New Car Tax B******s

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dry664

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139 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Stupid question here but after spending 20 mins online looking for a definitive answer and failing, I think better to ask the experts. Not sure if this failure reflects badly on me or the t**ts that run the vehicle taxing service....

I'm buying a used car privately which I will be collecting from the vendor. I understand the change of rules means the existing tax wont transfer.

DO I HAVE TO TAX IT BEFORE DRIVING IT?

To tax it I need the ref number from the new keeper supplement, which obviously I wont have until I've collected the car, but I found a DVLA vid that tells me I cant drive it without tax (at 1m 08s).
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vehicle-tax-cha...

Feel free to post abuse if I deserve it. Thanks.