Tax & SORN

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C8PPO

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19,604 posts

204 months

Friday 26th February 2010
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I'm sure that (a) I know the answer to this question and (b) it will have been asked a thousand times before, but:

I bought a bike middle of December which had been laid up in a shed for ages. Bike was first registered in 1978. The tax disc on the bike expired back in 2006.

I got it MOTd recently and want to tax it. However, when taxing online, it comes up with a warning about a gap in licensing (tax) and that "this may be followed up".

I presume that I was supposed to declare SORN when I bought? Never crossed my mind tbh. On the basis that I've only had it 2.5 months, I guess that any liability if DVLA break my door down one morning will be limited to that period?

Also, I wanted to tax it from 1 March, i.e. Monday, and the online system doesn't give me that option. Am I best to tax it today, go to a Post Office and tax it from Monday (can I do that?), or tax it online on Monday?

Alternatively I guess I could claim asylum and thus remove all personal liability and do what I like.......

C8PPO

Original Poster:

19,604 posts

204 months

Friday 26th February 2010
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Yes, as above. I have the V5 and it records my ownership as starting on 13 Dec 09.