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

Roverite · 28th August 2014, 09:21

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.

AURORA MG · 28th August 2014, 09:46

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

windrush · 28th August 2014, 09:49

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Originally Posted by AURORA MG

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

Pistonbroke666 · 28th August 2014, 09:49

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Originally Posted by AURORA MG

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

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.

Petetourer · 28th August 2014, 09:50

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Originally Posted by AURORA MG

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

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

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

windrush · 28th August 2014, 09:55

I think a bigger. Problem would be taking out insurance for the first time

Sebastienclement · 28th August 2014, 10:03

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.

windrush · 28th August 2014, 10:27

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Originally Posted by Sebastienclement

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

Sebastienclement · 28th August 2014, 10:28

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Originally Posted by windrush

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

GT Courier · 28th August 2014, 10:32

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!

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AURORA MG Banned (EX)-ZT-T190SE in Aurora. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Medway Posts: 2,954 Thanks: 42 Thanked 53 Times in 46 Posts	Seems ok but how does the average Joe tax a car at 8pm for example just after viewing it then deciding to buy it?

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Sebastienclement Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: London Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 136 Thanked 160 Times in 85 Posts	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.

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GT Courier I really should get out more....... Billy No Car Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 2,326 Thanks: 70 Thanked 56 Times in 40 Posts	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!