tax discs and new law

[ArthurBottlesworth]

Had to mot car and pick up this month

Only got one mot ( car ) pick up on a database somewhere

[eldon]

Taxed my bike the other day and the document which came with it made me laugh. Apparently to SAVE the tax payer money they have run down the stocks of "old" tax discs with perforations and so now you have to cut it out of the letter.

 

Save us money I did chuckle, who are they kidding?

 

Apparently now the refund when you sell a vehicle will be automatic on notifying DVLA that you have sold the vehicle. OOH yippee but it doesn't get around the losing half a month previous comments so YES the finances are sure to rise as some (part) months will be double paid for the same vehicle.

 

Typical rip off but did we expect anything different?

 

Oh and yes up till 1st October its a fine for failing to display .......................

Edited September 4, 2014 by eldon

[Justme]

Will selling a car that already has a tax disc in the window result in a transfer of the tax or a refund?

[GardenKit]

Will selling a car that already has a tax disc in the window result in a transfer of the tax or a refund?

As of 1st October the disc in the window has no significance, it can be destroyed. So you will not be able to use it as a selling point. The tax will no longer be transferred with the vehicle.

 

When the DVLA receive the sellers part of the V5 doc they will automatically issue a refund of any whole months left, so one less thing for you to have to do.

 

Simples.

[Justme]

Yes just found a doc on the .Gov site that explains it clearly that it does retrospectively affect all current taxed cars too.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

:confused1:Have you guys never taxed a car?????????????????

 

You need MOT and proof of insurance in order to get road tax

 

Not anymore...... Don't need any of that old far at Post Office nowadays...

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

so if you sell your vehicle in the middle of the month ,no doubt you would'nt get a refund for the rest of that month and the new owner would have to pay from that day, so that vehicle would earn the DVLA double dosh for the second half of that month if this is the case how many cars get bought and sold in halfway through a month the extra revenue will be astounding throughout the land

 

Old owner gets refund for any full months left to run, new owner has to tax from start of the month in which they buy the car!

[skyhuck]

Not anymore...... Don't need any of that old far at Post Office nowadays...

 

They don't ask for a cert (people were getting insurance, then cancelling it once the cert arrived, they then used this cert to get tax) but they do check, they put you reg into the computer and that tells them if it insured or not.

 

Most insurance Co's don't even send out certs any more.

[ArthurBottlesworth]

It occurs to me that car tax will be refunded to registered keeper

Not necessarily the owner of the car

I see trouble ahead .........

[nepia]

Only if the owner of the vehicle is paying for the tax rather than the reg keeper, which would be unusual I'd have thought. But what's the trouble you foresee? If the person/company refunded is different to the person paying for the tax in the first place that's a matter for them - nothing to do with DVLA.