Tax disc not perforated any more....

[Lordbenny]

just received a new tax disc and it has expired that...... I have to cut it out of the DVLA letter with a pair of scissors! They can't even be bothered to perforate the paper any more....what is the world coming too?

[KingNothing]

Mine was

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Guess they're lazy with the fact they're being axed next month.

Mine expires on 1st October so not even sure I'll get a disc for my £265.

[zeduffman]

Probably selling off the equipment. Paper tax disc won't need to be displayed in a few weeks.

[Corpulent Tosser]

Lordbenny said:

just received a new tax disc and it has expired that...... I have to cut it out of the DVLA letter with a pair of scissors! They can't even be bothered to perforate the paper any more....what is the world coming too?

What indeed, a new tax disc that has already expired

[Butter Face]

zeduffman said:

Probably selling off the equipment. Paper tax disc won't need to be displayed in a few weeks.

This.


You've been issued what is one of the very last tax discs. The letter it came with explains it as well!

[Lordbenny]

The letter says.....it is printed on different paper and doesn't have perforations. the reason for this is that the DVLA has run down it's pre-existing stocks to ensure that there was no wastage. To give value for money to the tax payer we have not replenished our stocks for this short period but decided to print the discs in-house.

[Butter Face]

How are you going to feel when you don't get a tiny bit of paper at all???!

[Cliftonite]

Lordbenny said:

The letter says.....it is printed on different paper and doesn't have perforations. the reason for this is that the DVLA has run down it's pre-existing stocks to ensure that there was no wastage. To give value for money to the tax payer we have not replenished our stocks for this short period but decided to print the discs in-house.

Leave it as it is. It will be worth big money for collectors in 100 years' time!

[vikingaero]

Cliftonite said:

Lordbenny said:

The letter says.....it is printed on different paper and doesn't have perforations. the reason for this is that the DVLA has run down it's pre-existing stocks to ensure that there was no wastage. To give value for money to the tax payer we have not replenished our stocks for this short period but decided to print the discs in-house.

Leave it as it is. It will be worth big money for collectors in 100 years' time!

I'm going to colour photocopy mine and use that instead!

[anonymous-user]

I like the BluePeter.Gov.Uk approach.

[vikingaero]

Am I too cynical?

The paper disc gives us an additional reminder to renew the disc. By abolishing paper more people will forget, mislaid reminders and lost in post = more fines and more revenue....

[anonymous-user]

The properly cynical view is that paper records are no longer needed as you can be tracked virtually anyway.

[Crafty_]

vikingaero said:

Am I too cynical?

The paper disc gives us an additional reminder to renew the disc. By abolishing paper more people will forget, mislaid reminders and lost in post = more fines and more revenue....

So put it on a direct debit and you don't need to remember..

[vikingaero]

Crafty_ said:

So put it on a direct debit and you don't need to remember..

Don't do Direct Debits or monthly PCP. I pay in full! Oh wrong thread.

[Chicane-UK]

The letter to which the tax disc was printed / attached explains the reason why - they knew they were switching to the new 'disc less' system in October and deliberately ran down the stocks of the perforated / printed type to avoid wasting money on replacing them only to have to throw away a load of surplus afterwards. Seems pretty reasonable to me. Won't matter in a months time as you won't be displaying it any more.

[mwstewart]

vikingaero said:

Am I too cynical?

The paper disc gives us an additional reminder to renew the disc. By abolishing paper more people will forget, mislaid reminders and lost in post = more fines and more revenue....

I run my life from Outlook or google caldendar - seems to work OK

[s m]

KingNothing said:

Mine was

Mine was too - valid 1st Sept on

Maybe they ran out of holes for LordBenny's one?

[J4CKO]

They have redeployed the team of old ladies that sat there all day putting the holes in with a needle.

[anonymous-user]

The Pope hired them and sent them all to work undercover for Durex (Africa).