, not so, no minimum provided you are current or pay up backlog as well. Have just done this exercise myself successfully, cheers.

[GDII]

It used to be 3 months minimum or the paperwork made it look that way. 1 month is easy to do now.

[sMeYeF]

Wow luck is on my side. My rego finishes july 2nd!

[andymillenium]

Crap.....didn't notice.....just updated mine for a year

[Alsw20]

It used to be 3 months minimum or the paperwork made it look that way. 1 month is easy to do now.

The paperwork they send you made it look like the only options were, 12, 6 and 3 months.

You can go into a NZTA agent (NZ Post, VTNZ, VINZ etc) and use the change of registration renewal form. Which you then specify the new expiry date, which can be as little as one day.

[GDII]

It used to be 3 months minimum or the paperwork made it look that way. 1 month is easy to do now.

The paperwork they send you made it look like the only options were, 12, 6 and 3 months.

You can go into a NZTA agent (NZ Post, VTNZ, VINZ etc) and use the change of registration renewal form. Which you then specify the new expiry date, which can be as little as one day.

Well that makes it even better.

[BS4re]

Hi again.
You have always had the option to do this but wasn't well known. I had a car in the S.I. and one up here for years and chopped and changed regularly depending on where I was at the time. Just done my other vehicle up to 2nd, July yesterday. The form is an "MR27"
Motor bike licencing being so expensive now, some of my mates only register for the term of a particular ride. There is of course an administration charge each time-- I think $6.43 at an agent, cheers.