Exporting a used vehicle: road tax?

[Benengo]

Hello? I'm after some advice on road tax and exporting a car to the Netherlands.

If I buy a used car in the uk that has an mot and unsure it on its chassis number with my insurance company in the Netherlands (prior to registering it there), do I need to tax it for the journey to the ferry?

Road tax is no longer transferable, but I guess I'd be ok if it already has tax as the v5c export slip would "be in the post" so the previous owners tax should still be valid? (By the letter of the law I suspect this is dodgy ground!)

Also, would I need to get the v5c in my name before exporting? As otherwise I'll have a headache using the remainder of the document i.e. All the v5 without the export slip to register in the Netherlands as its be I the previous owners name?

Any advice/experience appreciated!

[TooMany2cvs]

Benengo said:

Hello? I'm after some advice on road tax and exporting a car to the Netherlands.

If I buy a used car in the uk that has an mot and unsure it on its chassis number with my insurance company in the Netherlands (prior to registering it there), do I need to tax it for the journey to the ferry?

If you're happy to drive it without UK insurance, then I wouldn't be worrying about the tax. But to drive a UK-reg car on UK roads, it should have insurance on MID...

Benengo said:

Road tax is no longer transferable, but I guess I'd be ok if it already has tax as the v5c export slip would "be in the post" so the previous owners tax should still be valid? (By the letter of the law I suspect this is dodgy ground!)

Yup, that's about it. If you were UK-based, you'd be driving it home then taxing it for that month, so you'd be covered for the month's tax you'd be about to buy.

Benengo said:

Also, would I need to get the v5c in my name before exporting? As otherwise I'll have a headache using the remainder of the document i.e. All the v5 without the export slip to register in the Netherlands as its be I the previous owners name?

Normally - he fills your name/UK address in on the V5C, sends that to Swansea, gives you V5C/2 New Keeper slip.

Instead, he does the paperwork for export - he fills in the V5C/4 Permanent Export slip and sends that back, and gives you the main V5C... You give that to the NL registration authorities. They won't care whose name it's in - not least because it won't have an NL address anyway. They get your details from the NL registration form you'd also fill in, the equivalent of the DVLA V55/5.

[sim16v]

Technically it should be on the Motor Insurance Database (MID) so it would be worth using one of the online Day Insure policies.

As for tax, if the car is insured, the chances of getting stopped on the way to the ferry are pretty slim.

[steve-5snwi]

As far as I'm aware you wouldn't need to tax it, tax is for the uk. You would need to comply with any local law to you.

[TooMany2cvs]

steve-5snwi said:

As far as I'm aware you wouldn't need to tax it, tax is for the uk. You would need to comply with any local law to you.

And that'll say it has to be legal in its country of registration. Plus, of course, he's driving it through the UK to the port...