Dept of Transport and Pop Top roof

[Markd]

Showmans road tax is or was class10 and £165 for 12 months .

Yes motorhomes above 3.5T gross fall into class 10 - so if you have the C1 licence there's a good saving to be had.

 

[wildebus]

I explored this a while back, and I'd rather have a ministry type test. It's better than having MOT test station operators making the rules up as the go.
I have a coach that you can live in, in fact off grid for some time if careful with the water. It also has a large wet room in the back.
I tried the get it tested at a DVSA inspection centre, at the time they were being inspected! It was agreed that it couldn't be anything other than a motorhome and as such required a class 4 MOT. Even to be a Goods vehicle it would need type approval. So could never be a "N" class goods vehicle.
So when your documents are changed to "motorhome" make sure it also changes to "M" class. Passenger vehicle.
With a 7.5 tonnes HGV, if it's private you can apply for plating exemption and you used to also be able to apply for tachograph exemption.

If your motorhome is "N" class you can carry your own "goods" in it.

Don't blame me if it doesn't work out in court, because they make up the rules as they go along too!

They don't change the Taxation code on a reclassification. Maybe they should, but they just don't!