Taxing a new car which already has disabled tax

[Shortie2018]

I have just bought a new (used) vehicle and want to tax it however the previous owner has disabled tax on the vehicle. I went to the post office with the new keeper slip off the log book and mot certificate however they said I need the full log book in order to tax it.
Is this correct? I'm worried that if I have to wait for my V5 in my name there will be a period of time where the vehicle won't be taxes as as I'm wanting to use the vehicle I'm now worried.
Does anyone have any experience of this, will there be a grace period between the DVLA cancelling the old keepers tax and sending me a new log book so I can tax it? The post office said I'd need the previous owners full log book as there is a section on there about changing tax but obviously the old keep kept that in order to send it to the DVLA. Them and I thought having the new keep slip was enough?
HELLLLPPP PLEASE

[Pistonheader101]

Tax it online

[HasToBeV8]

I had exactly this situation when I bought my car a couple of years ago. I had to fill in a special form at the post office and it was done there and then with a receipt showing tax had been paid for. New v5c with the corrected status followed in the post as normal about a week later. From what I recall it was the same form as you use as if the old log book is missing. It also had to be done at a main post office not a sub post office.

Whilst it was a bit unnerving at the time don't worry about it. There is a process the post office staff at a main office should know about.

[cj2013]

I had this over a year ago, there's probably a thread on here for it.

I went to the local Post Office, who said they'd sort it out, give them my V5 and a full 6 months (was on a Band K tax too).

Few weeks passed and I had a letter from the DVLA - enclosed was a folded up but otherwise unchanged V5, along with a letter saying "I don't know why we've been sent this, have it back".

Long story short, I had to send it back to the DVLA along with a written letter explaining that I needed the tax category to be changed back to PLG, and that I had already taxed it as such so please don't cancel it and refund me minus the current month (can't be too careful with that lot).

It took ages to sort out, but you'd think it'd be easy considering it's extra money for them.

[HTP99]

Pistonheader101 said:

Tax it online

You can't when it is a classification change, it has to be done at the PO.

[HasToBeV8]

HasToBeV8 said:

I had exactly this situation when I bought my car a couple of years ago. I had to fill in a special form at the post office and it was done there and then with a receipt showing tax had been paid for. New v5c with the corrected status followed in the post as normal about a week later. From what I recall it was the same form as you use as if the old log book is missing. It also had to be done at a main post office not a sub post office.

Whilst it was a bit unnerving at the time don't worry about it. There is a process the post office staff at a main office should know about.

Form v62 is what I had to fill in at the post office

[Toed64]

I acquired a car that had been on a disabled tax class from new. I discovered that I couldn't tax it on line, so I went to the Post Office where I was told that I had to wait for the V5 to arrive in my name and then bring it back to the Post Office and they would then tax it and change the tax class...unless I was entitled to the disabled tax.