Car Tax Help - Starring the DVLA's interesting website…

[PhillipM]

Well, here's a fun one, I SORNed my car yesterday as the tax had run out, and it had only just been repaired, so was expecting it to be a week to get it in for an MOT.

Managed to get in when someone cancelled at lunch today instead, so, car is now tested, drive it home, try to tax the car on the DVLA website ( after having to switch browsers because the .gov websites don't work on Firefox and Opera, well done people)
Easy right?

Only the website then insists that because it was 'taxed' yesterday, you can't tax or sorn it again for 5 days. Rather weird in the digital age, maybe there's a valid paperwork reason.... but wait if you're a new keeper with a green slip, you can. Immediately. But not if you already own the car...so there can't be a paperwork reason, just random delay the DVLA has added, because...yes?

So now I have a car at home, with an MOT, and no way to tax it for 5 days. You get through to DVLA helpline and the only answer you get after half an hour is that you can tax it if you go to the post office with a V5C/2 ... which is a green slip new owner form.

How the hell do I tax my car, it shouldn't be this difficult to give someone money, am I missing something here....

Edited by PhillipM on Wednesday 1st June 14:25

[Cold]

Do it at your local Post Office. Or even at one far away.

[PhillipM]

Yea I think I'm just gonna have to walk down to the nearest one and explain and see if they just put it through.

Following the DVLA's own links on "how to tax after SORN" for if you need to drive immediately after SORNing takes you to pages that talk about everything bar doing exactly that. Useful

Edited by PhillipM on Wednesday 1st June 14:44

[PhillipM]

And after a nice walk down they're only open half days at the local one that actually does car tax...I should have checked that one first...I picked my timing here with the Jubilee too didn't I?

Edited by PhillipM on Wednesday 1st June 15:34