1st Oct - no longer able to sell cars with tax
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1st Oct - no longer able to sell cars with tax
That came in under the radar!
According to DVLA as of 1st Oct, when you buy a SH car you have to apply for a new tax disc.
Any remaining tax on an old disc will be refunded to the original owner once
they are made aware, so no selling cars with 6 months tax on them.
Mart
According to DVLA as of 1st Oct, when you buy a SH car you have to apply for a new tax disc.
Any remaining tax on an old disc will be refunded to the original owner once
they are made aware, so no selling cars with 6 months tax on them.
Mart
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That came in under the radar!
According to DVLA as of 1st Oct, when you buy a SH car you have to apply for a new tax disc.
Any remaining tax on an old disc will be refunded to the original owner once
they are made aware, so no selling cars with 6 months tax on them.
Mart
According to DVLA as of 1st Oct, when you buy a SH car you have to apply for a new tax disc.
Any remaining tax on an old disc will be refunded to the original owner once
they are made aware, so no selling cars with 6 months tax on them.
Mart
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So effectively, as of October, every time a car is sold, the DVLA make the equivalent of 1 months tax on it.
I bet it won't get spent on making motorists lives easier either
I bet it won't get spent on making motorists lives easier either
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******* theiving Dick Turpin highway robbing ******* the lot of them, The last person who entered Parliament with the intentions of doing an honest days work was Guy Fawkes.
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So if I was selling a car ATM, I would stop taxing it at the end of March, then the new buyer taxes it from the beginning of April. The only thing is, I would have to have my new car up and running from April 1st and not use the one I was selling after April 1st.
Anything wrong with that?
Anything wrong with that?
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I bought a car off a Dealer last October, he said he had to leave the tax on it as he could no longer cash it in ...... so I got free Tax until April 2014 - nice one!
Imagine all those lovely aluminium tax disc holders in Halfords - how the hell are they going to sell them?
Imagine all those lovely aluminium tax disc holders in Halfords - how the hell are they going to sell them?
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It came in as a result of removing the requirement to display the tax disk
Hence you can't transfer the disk - which represents paid road tax, when you sell the car
Because you have no disk to transfer
So they shifted the concept of road tax to the back end database - which has many advantages - but does enable them to easily introduce this new rule/tax
Hence you can't transfer the disk - which represents paid road tax, when you sell the car
Because you have no disk to transfer
So they shifted the concept of road tax to the back end database - which has many advantages - but does enable them to easily introduce this new rule/tax
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There is no reason why people couldn't just be able to look up a car's road tax status on the DVLA database. This ruling will just create a nice £50M+ annual surplus in the Swansea coffers
Unfortunately, like local councils & car park fees, the DVLA will come to depend upon the surplus in time
Unfortunately, like local councils & car park fees, the DVLA will come to depend upon the surplus in time
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You'll be able to pay by direct debit, but, there's a surcharge on it. Charging for something when they don't actually have to do anything. Win win for the DVLA.
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Will it still be only 6 or 12 month options or will it also be monthly ? I have been led to believe that we will be able to tax our cars monthly which would be good for those who only use the summer toy cars
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To make this a farce, with all this "technology based" online vehicle taxing...private registrations is still paper and post based.
You could go to a local office, but now its up to 2-3 weeks for swansea to do a reg transfer.
The problem here is I've part-exed the BMW for another one from a dealer way up North (which should be delivered today). And I'm driving it abroad next week. Because everything now has to be "posted in", I will now have a car driving through Eurpoe without a full V5 certificate and not knowing what reg plate should be on it when I come back.
This maybe interesting when I come back and try to use a automated lane at the Eurotunnel. As the number plate recognition will be confused.
If there was a local office, or it could be processed online, then it would be done and dusted in a few days.
You could go to a local office, but now its up to 2-3 weeks for swansea to do a reg transfer.
The problem here is I've part-exed the BMW for another one from a dealer way up North (which should be delivered today). And I'm driving it abroad next week. Because everything now has to be "posted in", I will now have a car driving through Eurpoe without a full V5 certificate and not knowing what reg plate should be on it when I come back.
This maybe interesting when I come back and try to use a automated lane at the Eurotunnel. As the number plate recognition will be confused.
If there was a local office, or it could be processed online, then it would be done and dusted in a few days.
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my missus has just bought a new car, Ive taken on her old one. she (rather hastily on both our parts) signed the car over to me a couple of days ago, and I had to tax it the next day. from the beginning of October. so, she loses the last ten days of this month, and I pay for the whole month, which is a bit of a swizz.
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my missus has just bought a new car, Ive taken on her old one. she (rather hastily on both our parts) signed the car over to me a couple of days ago, and I had to tax it the next day. from the beginning of October. so, she loses the last ten days of this month, and I pay for the whole month, which is a bit of a swizz.
i pick up my new toy on the 28th, how do you think i feel paying a month for 3 days,,,, lol
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To make this a farce, with all this "technology based" online vehicle taxing...private registrations is still paper and post based.
You could go to a local office, but now its up to 2-3 weeks for swansea to do a reg transfer.
The problem here is I've part-exed the BMW for another one from a dealer way up North (which should be delivered today). And I'm driving it abroad next week. Because everything now has to be "posted in", I will now have a car driving through Eurpoe without a full V5 certificate and not knowing what reg plate should be on it when I come back.
This maybe interesting when I come back and try to use a automated lane at the Eurotunnel. As the number plate recognition will be confused.
If there was a local office, or it could be processed online, then it would be done and dusted in a few days.
You could go to a local office, but now its up to 2-3 weeks for swansea to do a reg transfer.
The problem here is I've part-exed the BMW for another one from a dealer way up North (which should be delivered today). And I'm driving it abroad next week. Because everything now has to be "posted in", I will now have a car driving through Eurpoe without a full V5 certificate and not knowing what reg plate should be on it when I come back.
This maybe interesting when I come back and try to use a automated lane at the Eurotunnel. As the number plate recognition will be confused.
If there was a local office, or it could be processed online, then it would be done and dusted in a few days.