TAX (doh!)

[mrtony]

Anyone know how long after your tax disc expires you have officially got to get a new disc? the DVLA haven''t sent me a reminder so I''ve got to fill in the forms but I need my v5 which is currently at my folks house in Devon for safekeeping while I move house. Will I end up getting fined if I drive ?

[trefor]

Immediately. They don't give you 14 days 'cos it's in the post' any more.

[Nightmare]

in theory, you have to have a tax disc to replace the one which has run out. Whats the V5? If its the ownership one then you dont need it - just fill in an extra form at the post office to say the car is yours (and its a nice short form too!) will you get done for driving without one...er...in my experience no. I never do it deliberately but have just not realised it had run out (DVLA get confused with my cars I think) and the police in general couldnt give a toss - the worst Ive had is "er, sorry mate but we'll have to let the DVLA know - id get one sharpish if I were you" Im sure this isnt official company line (and John posted up for a tax questuion recently) but thats certainly my experience cheers Night

[adrianr]

Be careful, the DVLA have tax disc dodger campaigns running in several counties. Seems to be some sort of outsourced effort with private clamping firms. http://www.dvla.gov.uk/other/press_releases.htm Cheers, AdrianR

[nmilton]

And you may well find that you local dustbin men are on a commission for reporting cars they see without a valid tax disc. I wondered how I got done once (I was two weeks late in replacing my tax disc and the car was parked on the road) until someone explained how it probably happened.

[mrtony]

sheesh, figured you still had the 14 days grace. I'll just fill out the form and sod waiting for the V5 then..

[Eastie]

I once got shafted for £20 the week after my tax disc ran out. I had a company car and they'd forgotten to forward the new disc to me. I had road tax, I got done by an enthusiastic rozzer for 'failure to display' Claimed it back on expenses though