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Subject Topic: Can’t tax car. Post Reply Post New Topic
06/4/2020 at 3:53pm
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Tried yo tax my car but not allowed to do it online/ by phone because my MOT runs out before the end of the month. I can’t get an MOT because garages are closed, and motorists given a 6 month MOT period to get MOT done after shutdown.
So I will have no MOT, which is OK , but no TAX.
Anybody else got the same problem?


06/4/2020 at 4:12pm
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If you are doing nothing for the next three months you could try ringing Swansea and asking them, but that may not be long enough to get any sense out of them.

Several years ago I bought a motorbike which had 12 months tax on it. A year later I tried to SORN it, but couldn`t as they had sent me a V5 which wasn`t recognised by their computer. Couldn`t SORN it online, couldn`t SORN it at the Post Office and spent literally days on the phone to Swansea (automated answering), when you pressed the correct numbers to progress, you eventually got back to the start (after about 20-odd minutes) and so it went on..... Eventually I got fed up and starting pressing options numbers at random just for the sheer hell of it and got through to a person!! Who couldn`t help as my V5 number wasn`t recognised and they couldn`t help. Shortly afterwards I received notification of a fine as I had neither taxed nor SORNed it. Took a further 4 months to get it sorted and got a letter of apology and a refund of my fine, along with a promise that the situation would be resolved `as a priority`.

Guess what happened in 12 months time.................

Sorry for the long ramble, this furlough jobbie is getting to us!

Best of luck sorting it out, I can only recommend that you keep copies of all e-mails, letters etc and try to record any conversations, if it`s not resolved straight away you may need them.


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Surly that allows you to invoke “force majeure” until things get back to normality.


via mobile 06/4/2020 at 4:37pm
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Quote: Originally posted by jsparkes201148 on 06/4/2020
Tried yo tax my car but not allowed to do it online/ by phone because my MOT runs out before the end of the month. I can’t get an MOT because garages are closed, and motorists given a 6 month MOT period to get MOT done after shutdown.
So I will have no MOT, which is OK , but no TAX.
Anybody else got the same problem?


Just had a look at the Gov.uk website and it explains there that if your MOT is due during the 6 months from 30 March, the due date will automatically be extended for 6 months. This will usually be done on the date of expiry of the MOT, but can be a few days before.

As soon as that date has been changed to the new due date, you can then tax your car.

Copied from website: If your vehicle tax is due you can tax your vehicle as soon as your MOT expiry date has been updated.

Link (you need to scroll down the page a bit, past the Coronavirus advice bit) :
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-mots-for-cars-vans-and-motorcycle........

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As its 6th April why are you trying to tax your car? Was it due on 31 March?


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06/4/2020 at 5:37pm
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Phone DVLA - I got through at the beginning of last week within 10 minutes. Admittedly, my issue was about not getting a MOT before deadline because our garage test centres were shut way before main shutdown (Covid 19 case on 5 March) and no non-essential travel off island. SORNed the car and advised insurance co.

Speak to DVLA and advise your insurance co. to avoid any comebacks about not having tax whilst DVLA sort it out.

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via mobile 06/4/2020 at 7:52pm
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Thanks Ina, that is very helpful.


06/4/2020 at 8:51pm
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strange, i have taxed my car at the start of this month and its mot is due the 11th of this month


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I tax my car by quarterly direct debit. Costs a couple of quid more but I don't even have to think about it as it renews automatically each year. I usually MOT the car in January, one month prior to when the MOT actually expires, and the tax is renewed in February shortly after the MOT has been renewed.


06/4/2020 at 11:21pm
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I always tax a new to me car for 6 months first time if needed to separate MOT and tax dates etc. They often end up same time if always taxed for 12 months.

That eases the problem.


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via mobile 07/4/2020 at 8:56am
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Quote: Originally posted by jsparkes201148 on 06/4/2020
Thanks Ina, that is very helpful.




You are welcome, good luck with it, hope it works ok.

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I can't tax my car for 6 months, its only £30 for the year......but I can do it monthly by direct debit.



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