Car Tax cannot be sold on when a car is sold!
 

Most of us know that the 'Tax Disc', first introduced in 1921, is disappearing from the 1st October, but what I, and apparently most motorists don't realise is that from then on, you can't sell a car as 'Taxed', with the new owner enjoying the amount of 'tax' left unused. The legal requirement now means that the seller will advise the DVLA of the sale and they will automatically refund the outstanding unused amount. The new owner is liable for the 'taxation' from day one of their new ownership and presumably will have to tax the car before it is collected.

Roadside enforcement will now be done by NPR systems and enforced by the Police. Anybody flouting the rules is liable to a fine of up to £1,000!

Roverite.

Seems ok but how does the average Joe tax a car at 8pm for example just after viewing it then deciding to buy it?

On line I would think

He doesn't I'm assuming and that's what makes this so awkward.
Distance buying of cars might become more of a problem than it is now.

Boooo.

Bet they come up with an on line way of doing it..... :shrug:

Or maybe a sensible way where you can back date the application when you tax the car with a 24 hr grace period :shrug:

For the taxing of cars you will be able to do it immediately online, or via 24 hour phone. In the coming months a website will be rolled out that will enable you to change ownership & sort tax at the same time - rather than dealing with the paper V5.

but you won't be able to tax with no insurance which will stop first time buyers making a snap decision at say 8pm

The new system allows for that - you can already tax without insurance being checked :)

There will be more than a few people tricked into buying tax with a car only to find out later the previous owner got a refund and they never had tax at all!