Taxing a car that is just being bought
Discussion
There is a new online service that allows you to handle the V5C change and re-tax the vehicle IIRC. I wasn't aware of it when I bought my last one, but I was able to do the tax online.
https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle
https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle
Cyberprog said:
There is a new online service that allows you to handle the V5C change and re-tax the vehicle IIRC. I wasn't aware of it when I bought my last one, but I was able to do the tax online.
https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle
That looks very handy, except I just tried to use it... "This service is only available Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 18:00."https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle
What? It's a website, but only works during office hours. How did they manage to screw this up?
LoonR1 said:
I was asking as your comment suggested a big outlay amd real frustration at having to buy tax on the 29th to cover the previous 28 days when you didn't own the car. It cost you 22.40 door those 28 days assuming a 30 day month, so hardly bank breaking. What would you have done under the old scheme if the car you bought didn't have tax?
Not a lot BUT whatever tax that had remained on the vehicle would probably have lasted until the end of the month i.e 1 day thus allowing me to tax it from the first of the next month.No frustration, no big outlay, but I would have preferred to have put the money towards it's first tank of petrol.
Big Al. said:
Not a lot BUT whatever tax that had remained on the vehicle would probably have lasted until the end of the month i.e 1 day thus allowing me to tax it from the first of the next month.
No frustration, no big outlay, but I would have preferred to have put the money towards it's first tank of petrol.
There's no guarantee though. It's quite possible that it could've sat on a forecourt without tax. You could quite easily not have tax edit for two days and there would've been no comeback at all. I'm always happy to push things a little, not least because I speed most of the time when I'm driving. No frustration, no big outlay, but I would have preferred to have put the money towards it's first tank of petrol.
! Rotters.lets be honest, when you were young, many of us must have skipped a months tax in between renewal. I certainly did in the 80's and early 90's.
spending my wage on beer was far more interesting.
I do agree the new system makes sense: but it seems daft it can't start on any day of the month.
spending my wage on beer was far more interesting.
I do agree the new system makes sense: but it seems daft it can't start on any day of the month.
It can't start on any day of the month, because the computer system isn't configured to do that. If we want it to do that then it will cost a lot of money to do it, so we'll end up paying more anyway to recoup this cost.
As for it being a disgrace blah, blah. The most it can cost is less than £45. That's if you buy a top of the range, high emission amd therefore expensive to run car. A smaller more sensible car will probably cost less than £15. And this only happens when you buy a car. Time it right a,d your rebate will offset this anyway, as you'll get the unused full months back, whereas under the old system that went with the old car
You're all pretty pathetic to be bleating about this.
As for it being a disgrace blah, blah. The most it can cost is less than £45. That's if you buy a top of the range, high emission amd therefore expensive to run car. A smaller more sensible car will probably cost less than £15. And this only happens when you buy a car. Time it right a,d your rebate will offset this anyway, as you'll get the unused full months back, whereas under the old system that went with the old car
You're all pretty pathetic to be bleating about this.
LoonR1 said:
It can't start on any day of the month, because the computer system isn't configured to do that. If we want it to do that then it will cost a lot of money to do it, so we'll end up paying more anyway to recoup this cost.
As for it being a disgrace blah, blah. The most it can cost is less than £45. That's if you buy a top of the range, high emission amd therefore expensive to run car. A smaller more sensible car will probably cost less than £15. And this only happens when you buy a car. Time it right a,d your rebate will offset this anyway, as you'll get the unused full months back, whereas under the old system that went with the old car
You're all pretty pathetic to be bleating about this.
You think its about the money? You are wrong. Its about treating your customers fairly. Ohh and yes come to think of it I'd rather buy my lad a football kit for £45 (yes my 'car tax' is over £500pa) than chuck it away for nothing since someone cant be arsed to make their computer aware of the concept of days of the month. So its about both things then. 2 pathetic principles ehh?As for it being a disgrace blah, blah. The most it can cost is less than £45. That's if you buy a top of the range, high emission amd therefore expensive to run car. A smaller more sensible car will probably cost less than £15. And this only happens when you buy a car. Time it right a,d your rebate will offset this anyway, as you'll get the unused full months back, whereas under the old system that went with the old car
You're all pretty pathetic to be bleating about this.
LoonR1 said:
It can't start on any day of the month, because the computer system isn't configured to do that. If we want it to do that then it will cost a lot of money to do it, so we'll end up paying more anyway to recoup this cost.
As for it being a disgrace blah, blah. The most it can cost is less than £45. That's if you buy a top of the range, high emission amd therefore expensive to run car. A smaller more sensible car will probably cost less than £15. And this only happens when you buy a car. Time it right a,d your rebate will offset this anyway, as you'll get the unused full months back, whereas under the old system that went with the old car
You're all pretty pathetic to be bleating about this.
No matter how many times people try to explain it someone will always moan.As for it being a disgrace blah, blah. The most it can cost is less than £45. That's if you buy a top of the range, high emission amd therefore expensive to run car. A smaller more sensible car will probably cost less than £15. And this only happens when you buy a car. Time it right a,d your rebate will offset this anyway, as you'll get the unused full months back, whereas under the old system that went with the old car
You're all pretty pathetic to be bleating about this.
See the post directly before this one.
Ken Figenus said:
You think its about the money? You are wrong. Its about treating your customers fairly. Ohh and yes come to think of it I'd rather buy my lad a football kit for £45 (yes my 'car tax' is over £500pa) than chuck it away for nothing since someone cant be arsed to make their computer aware of the concept of days of the month. So its about both things then. 2 pathetic principles ehh?
But when you come to sell you will get your outstanding whole months back, whereas in the past the buyer would have said "chuck in the remaining tax and it's a deal" and most of the time you'd comply.Ken Figenus said:
A negotiation tool lost. Sorry you cant sell this to me in any way.
Wait till the Council Tax people cotton on to the same principle and you then move house on the 2nd... Then you may feel as tight as me!
I don't want to "sell it to you", not least as you've already bought it. There are plenty other things to get upset about. Wait till the Council Tax people cotton on to the same principle and you then move house on the 2nd... Then you may feel as tight as me!
As for the comment about treating customers fairly, the question is "are all customers treated the same?" The answer is yes, so by definition it is fair. You might not like it, but fair is around being equitable, not bending over to their whims.
What car you've got now doesn't matter, it's what car you buy next that matters. All the car that you've got means is that your rebate will be higher. That's the rebate that normally you'd lose. Oh and it's not a negotiation tool either, as nobody can leave the tax on anymore.
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