Taxing a SORN'd car - new owner.
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A friend is driving 30 miles to purchase a car tonight - owner has SORNd the car while it has been in the garage having the steering pump replaced... it has MOT etc.
Can she tax it online, or will the previous owners details on the V5 thwart this?
If she has to tax in the Post Office in the morning, can she drive it home tonight?
Can she tax it online, or will the previous owners details on the V5 thwart this?
If she has to tax in the Post Office in the morning, can she drive it home tonight?
If she has the relevant info from the V5C, there is nothing to actually stop her taxing it online but the but the fly in the ointment is the paper disc will be sent to the current RK per DVLA records.
As for driving it home, what do you think her chances of getting caught are? As long as she doesn't park it where an inquisitive LA CEO can clock it's absence, she shouldn't have a problem. I'm fairly sure BiB are more interested in lack of insurance/MOT.
To lessen the chances of a ping (car not showing on the MID) stick to the Ruralshire backroads.
As for driving it home, what do you think her chances of getting caught are? As long as she doesn't park it where an inquisitive LA CEO can clock it's absence, she shouldn't have a problem. I'm fairly sure BiB are more interested in lack of insurance/MOT.
To lessen the chances of a ping (car not showing on the MID) stick to the Ruralshire backroads.
You don't need an insurance certificate to get a tax disc anymore although having a taxed car without insurance is an offence. A little bit bonkers if you ask me.
Driving home in the evening and taxing the next day would be illegal. Either get the documents (the new owner slip from the V5 and the MOT certificate) and get the disc before driving home or get the current owner to do it before picking up.
Driving home in the evening and taxing the next day would be illegal. Either get the documents (the new owner slip from the V5 and the MOT certificate) and get the disc before driving home or get the current owner to do it before picking up.
Option 1 - persuade the seller to buy a tax disc at the post office and add the cost of that to the purchase price.
Option 2 - ask the seller to pay the tax online using the V5 reference number (or pass the number on to allow the purchaser to do this*). Drive the car without displaying the disc, and wait for the seller to post it on. These days, if the car is actually taxed, the chances of being done for not showing the disc are small.
* As far as I know, the website doesn't give a toss who pays, so long as they use the correct reference number and registration number and have a working payment card.
Option 2 - ask the seller to pay the tax online using the V5 reference number (or pass the number on to allow the purchaser to do this*). Drive the car without displaying the disc, and wait for the seller to post it on. These days, if the car is actually taxed, the chances of being done for not showing the disc are small.
* As far as I know, the website doesn't give a toss who pays, so long as they use the correct reference number and registration number and have a working payment card.
Current owner tried to tax it this morning, but his local Post Office declined, as he had already transferred his insurance to his new car, and he no longer had a valid certificate!
I am going away to a funeral tomorrow, so I could drop her off on the way and she can tax it in the Post Office, or the present owner can forward the tax disc if she does it online.
Cheers all.
I am going away to a funeral tomorrow, so I could drop her off on the way and she can tax it in the Post Office, or the present owner can forward the tax disc if she does it online.
Cheers all.
Mill Wheel said:
Current owner tried to tax it this morning, but his local Post Office declined, as he had already transferred his insurance to his new car, and he no longer had a valid certificate!
I am going away to a funeral tomorrow, so I could drop her off on the way and she can tax it in the Post Office, or the present owner can forward the tax disc if she does it online.
Cheers all.
When does the rule change that cancels the VED when the RK changes come into effect ? I am going away to a funeral tomorrow, so I could drop her off on the way and she can tax it in the Post Office, or the present owner can forward the tax disc if she does it online.
Cheers all.
(i.e. if you change the RK for a vehicle, you have to tax it as well s the previous RK will get a refund automatically).
ETA - never mind, it's 1st October too.
Edited by marshalla on Wednesday 6th August 17:13
Mill Wheel said:
Current owner tried to tax it this morning, but his local Post Office declined, as he had already transferred his insurance to his new car, and he no longer had a valid certificate!
I am going away to a funeral tomorrow, so I could drop her off on the way and she can tax it in the Post Office, or the present owner can forward the tax disc if she does it online.
Cheers all.
The Post Office were incorrect as you no longer need to produce any form of insurance cert etc to tax a vehicle. All you need is a valid MOT cert and the V5 or V5c or The tax reminder. The same goes for the online system as it no longer checks the MIB database.I am going away to a funeral tomorrow, so I could drop her off on the way and she can tax it in the Post Office, or the present owner can forward the tax disc if she does it online.
Cheers all.
Maybe she could tax the car online and leave a stamped addressed envelope with the seller and ask if they would be kind enough to forward it on when it arrives.
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