My road tax it due end of the month how long to I have to buy a new one or do I just get a £80 fine after the 1st?

Ray

 

by the first unless you've informed them your car is off the road

 

NO more 14 days?

 

DONT THINK THE 14 DAY RULE APPLIES ANYMORE. THEY HAVE EVERYONES DETAILS ON COMPUTER SO IF IT IS NOT RENEWED A FINE GETS SENT OUT AUTOMATICALLY. I WOULD JUST PAY FOR IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I left it about a month after my tax ran out on the bike before i filled in the SORN, as I was making repairs to the bike and didn't know wheter I would have it fixed in time for the MOT. No fine appeared, so there must be some leeway. I cannot see them issuing a fine on day 1.

 

if you dont have one buy the first then a ticket will be on its way to you!

its as simple as that with the new law.

my friends dad is a cop by the way

 

I'm looking at INS163 "New Road Tax Rules"

If you don't renew your road tax the day it runs out a fine of £80 will be issued straight away!... Remember they write to you giving you 2 weeks notice before it runs out....

 

I guess im gonna have to drive like a b@stard to the post office this lunch time

 

The law has been around for a while they are just advertising it on TV now. I forgot to declare my old 220 GSI sorn about a year ago and a month after tax ran out I had a fixed fine in post I paid it within 14 days so it was 40 quid if i hadnt it was going to be 80! They gave me a month to declare it sorn i didnt so i got done, it might have changed again recently but thats what happened too me.

 

I was 19 days late getting my road tax in January, no fine issued.

 

21 days late this month. No fine as yet - touch wood.

 

Running on about 2-3 months leeway at the moment ISTR. I think they're trying to break us gradually.

Anyone curious enough to wait to find out will get a whopping finel when the ticket does arrive though. FPT + back duty + mitigated penalty probably...


Vindaloo.