Major new car tax changes are being introduced within a matter of days, with drivers seeing a 10 percent increase in most bands of Vehicle Excise Duty.
How to get an exemption or discount?
Bath and North East Somerset Council say drivers do not need to apply for an exemption if they own a private car or their vehicles already meet the required emission standards.
However, they warn owners may be able to obtain a national or local exemption.
Local exemptions must be applied for up to 14 days ahead of their journey in the zone and until their exemption is approved.
The council has confirmed discounts could apply for owners of larger motorhomes and horse transporters which are private heavy goods vehicles.
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Exemptions will also be considered for hard to replace vehicles or cafes used to support health and emergency services or vulnerable groups.
“Anyone can produce a what if straight-line extrapolation of the future to justify the lost revenue argument.
“And that is what the Treasury and successive Chancellors have done Budget after Budget to portray themselves as fiscal martyrs.”
FairFuelUK sent a letter signed by 26 Tory MPs to the Chancellor last week demanding the duty was not increased.
They warned any rise would “disproportionately impact” lower-paid workers outside of London.
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They also hinted Prime Minister Boris Johnson had pledged to not raise the tax ahead of the 2019 General Election.
A Treasury source said electric vehicle costs would be the “priority” in the budget instead of raising fuel duty costs.