Donald Trump owes £750 in unpaid London congestion charges after UK state visit The US Embassy has argued that diplomats don’t have to pay tax

Donald Trump owes more than £750 in congestion charges which he and his motorcade racked up during his recent state visit to London.

The US President is now back at home in the States after a three-day visit to the UK to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

During his visit, he stayed in London where he dined with the Queen, the Prime Minister and other dignitaries before heading to Portsmouth for the commemorative event.

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Outstanding charges

According to The Sun, during Trump’s stay in the capital, he ran up outstanding charges of over £750.

The President and First Lady Melania were chauffeured around in his £1.8m armour-plated limousine which is nicknamed The Beast.

This was part of a 20-strong convoy which did not pay the £11.50 a day fee but the US Embassy have refused to pay it because diplomats don’t pay tax.

TfL said it would be issuing the embassy – which now owes almost £12.5m in unpaid congestion charge fees – with a bill for the outstanding charges.

Paul Cowperthwaite, general manager of road user charging at TfL, said: “We are clear that the congestion charge is for a service and not a tax.

“This means that foreign diplomats are not exempt from paying it.

Diplomatic immunity

“We continue to pursue all unpaid congestion charge fees and related penalty charge notices.”

However, Mr Trump will not have to pay for the newly-introduced Ultra Low Emission Zone charge, which was introduced for cars that do not meet the minimum emissions standards.

America is one of many countries that are believed to have refused to pay the congestion charge as they claim it is a tax and therefore, under the 1961 Vienna Convention, diplomats are exempt from paying.

i has contacted the US Embassy for comment.