SORN

[zed4man]

HI all , HAPPY NEW YEAR...looking to SORN my car from end of January, and wanted advice as if i do this in middle of this month will i still be able to use until the end of JANUARY as will have paid januarys tax ..appreciate advice

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zed4man said:

HI all , HAPPY NEW YEAR...looking to SORN my car from end of January, and wanted advice as if i do this in middle of this month will i still be able to use until the end of JANUARY as will have paid januarys tax ..appreciate advice

Why not just sorn it at the end of the month?

Unless i am missing something.

[TR4man]

SORN takes effect from the day to complete the task. So if you SORNed your car today, from now on your car is not taxed.

If you want it to take effect from 31st Jan, then you need to declare it SORNed on that day.

[Purosangue]

zed4man said:

HI all , HAPPY NEW YEAR...looking to SORN my car from end of January, and wanted advice as if i do this in middle of this month will i still be able to use until the end of JANUARY as will have paid januarys tax ..appreciate advice

A happy new year to you to

some info here

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dvla-busts-9-my...

as far as im aware when you SORN you automatically get a refund of any full months tax left , however if your car is currently taxed Jan 2nd and you SORN it , it would remove the tax status and you would lose a refund as we are already into jan

to tax it again you would have to apply on line again as the system would show it as SORN

Its going to cost you for a months tax if you take it out of SORN cant you leave it taxed and SORN from 1st Feb

[zed4man]

Thanks for all replies, the reason i need to sorn is my tax is cheaper from FEB 1st and i dont want to pay old current rate for another 6 months...

[markymarkthree]

You can SORN up to 2 months in advance. So you can SORN today for it to start from Jan 31st and still drive it until the 31st.

[mcflurry]

zed4man said:

Thanks for all replies, the reason i need to sorn is my tax is cheaper from FEB 1st and i dont want to pay old current rate for another 6 months...

If this is the 5 year surcharge for "cars that were very expensive back in 2016 that hasn't moved since", doesn't it reduce automatically at the end of the period to the standard £180?

[zed4man]

No, my car was taxed OCT so thats when it would change,,,,,it was new Feb 1