How do I go about returning car tax?
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Evening All,
I have a car finishing tomorrow on Ebay which has 10 months' tax left to run. Whilst someone might decide to drop a new engine in it, it's more realistic that someone will break it for spares, so I put in the auction that the tax would be an extra cost if the buyer wanted to keep it with the vehicle.
If they don't, then obviously I'll want to send it back to DVLA for a refund, but what's the order for doing this? The car is on the road at the moment and there's no way I can get it off the road, so I can't send the tax back now, and equally I don't want the new purchaser leaving it on a road somewhere and me getting done for it because it's not yet been transferred out of my name. Do I phone the DVLA to tell them when it's left my possession?
I have a car finishing tomorrow on Ebay which has 10 months' tax left to run. Whilst someone might decide to drop a new engine in it, it's more realistic that someone will break it for spares, so I put in the auction that the tax would be an extra cost if the buyer wanted to keep it with the vehicle.
If they don't, then obviously I'll want to send it back to DVLA for a refund, but what's the order for doing this? The car is on the road at the moment and there's no way I can get it off the road, so I can't send the tax back now, and equally I don't want the new purchaser leaving it on a road somewhere and me getting done for it because it's not yet been transferred out of my name. Do I phone the DVLA to tell them when it's left my possession?
DavidY said:
I'd found that, but thanks anyway. 
The bit I'm not clear on is how I make sure DVLA know from the second the buyer takes the car that it's nothing to do with me any more.
DavidY said:
Just send in the part on the V5, thats what it is there for!
When does responsibility transfer though?Assume I sell the car today, and someone collects it tomorrow afternoon. I take off the tax disc and post it to DVLA along with the V5 slip, and it gets there for processing on Tuesday.
In the meantime, the buyer takes the car away and leaves it parked on a road, and a passing copper picks it up as being uninsured and not displaying a tax disc.
My paperwork is still in the post, so how do I make sure I suffer no comeback in the above scenario?
Kermit power said:
DavidY said:
Just send in the part on the V5, thats what it is there for!
When does responsibility transfer though?Assume I sell the car today, and someone collects it tomorrow afternoon. I take off the tax disc and post it to DVLA along with the V5 slip, and it gets there for processing on Tuesday.
In the meantime, the buyer takes the car away and leaves it parked on a road, and a passing copper picks it up as being uninsured and not displaying a tax disc.
My paperwork is still in the post, so how do I make sure I suffer no comeback in the above scenario?
This really isn't difficult.........
Its no different than an insurance company arranging to collect a written off car, just fill in the date box, sign it, send the relevant bit to the DVLA, fill in the tax reclaim form, send off with tax disc, wait about 3-6 weeks, get cheque, simples!
Its no different than an insurance company arranging to collect a written off car, just fill in the date box, sign it, send the relevant bit to the DVLA, fill in the tax reclaim form, send off with tax disc, wait about 3-6 weeks, get cheque, simples!
DavidY said:
This really isn't difficult.........
Its no different than an insurance company arranging to collect a written off car, just fill in the date box, sign it, send the relevant bit to the DVLA, fill in the tax reclaim form, send off with tax disc, wait about 3-6 weeks, get cheque, simples!
The only difference is that I'd trust an insurer not to do anything dodgy with the car after they collected it!Its no different than an insurance company arranging to collect a written off car, just fill in the date box, sign it, send the relevant bit to the DVLA, fill in the tax reclaim form, send off with tax disc, wait about 3-6 weeks, get cheque, simples!
I would've been happier if I could log the departure of the vehicle instantly on the DVLA website, for example.
I'll just take the advice above on receipts and the like and trust the system to work.
Kermit power said:
DavidY said:
Just send in the part on the V5, thats what it is there for!
When does responsibility transfer though?Assume I sell the car today, and someone collects it tomorrow afternoon. I take off the tax disc and post it to DVLA along with the V5 slip, and it gets there for processing on Tuesday.
In the meantime, the buyer takes the car away and leaves it parked on a road, and a passing copper picks it up as being uninsured and not displaying a tax disc.
My paperwork is still in the post, so how do I make sure I suffer no comeback in the above scenario?
Kermit power said:
You may be right. However, it is the first time I've done it.
When you sell the car do a receipt up, 2 copies, one for the buy, one for you. Get them to sign both copies. They then have proof of ownership and you have proof of sale.Also photocopy (or photograph if you don't have a copier) the V5 before sending it off. This way you have all the proof you need should something happen while the documents are either in transit or being processed.
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