on the 23rd of oct i bought another car--a fiesta diesel. the seller had taxed it from 1st oct ( £30 for the year ). he transferred the car to me with the DVLA online--and i SORNED it from that date. Nov 1st i taxed it.--£30. next day in the post i get a letter from DVLA with a cheque--dated the 27th oct--- payable to me--for £27-50 refund for 11 months returned ! what the hell are they playing at.
All part of that annoying system they have now ,where road tax can't be transferred to next owner when car is sold . It must've earned DVLA millions , where many care are effectively taxed twice for the same period .
I don't see what the problem is. If the car tax costs thirty pounds for the year then that's 2.50 per month. The previous owner taxes it start of October and sells it to you. You receive a refund for the eleven months tax remaining (27.50) because you are compelled to tax it from when you bought it so rather than transfer the tax you get a refund. It's exactly the same as you buying the car with tax included except that you get a refund and then have to tax it yourself. The previous owners tax ran out end of October. Your sorn wasn't necessary. Your tax would have started start of November as far as I know. I don't think there is any double charging.
No John..the refund should have gone to the seller! I had his number..so i called him..and paid him the cash. I had to sorn the car..as it was mine as of 23rd Oct..and I didn't want to tax it to 1st November. That's how t works.
The double charging occurs when an owner has taxed his car for for a month , but sells it early or middle of month . The new owner need to also tax it from beginning of same month if he wants to drive it , therefore it has been taxed twice for the same month . DVLA only refund complete months unexpired tax. I appreciate this isn't the case in big macs situation .
Sorry John, reading that back after posting , it looks like a rather stroppy reply , which it most certainly wasn't meant to sound like .it was just a general opinion re the new vehicle taxation system which I feel is unfair and mordant complicated than the old system where the tax could be transferred with the vehicle .
just as well the seller hadnt paid for a higher taxed car--i might not have been quite so willing to give him his money back lol.
ah I see. So the seller gets the refund - not the buyer. That indeed doesn't make sense because unless the transaction happens on the 1st of the month, you could potentially wind up being double-billed as you pointed out. I haven't sold a car in the UK so I haven't had the chance to try it out for myself yet.
Just pump the registration into the dvla tax checker. If your vehicle is showing taxed then happy days ,don't have to worry until next year! Winner winner chicken dinner.
Was there ever an explanation given for this change in the system, apart from being very profitable for DVLA ? I seem to remember the RAC speaking out against it , but I'm surprised there wasn't more of a backlash against it tbh .
stops people buying a taxed car--then driving with no insurance..licence--mot etc. an untaxed vehicle gets caught easily with cameras--and is usually driven by the sort of scum that cause most of the problems.
