How awkward can it be to tax a car!!!
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We are trying to tax one of the cars after it was declared SORN at the end of February. The car is MOT'd and Insured and is showing as such online.
However... We are STILL waiting for the V5 to be returned after a change of address and our insurance documents are yet to arrive, meaning we cannot tax the vehicle ANYWHERE or ANYHOW!
Surely if the vehicle is on a database showing as insured and MOT'd, the post office can tax it for us? Why would I tax a vehicle that isn't mine??
Any advice? (Apart from 'be more organised next time')
However... We are STILL waiting for the V5 to be returned after a change of address and our insurance documents are yet to arrive, meaning we cannot tax the vehicle ANYWHERE or ANYHOW!
Surely if the vehicle is on a database showing as insured and MOT'd, the post office can tax it for us? Why would I tax a vehicle that isn't mine??
Any advice? (Apart from 'be more organised next time')
Donatello said:
We are trying to tax one of the cars after it was declared SORN at the end of February. The car is MOT'd and Insured and is showing as such online.
However... We are STILL waiting for the V5 to be returned after a change of address and our insurance documents are yet to arrive, meaning we cannot tax the vehicle ANYWHERE or ANYHOW!
Surely if the vehicle is on a database showing as insured and MOT'd, the post office can tax it for us? Why would I tax a vehicle that isn't mine??
Any advice? (Apart from 'be more organised next time')
Why not do it online?However... We are STILL waiting for the V5 to be returned after a change of address and our insurance documents are yet to arrive, meaning we cannot tax the vehicle ANYWHERE or ANYHOW!
Surely if the vehicle is on a database showing as insured and MOT'd, the post office can tax it for us? Why would I tax a vehicle that isn't mine??
Any advice? (Apart from 'be more organised next time')
Donatello said:
I have considered doing it online but I'm concerned it gets sent to our old address. They haven't been very good at handing our post to the estate agents so far!
Have you investigated having your post redirected? It doesn't cost very much and has worked well for me in the past...You changed address and didn't think what would happen to any mail delivered to your old address????
https://www.royalmail.com/delivery/inbound-mail/re...
https://www.royalmail.com/delivery/inbound-mail/re...
Riley Blue said:
You changed address and didn't think what would happen to any mail delivered to your old address????
https://www.royalmail.com/delivery/inbound-mail/re...
No, we were told that the new tenants had signed an agreement to pass all mail not for them onto the estate agents. As we did when we lived there.https://www.royalmail.com/delivery/inbound-mail/re...
However, I had been expecting a few bits of mail recently, didn't arrive so I phoned to check details and they had our old address. That is obviously my fault as I didn't change addresses for everything when we moved.
The current tenants are claiming not to have received ANY mail that isn't for them, which frankly is b
ks....Edit - I also didn't realise there was a service like that available.
If you had the insurance docs but no V5 or reminder you could use the green 'new keeper supplement' which is the tear off slip you should have been given when you bought it from the previous keeper/dealer. Don't know whether this contains the document reference number though for taxing online. Failing that can your insurers e-mail you cover documents? This of course assuming you have the green slip.
SuperHangOn said:
I've been waiting a good month for a V5 to arrive. Bloody irritating because the car has a long tax whittling away which could be refunded and I want to punt it throught the auction. Every time its not essential they seem to arrive in a matter of days 
Don't they advise 6 weeks?I've normally received mine in about 3-4 weeks but one took 7
How far away from your old address are you now? If within a reasonable distance, speak to RM about call and collect service. They will hold any mail addressed to you at the sorting office and you have to go and collect it. Last time I used this service (admittedly around 4 years ago) it was free, but did the job and I didn't have to go through the hoop-jumping process to have it redirected, nor pay anything either. Worth looking in to.
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