Vehicle tax change updates

[Bryn]

This has been posted over on UKGSer.... seems to explain things 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vehicle-tax-changes

[Lonewolf]

I like the sound of that.

[doebag]

I guess everyone will be buying on the 1st of the month in future.

[Ant]

Thats good news really,,,,,it now frees a printing machine up to print more £20 notes....

[viper]

no more big ugly tax disc holder bolted to my front fender anymore!

[SirToU]

I'm going to tax my MSX125 by direct debit, just to annoy them.... 

Direct debit for £1.42 per month!  :-p

Neil

[Lonewolf]

I'm going to tax my MSX125 by direct debit, just to annoy them.... 

Direct debit for £1.42 per month!  :-p

Neil

Respect! 

[Bryn]

I'd guess it will be like the difference between 6 and 12 months tax... the longer you take the more you pay   

[O.C.]

"When selling a vehicle to a new vehicle keeper, the vehicle tax will no longer be transferable. Vehicle tax will end when a vehicle is sold and the new keeper will need to get the vehicle taxed immediately before the vehicle can be used."

So what happens with refunds then ? 

[doebag]

As far as I can see, you claim whole months the same as now.

So the seller will want to sell by the last day of the month, the buyer will want to buy on the first day of the month.

Unless it is SORN'd by the seller, and the deal is done on the 1st of the month with the buyer taxing it right away.

[Stephen.Stallebrass]

I like this. As already said, no ugly tax disc holder. I already do it online anyway so it wasn't exactly a problem, although I always forgot to actually put the tax disc in the holder when it arrived. This will mean I no longer need to worry about forgeting to do it.

I wonder if there'll still be a discount on getting 12 months worth?

Will this affect the plod at all? Stopping cars with out of date tax and finding a multitude of other stuff. I guess it'll come up on ANPR will it? And the DLVA database will catch anyone else that hasn't declared their vehicle SORN if they do not renew their tax?

Sounds like an overall improvement to me.

[Rossendale Rider]

And DVLA will now be able to sell on (in mass) your bank details! Bargain

[PCPeteUK]

We can still display the disc holder with a poppy inside instead?

[KENNETH0405]

PC Pete   

Fab idea mate

Kenny 

[Lonewolf]

I would imagine it will go on ANPR however the downside of this is that if every single piece of intel on ANPR was passed over the radio and expected to be acted on you'd probably need a separate Police Service just for that alone, I think we get over 10000 hits on ANPR a month for one thing or another. Only the most serious intel links ever get passed to us and the rest just get ignored.