But the road tax office, the DVLA, will check you have valid car insurance before issuing your car tax. This goes to car owners annually three weeks or so before their tax expires as a helpful nudge. You can also renew your car tax at the Post Office. If you declare your vehicle SORN you are eligible for a refund for any full months of the tax left.
You can tax your vehicle online as well as at the Post Office. It has an digit reference number. It has a digit reference number. It takes up to five working days for renewed car tax to show online — the time DVLA says its system takes to update. DVLA takes monthly payments on the first working day of the month. You must tax your car before driving it. However, if you sell the vehicle again you can claim the unused tax back. Or you can nip to the nearest Post Office. What was once disparate information is now streamlined and shared automatically.
If you do not want to commit to full insurance then consider temporary insurance cover. Your existing insurer may not offer it so shop around. As mentioned, if you live in Northern Ireland and you want to renew your car tax at the Post Office you will need hard proof of car insurance cover. It is possible to tax your car without your log book. You can tax your car if you have the V11 reminder letter, using the digit reference number.
You can then tax your car online. You can also tax your car from a new keeper slip, using the digit reference number. Alternatively, you can tax your car at the Post Office. It is possible to tax a car with temporary insurance in place. Increasing numbers of insurers offer temporary insurance, from one hour to a month. The money goes into government funds and is not specifically earmarked for car-related spending. Car tax is charged at two rates: an initial higher rate in the first year after a car is registered, then a lower rate for subsequent years.
The amount you pay in the first year is determined by the carbon dioxide emissions generated by your chosen vehicle. When should you pay tax on a vehicle? The dealership may be able to tax the car for you in your name if they have your insurance details. This might be done over the phone, so that when you arrive to collect your new vehicle, everything is ready for you to drive away without a hitch.
Use the digit number on the V5C certificate to tax your vehicle online or at a branch of the Post Office before you head out onto the road. Before , a seller used to be able to transfer road tax to a new owner of a vehicle, under the previous paper tax disc system. This is no longer the case; when a vehicle is sold, any outstanding car tax is refunded to the seller and the new buyer must pay car tax in their own name. The paper tax discs drivers used to display in their windscreens gave a clear indication of whether a car was taxed, tipping off any passing police officer.
Since the discs were scrapped there has been a large increase in car tax evasion; in , only , drivers dodged the payment but in this figure rose to , drivers. If you have trouble remembering when your tax is due, why not make yourself a calendar reminder? You should also receive a reminder in the post. This is on top of all the other consequences of court action, such as legal fees, inconvenience and the possible impact of having a criminal record.
If your car is clamped by the DVLA, you should be entitled to have your car released if you pay up for any outstanding car tax within 24 hours. The DVLA keeps a database of all vehicles in the UK, and each month a check is run to see which cars have not been taxed. Unless you have taken out a Statutory Off-Road Notification SORN to say your vehicle is kept off-road, then a fine will be issued to the registered keeper.
Car tax must be paid for any vehicle which is kept on public roads. Unless you have a SORN confirming that the vehicle is kept off the road, for example on private land or in a garage, you are required to pay car tax.
This is the case even if the vehicle never actually travels anywhere. The surety fee is refunded if the outstanding tax due on the vehicle is paid within 15 days. Luckily, you don't need to unbox all those old insurance documents to get your car taxed. It'll be checked automatically when you pay your road tax.
There's an exception to this, though. If you live in Northern Ireland and want to pay your road tax at the post office, you'll need to bring proof of insurance. You can check it too. It's all publicly available. You can use temporary car insurance to tax a car.
But bear in mind that it might not appear in the Motor Insurance Database straightaway. That's one of the reasons temporary car insurance is pretty handy for driving a new car home. You can't move the old owner's tax over to you, so you need:. You don't need your insurance documents to tax your car.
But you do need a few other bits of paperwork. As well as your MOT certificate, you'll need a reference number. There are a few places you can find the reference number:. UK has a handy calculator to help you figure out how much you'll need to pay. You can pay road tax to the DVLA monthly, six-monthly or annually. Paying annually is always cheapest.
SORN cars don't need to be taxed or insured although you will still need to cancel your insurance , so you should be able to get a refund for the remaining road tax left on the vehicle. You just need the car's number plate to check if your car is taxed. The registered keeper will always get a reminder from the DVLA before the car's tax runs out, too. So, if you're the registered keeper, keep an eye out for that letter. As well as car insurance, you'll also need to have a valid MOT when you sort out your tax.
If your car needs an MOT, that is.
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