Taxing car at the post office new rules

[hairykrishna]

What are the rules for taxing a car at the post office these days? I've just bought a Saab that's on SORN and was going to tax it at the PO this afternoon. I've got the documents emailed through from the insurance company, but it's not showing as insured on askMID yet. Is that going to be a problem?

[simon1987]

its fine, askmid is so faulty its hilarious.

anyway, they have to accept paper copies of both insurance and mot regardless of weather it appears on the database or not. I dont think they have access to the insurance database yet but its coming.

[HTP99]

You don't need to provide proof of insurance or MOT anymore.

[rewc]

HTP99 said:

You don't need to provide proof of insurance or MOT anymore.

Is that correct? The Government site is still showing MOT is required if taxing at a post office.


https://www.gov.uk/tax-disc

[funkyrobot]

rewc said:

HTP99 said:

You don't need to provide proof of insurance or MOT anymore.

Is that correct? The Government site is still showing MOT is required if taxing at a post office.


https://www.gov.uk/tax-disc

Taxed my car last week. Took the time to find MOT and insurance docs and get them all ready. Got to post office and they said I didn't need them.

[eybic]

I think they check online (MID???) whether it's insured so you may need the paper copy showing it's a new policy.

[johnny fotze]

Taxed my (freshly bought) shed on Saturday. I took the docs (mot & ins), she checked them, no mention of not needing them. I'd assumed I might with it being a recent purchase.

[boroandy87]

We still take them to the post office that we use, I believe it depends on the post office as some require them and some don't.

We don't need a copy of the insurance anymore on taxing new vehicles. Only the details of the policy for record purposes.

Source - Work in a main dealer

[HTP99]

rewc said:

HTP99 said:

You don't need to provide proof of insurance or MOT anymore.

Is that correct? The Government site is still showing MOT is required if taxing at a post office.


https://www.gov.uk/tax-disc

Yep; correct it's been like that for months now.

[Save Ferris]

eybic said:

I think they check online (MID???) whether it's insured so you may need the paper copy showing it's a new policy.

No, they don't check, and you don't need to show it.

[hairykrishna]

Just got back. They weren't interested at all in checking the insurance. Got me to fill in a full request for a new V5 though, even though I have the slip.

[imagineifyeswill]

have taxed two cars at post office in the last month,no insurance or mot proof required.

[markiii]

hairykrishna said:

Just got back. They weren't interested at all in checking the insurance. Got me to fill in a full request for a new V5 though, even though I have the slip.

Which costs another £25 doesn't it?

[Cyberprog]

I taxed mine less than 30mins after the MOT was done - chap said he didn't need the cert, could see it on the system already.

[sebhaque]

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[hairykrishna]

markiii said:

Which costs another £25 doesn't it?

He didn't charge me. Not sure what he wanted the form for to be honest.

[andygo]

hairykrishna said:

He didn't charge me. Not sure what he wanted the form for to be honest.

Hes going to clone your car

[rallycross]

HTP99 said:

You don't need to provide proof of insurance or MOT anymore.

Its unbelievable they changed it so you dont have to show valid insurance any more at the post office to get a tax disk. That was a simple way of preventing uninsured drivers running a car as they couldnt get a tax disk. Old fashioned idea but it worked.

[HTP99]

rallycross said:

HTP99 said:

You don't need to provide proof of insurance or MOT anymore.

Its unbelievable they changed it so you dont have to show valid insurance any more at the post office to get a tax disk. That was a simple way of preventing uninsured drivers running a car as they couldnt get a tax disk. Old fashioned idea but it worked.

Officially you don't need to provide a dealer with proof of insurance to register and tax a brand new car now either; the customer now signs the revised AFRL (Automated First Registration and Licensing) paperwork to confirm that the new car is insured.

[joe_90]

After accidentally SORN'ing my car the other day :-/ The website would not work so I just kept on clicking and accidentally hit the SORN button I just went into the post office with my v5 + MOT (which the lady didn't even glance at) and gave me a disk.