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Maximum fee, car (class 4, up to 8 passenger seats)

54.85 GBP, no VAT

2026-27, from 2026-04-01 · verified 2026-10-04 against the official source

Cars (up to 8 passenger seats) | 4 | 3 | £54.85 — The maximum fee for a car is £54.85 and £29.65 for a standard motorcycle. You do not pay VAT on the fee.
key
uk/mot/max-fee-car
value
54.85 GBP, no VAT
period
2026-27
effective
2026-04-01 to date
source
https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/mot-test-fees
verified
2026-10-04 — fresh (33 days ago; next check by 2027-04-01)
next expected change
none named (irregular: changed by statute or order on no fixed date)
source checked
2026-11-02 (the newest day the automated check fetched the source page)
previous
54.85 GBP, no VAT (2025-26) from 2025-04-01
hash
sha256:52487a5a9839bdabc7a2713b670afcfff66e6e2723d513fc1e665b4a6adad738
signature
EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/uk/mot/max-fee-car?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/uk/mot/max-fee-car

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  "nextScheduledRefresh": "2027-04-01",
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