There were some very chunky tax rises in the Autumn Statement, most of them using the device of ‘fiscal drag’, whereby tax thresholds are not raised with inflation. But there is one tax where Jeremy Hunt could have gone further. Fans of electric cars may be displeased to learn that they will have to pay vehicle excise duty from 2025 – the ‘Tesla tax’, as it has been dubbed.
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