17 seater minibus to a camper - tax class question

Clive Penfold
Clive Penfold Forum Participant Posts: 1
edited March 2022 in Motorhomes #1

I’m in the process of converting a 17 seater minibus to a camper van.

I told DVLA that I’d removed 15 seats and have been told I need to change the tax class to a private HGV.

I believe I can change it to a camper van tax class once the conversion has been completed.

Does anybody have experience of having to make a change to an intermediate tax class, which looks like it might be expensive!

I’ve tried to keep this short so there’s information missing. Would love to have a talk with anyone knowledgeable in this matter.

All the best,

Clive

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  • JollyKernow
    JollyKernow Forum Participant Posts: 2,629
    1000 Comments
    edited March 2022 #2

    Morning

    While you can change your V5 to reflect the vehicle is a Motorhome, the taxation class would still be PHG as the weight of the vehicle which the class is based on won’t change much. If you’re not using it during refit just sorn it and change the paperwork when you’re ready.

    Talking of weight it would be a sound move to get on a weighbridge when it’s fully kitted out and send that info when you change the V5. 

    JK

  • Larny
    Larny Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited March 2022 #3

    Hello, Isn’t it now very difficult to change the V5 to a “ Motorhome” on a self conversion.

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