Taxing after SORN

[chriscoates]

I want to tax my car and use it tomorrow, but it has been on a SORN. Does this mean that I will have to buy tax that only runs till the end of February, or will I be able to buy the usual year's tax that expires at the end of March? Also, would I be likely to get stopped for driving around tomorrow with a tax disc displaying '31/03/15' if it does not technically start until April 1st?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[t400ble]

You'll have to wait till the 1st to use the car.

[anonymous-user]

I've just taxed my 911 as from 1/4/14. On line you reach a page that identifies your car but shows a date for the tax to start as 1/3/14. However if you go to the next step you then have an option to start 1/3 or 1/4. So the answer to your question is no, you can't use it tomorrow unless you tax from 1/3.

I chose the latter option as I am away for the next few days so won't use the car until next weekend. If you tax from 1/4 you can't use the car until Tuesday although you can use it before the disc arrives.

[PurpleMoonlight]

If you want to lawfully use the car tomorrow you will need to purchase RFL that ends 28/02/15.

[TooMany2cvs]

The other year, we pulled one of the cars out of the lockup it'd been in for a while. MOTd it. Drove it from the M25 to Herefordshire.

And, yes, we got an ANPR letter from the A40 through Oxford.

But I'd taxed it at the local PO the previous day, two days before the end of the month - and got a "12mo from the day after tomorrow", rather than an "11mo plus a couple of days" disc.

I ignored that ANPR letter, and never heard a sausage about it.