Im confused about my car tax

[saladdodger]

I have a tax disc in my car thats i bought 5 weeks a go, the tax runs out on the 30 06 2011 but i cant see any writting on it apart from a stamp that says DEALER, looks like the writting is worn off.

But the .gov site says unlicenced

[Caulkhead]

Sounds like you've been sold a car with a fake tax disc.

[saladdodger]

sorted it, under the lamp i can make out the reg and in the price bit it says NIL, it was issued to a disabled person, according the the dvla website i need to re tax it.

[iva cosworth]

Going by the enquiry the tax ran out 31st January

[GC8]

It looks as though theyve made the DVLA/VRO aware (probably to benefit from a free disc for their new car), but theyve left the now cancelled and worthless disc in the car windscreen when selling it.

A bit of a scrubber's trick, I think.

[Fish981]

You might get a fine as well for it being untaxed and not SORNed between now and when you bought it.

Was it a dealer or private?

[saladdodger]

Trader, guy worked full time at vauxhall but sold cars privately, now gone back to poland

Oh yeah - im sure i'll get a fine, i by a car in good faith from a polish dude who is leaving to go back to poland who has probably used a dodgy disc???? maybe

But silly me should of checked the disc i guess, i looked at the expiry date through the screen but thats it...... oh well, off to post office now

[joreco]

Dealers can only licence new cars they register, so if it has been stamped dealer on the disc, then it will not have been registered at the DVLA as taxed, the disc has just been nicked.
Even if the car is registered as disabled class, it would show up on website as taxed until the date of liability, which was end of Jan as has already been said.
Looks like your seller was on the fiddle and I would be taking the disc out of the car, if you haven't already, as plod don't take that kind of thing nicely, even though you may have nothing to do with it.

[saladdodger]

Thank you for the replies.

I went to the local post office and they didnt have a clue at all, i bought a new disc so im all legal whic was my main concern.

Here is the dodgy disc



The guy i bought it from bought it with this tax disc, must be the dealer he got it from.

Ive HPI'd the car and everything adds up, must be someone who wanted to shift it 'with' tax. (not)

[Zwoelf]

Not helped by the dealer using a normal black biro instead of the DVLA supplied ones with the white cap specifically for issuing VED discs - which have ink that doesn't dissappear so easily following prolonged exposure to sunlight.

[saladdodger]

what do people think i should do about it if anything

[saaby93]

Somewhere you ought to be a able to look up Dealer 8550

[Zwoelf]

saaby93 said:

Somewhere you ought to be a able to look up Dealer 8550

What purpose would that serve? They just issue the disc, the previous RK left it displayed in their car and the "trader" nicked it and passed it off as belonging to the vehicle the OP bought from him.

[saladdodger]

saaby93 said:

Somewhere you ought to be a able to look up Dealer 8550

My mate is looking as well, but google isnt showing anything so far

[joreco]

It must have been done to sweeten the sale only, as any anpr would have picked it up as untaxed. As far as doing anything, guess it's best to just throw it in the bin, unless you want to let the police or DVLA know, but then expect a few hours of statements, from which I can't see it going anywhere, as I would expect the disc number to come up on the database as missing or void? By the dealer.
Guess you are fortunate, you picked up on it, rather than it being clamped one night or as above, being pulled after passing anpr op and having to try and explain your innocence!
Just goes to show how people try and pull wool over people's eyes!

[pacman1]

Surely your V5 application will set the date in time at which you become liable for the vehicle and its tax?

Just get taxed now, to the beginning of June, don't wait until July, you should be fine, DVLA won't worry about the other week.

[saladdodger]

pacman1 said:

Surely your V5 application will set the date in time at which you become liable for the vehicle and its tax?

Just get taxed now, to the beginning of June, don't wait until July, you should be fine, DVLA won't worry about the other week.

I done this at 10am today, now taxed the legal way

The post office lady said i wont be billed for back dated tax, as you said the V5 shows when i bought it.

[pacman1]

saladdodger said:

pacman1 said:

Surely your V5 application will set the date in time at which you become liable for the vehicle and its tax?

Just get taxed now, to the beginning of June, don't wait until July, you should be fine, DVLA won't worry about the other week.

I done this at 10am today, now taxed the legal way

The post office lady said i wont be billed for back dated tax, as you said the V5 shows when i bought it.

That's it.