Road Tax When Changing Owners

[boater]

Hi can anyone clarify the position on road tax when buying a vehicle.

My recent purchase was made on 24th August and I decided to wait to tax it on 1st September. Then I thought well is it ok to use anyway as the previous owner has taxed it and will not get any refund for the remaning days in August. So - can I use it or not?

[klarzy]

Originally Posted by boater

Hi can anyone clarify the position on road tax when buying a vehicle.

My recent purchase was made on 24th August and I decided to wait to tax it on 1st September. Then I thought well is it ok to use anyway as the previous owner has taxed it and will not get any refund for the remaning days in August. So - can I use it or not?

no... you have to tax from day one of ownership...

[Southside]

Regardless of how long the previous owner taxed it for as soon as the dvla receive the v5 back they will cancel any remaining tax. If done online that would be instantly, if previous owner sent it by post you may get an extra couple of days.

[clf]

further to what Klarzy said. If the portions of V5 have been returned to the DVLA dated with 24th August, and you wish to use it straight away, you will have to tax it from the 1st of August. The previous owner, if they have paid in advance for tax, they will receive a refund for the remaining full months. ie from September onwards. Govt. get a double month of tax.

However, if you can refrain from using it, (or you wish to take a chance on not being spotted - not condoning this!)you can SORN it straight away, and then tax it on the 1st of September. Doing it this way, the govt only get 7 days of tax (24th - 31st Aug) unnecessarily, and you dont get stung for 24 days worth.

It has been discussed not only on this forum, but on many other forums and elsewhere. If they use a computer network to obtain the tax from you, when you either retax the car, or purchase the car, then surely they can take a payment for a part month! to claim it is for administration reasons, I find laughable (I was told this by phone) since,

1. it is unfair to some car owners (different values of tax)
2. there is minimal administration if any at all, when the keeper is the one doing the administrating!!!



tax = VED

[boater]

Thanks for the replies, I know now what I should have done - will try and sort it with dvla.

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by boater

Thanks for the replies, I know now what I should have done - will try and sort it with dvla.

Don't bother trying to deal with DVLA, just tax it from the first of September as you intended to do all along.

I drove around for three weeks blissfully unaware the car I was driving was "untaxed" due to the ineptitude of the cogs in Swansea

It sticks in the craw that the government are being paid twice for the same month, and especially so close to the end of the month......go on be a rebel, the chances of being copped for this are remote to say the least

Brian

[clf]

Originally Posted by championdaddy

Just sell on the last day of the month...........that's what I do.

Even if it is halfway through LOL

The drawback for you with that situation is if the buyer racks up speeding and parking tickets

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[Kennyeth]

A bit off topic but I always get concerned about whether they take to road fund tax each month...it does not always show up in the bank so who would be to blame if they messed up and did not take it out of bank??
Ken.

[rustymotor]

Originally Posted by Kennyeth

A bit off topic but I always get concerned about whether they take to road fund tax each month...it does not always show up in the bank so who would be to blame if they messed up and did not take it out of bank??
Ken.

If for example your account didn't have the funds to pay it, dvla will email you and try to take payment again in 4 days..after that failed you have to re apply I believe.

So I guess you would have time to check if it went out OK..also if internet banking after first dd goes out the payment should show up in your dd list.