Car Tax

[Clouds_mate]

My car tax runs out end of Oct. Thing is my car is up for sale and i dont want to renew it. What shall i do? I got the letter this morning about renewal?

Cheers

[VTaaRon]

its gotta be done mate you dont want the fine plus you could add it to the price of the car or use it as a selling point shift it quicker

[Dan]

Wait an see if you sell it, if you dont then renew it, but if you have already bought another car then dont renew it.

Would sell better with a full 6 months tax though.

[Clouds_mate]

iv got the silver vtr. had it some time. Car should hopefully be gone soon. The car is just sat in the garage

[Sean]

you could either put 6 months tax on it now, or put a SORN (statutory off road notification) on it which basically means the car is not being used. then when you sell it, all you do is take your documents to the post office and fill in a form and buy road tax which begins there and then.

[Clouds_mate]

its not insured as well i must add

[jonnosaxo87]

you can't tax it without an insurance certificate, luckily my certificate hasn't been sent back yet so i'm taxing it tomorrow, more attractive to buyers.

[jonnosaxo87]

should have added, you best declare it SORN or you'll get fined.

[Clouds_mate]

cheers matey, Just thinking tho, what happens when the buyer wants to take it away? i will pay for the tax but how could we do it?

[jonnosaxo87]

what do you mean? they should have insurance to drive any other car 3rd party or something i'd expect. my dad can still drive my car apparently even though it's not insured by me.
essentially, it's the buyers perogative if they don't have insurance but still take it away. as you'll have the cash for it, and they will be the one's in trouble not you.

[Sean]

if you don't have insurance then you won't be able to tax it yourself. i assume the new owner will have to wait until the V5 reg document is in his name before he can tax it himself.

[jonnosaxo87]

therefore a much better selling point to have tax. saving your buyer ballache by having to go post office etc all the while not being able to drive his new ridesmileys/happy.gif

[Tony_Jay86]

If someone comes to view it & take it for a drive, if they are fully comp insured then they are still not insured on that car, if you want to drive another car, that car HAS to be insured by someone & then you will be insured on that car third party, i know this as my brother is insured on his car & bought a shogun & he's been driving it around thinking he will be insured third party which he isnt, my dad told me this & he has been driving over 25 years.

[Sean]

but what he (saxo_furio) is saying is 'how do i get tax for it if i don't have insurance'. that i don't know, maybe best to phone the dvla and explain the situation. you might be able to get an insurance cover note or something which would allow you to get tax.

[Clouds_mate]

But what if they guy/gal buys the car, takes it away, his he going to have to wait til he gets the v5 back before he can tax it?

[jonnosaxo87]

it's impossible, no-one will send you a cover note to buy tax, try and get a short term insurance cover, or insure it, tax it, cancel insurance, you'll lose about £40 on cancellation fee's and time that the car has been insured but better than not having tax to sell it IMO.

[Tony_Jay86]

I dont really know how to go about it, best off ringing the dvla they will tell you all you need to know, also will you kindly let me know what they say if you do ring them as my car isnt tax'd, m.o.t'd or insured

[jonnosaxo87]

surely a search on their website may help?
Question and Answer page. (http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/vehicles.htm)

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