How the hell do you Tax a car you've just bought without the V5 form? As that will have been sent away.

Bought a car that I'm picking up Saturday, but need it taxing so I can drive it back.

Sods law states if I drive it home without Tax, I'll get done on the way back (Up the A1/M1)

Looking on Tax website it says Feckall, but lots of info about it'll cost up to 40p a minute to phone them from your mobile.

 

I bought one yesterday,you need the green new keeper part and this has a reference number on it for the website.
Once it's insured and it shows up on the motor insurance database and providing it had a valid mot if needed you will be able to tax it online.

 

I'm having trouble too, got the new keeper bit, full mot and insurance. It's not letting me do the tax online, it's saying the car needs an mot. Right pain in the ****, if I went and picked it up and drive it without tax, I'd get pulled.

 

Firstly is there tax on the car or is it SORN?? Secondly if your buying a car you should retain the small green new owner slip taken from the log book, on that you'll have the document reference number to tax it.

 

You can be fined it you own a car without tax or that is not SORN.

 

It'll still be taxed by the previous owner untill the DVLA receives the change of owner form. So you'll be fine.

 

So could the previous owner get fined if that's the case?

 

I don't see why. As long as the DVLA maintains the current paper based V5C and the associated ownership declarations, tax/ownership records can't be updated instantaneously.

 

Technically you could drive the car home from where you purchased it from providing the seller doesn't call up and cancel the tax and your normal insurance covers you to drive a car you have permission to drive (usually 3rd party)

The DVLA otherwise wouldn't know about a sale until notified by receipt of the V5 with new keepers details....or unless they are notified by the tax call.

Get it home and sort the tax out after.