Road Tax - new car

[dave]

Hi All,

 

I've just bought a new car (well, second-hand, new to me), and the tax runs out at the end of this month.

 

I want (well, not want, but you know what I mean) to retax it, I have it insured and it's just passed an MOT, but I don't have the V5 as that has been sent to the DVLA. I'm hopeful that the insurance cert will arrive before Friday, but what do I do about the V5?

 

I still have the green slip that I shall send to the DVLA tomorrow with my address etc...or should I keep that and give it to the post office when I go to buy the tax?

[patdavies]

You do not need to send the green slip to the DVLA. It is effectively your 'receipt' for V5/proof of RK until the new V5 arrives in your name - in response to the previous keeper sending in the rest of the 'old' V5.

 

You can use the green slip in place of a V5 to obtain VED for up to 2 months from purchase (if you haven't received a proper V5 by then - chase the DVLA)

[dave]

Excellent - thanks for that; I was hoping that was the case, as it runs out this week.

 

All I have to do now is hope that the insurance certificate turns up before then!

[gwc1000]

Yes, pat is correct. Never ever send the green slip. You're not meant to. That is what you use to tax it. You are relying on the previous owner to send the V5 to DVLA to notify change of ownership. If they never bother to, no new V5 will be issued to you. This would mean that you would have to apply for a new V5 in your name on a V62. This is normally £25, however if you have the green slip and staple it to the application it is free. So, keep it safe!

[dave]

Oh, I don't like the sound of sending anything original to the DVLA. They've lost so many letters/application forms etc... of mine that I would rather send a copy.

[gwc1000]

I hate to admit this, but having been a car dealer for almost thirty years, with all the stuff I have had to send to DVLA in my time, I cannot think of a single instance where DVLA has lost anything. Oh, dear. Am I tempting fate?

[dave]

Honestly? Wow.

 

I dread sending them anything - they lose about 75% of everything I send them. My ex partner has had the same experience. They even sent her tax disc to the wrong address, then wanted to charge her 25 quid to have it sent again.

[gwc1000]

Honestly? Wow.

 

Yes, it really is true. Often when I buy cars that have no V5 and have to apply for one they come in seven to ten days. Never the four to six weeks that they say it may take. None have ever gone astray. VED refunds, I have always received. I know of no customer that has never received their new V5. I really am tempting fate now!

[dave]

Well, I am astonished - maybe it's something to do with the area in which you live then perhaps?

 

Don't know, maybe my name ;-)

[crash3903]

I know this is adding to what has already been said but your slip is like your V5 so pat and gwc1000 are correct - It is valid if you are stopped by Police as proof of ownership as well

[gwc1000]

 

Don't know, maybe my name ;-)

 

Hhmmm. There is that!

[dave]

Will the post office take it off me when they give me the tax, or do they just want to see it?

[saintly_1]

Son only paid his insurance yesterday and his cover note arrived today so he could tax the car ........ Wouldnt listen to his mum and wait a few days to tax it (had been declaired SORN) so has really only got 5 months tax instead of 6 ..... but thats enthusiasm for you

[crash3903]

Hhmmm. There is that!

 

 

Must a be a lot of Dave's where you live

[gwc1000]

Will the post office take it off me when they give me the tax, or do they just want to see it?

No, they will (or should) give it straight back to you. As I said, a new V5 will not be generated until DVLA receive the old V5 from the last owner showing change of ownership.

[crash3903]

isn't there a bit on the back that explains this? haven't got mine to hand to check

[dave]

Fair play. Thanks for that chaps (and chappesses!).

 

If I tax it tomorrow (assuming the cert arrives) I'll get the full whack won't I? Not 11 months or something?

[gwc1000]

Fair play. Thanks for that chaps (and chappesses!).

 

If I tax it tomorrow (assuming the cert arrives) I'll get the full whack won't I? Not 11 months or something?

You won't get 11 months if you only pay for six

Yeah, you'll get "the full whack"

[saintly_1]

Is there any road tax on it at all .......... if not then it might go from 1st May as my sons had to do

[gwc1000]

Is there any road tax on it at all .......... if not then it might go from 1st May as my sons had to do

dave said in post 1 that it's taxed until the end of the month.

By the way, dave, how much is it costing you to tax the Bentley Continental GTC Convertible?

[gwc1000]

it might go from 1st May as my sons had to do

You can tax a SORN'd car to begin in the next calendar month two days before the end of the current month. He should have waited until Friday!

[dave]

Ha - if it were one of those, I'd flog it and buy a Lexus.

 

Better on juice you see ;-)

[gwc1000]

A man of your means? I thought money was no object!

[dave]

Ha - a man of my means!

 

Money IS an object - a distant object most of the time!

[saintly_1]

You can tax a SORN'd car to begin in the next calendar month two days before the end of the current month. He should have waited until Friday!

He wanted it on the road like yesterday teenagers for you ...... I tried to get him to wait but it's his first car ... newly passed driver