Should I SORN the car for 1 month?

[Challo]

My girlfiends KA ran out of TAX end of April, and due to limited funds she will not be able to tax the car until the end of May.

The car is off-road and wont be used during that time. Do I need to advise the DVLA to SORN it just for this month?

Or should I just leave it and tax at the end of the month as normal?

[itcaptainslow]

Needs a SORN to avoid a fine.

[Challo]

Thanks I will SORN it tonight.

[Toaster Pilot]

Doubt you'd be fined that quickly but I might be wrong

[ToothbrushMan]

...or you could have the mobile DVLA van come around in the dead of night (twice I saw them crawling around last year) with all of its cameras on every corner checking for untaxed cars.....get the SORN.

ont give em an inch.

[Challo]

Well the car is parked in an underground car park underneath our flat so it wont be seen. I was thinking more on the lines of going to the post office and them noticing it hasn't been taxed for over a month and then getting a fine then?

[Petrol Only]

Nah I wouldn't worry I actually forgot once... And bought the tax exactly a month later. No harm done.


So hidden away im sure it's fine. But you have remembered so just sorn it. It's easy online

[vanordinaire]

Chances are they won't catch up within a month so you may be ok, I've got away with it a couple of times by accident and been caught once after about six months when I forgot to renew Sorn on a bike which had been off road for a couple of years . However, when you go to tax it at the end of May, if it hasn't been sorned, you'll be expected to backdate the tax till the last one ran out so you pay for May's tax without getting the use of it so you'll actually lose out financially. If you Sorn it now, you don't pay for the new tax till you need it.

[Challo]

Thanks All. As i have remembered I will sorn it tonight and then tax it when she has the money. Saves having to back date it.