Mrs caught without road tax
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Ref my earlier comment about MOT problems - took my barge in today and was issued with a temporary 'contingency' MOT certificate. Note to the OP that you have to go back to the issuing MOT station to replace this with the correct formal MOT when they've been able to generate it!
Apparently in the move from VOSA to DVSA there was an end-August deadline for MOT stations to move over to using the DVSA web based setup. Those that did it a couple of weeks before the deadline have been OK, but those that left it till the last minute (as mine did and by the sounds of it, many others!) have had and continue to have major problems with lagging/crashing MOT data entry to issue test passes.
Apparently in the move from VOSA to DVSA there was an end-August deadline for MOT stations to move over to using the DVSA web based setup. Those that did it a couple of weeks before the deadline have been OK, but those that left it till the last minute (as mine did and by the sounds of it, many others!) have had and continue to have major problems with lagging/crashing MOT data entry to issue test passes.
How about this then. We moved house a few weeks ago. Both cars used to be registered in my name. I send both V5s off to change address and changed the registered keeper on one to my wifes name. Today we were both in convoy on the way to work and passed a DVLA ANPR car with a camera on a tripod. I put our registrations into the DVLA checker today and the wifes car has come through as untaxed since Tuesday (1st Aug). I received a reimbursement cheque the other day for the remainder of the years tax on that vehicle but I'm sure my wife has not recieved any tax reminders since the change of ownership. I niped home at lunchtime and put the tax on the car for her but what's the likely outcome? fixed penalty? how much is that?
Surfr said:
How about this then. We moved house a few weeks ago. Both cars used to be registered in my name. I send both V5s off to change address and changed the registered keeper on one to my wifes name. Today we were both in convoy on the way to work and passed a DVLA ANPR car with a camera on a tripod. I put our registrations into the DVLA checker today and the wifes car has come through as untaxed since Tuesday (1st Aug). I received a reimbursement cheque the other day for the remainder of the years tax on that vehicle but I'm sure my wife has not recieved any tax reminders since the change of ownership. I niped home at lunchtime and put the tax on the car for her but what's the likely outcome? fixed penalty? how much is that?
Do you mean 1st September? If so, nothing will come of it for being 2 days out.
LoonR1 said:
I'm amazed how people seem to be getting done for no road tax since the change away from the paper disc (I wonder if it's just people playing silly beggars of course). I never looked at the disc and just waited on the letter, which still comes through on time every year for my bikes, cars and van.
I'm sure there would be other letters to advise you to tax your vehicle ahead of a court appearance. Of course, I accept that this is PH and nobody ever receives any official letters ever until the process is at its end game.
I think the increase in people getting done for no road tax since the change from the paper tax discs is more to do with changing to an online system, and change of ownership discontinuing an existing tax disc.I'm sure there would be other letters to advise you to tax your vehicle ahead of a court appearance. Of course, I accept that this is PH and nobody ever receives any official letters ever until the process is at its end game.
This is compounded by a poor DVLA online system that seems to be down quite regularly.
I have personally had trouble declaring sorn or retaxing with 2 newly purchased vehicles in the last 18 months alone.
The first one their system simply wouldnt accept the serial number from the new keepers supplement the second the same but this was a newly registered bike and was preregistered by the dealer and kept coming up as still being taxed, until the new V5 arrived and their systems updated to say that the bike had been untaxed for a month and the dealer had scored for the 12months road tax returned to them which has to be paid to register a new vehicle!
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