Car tax question?

[ScottC]

I've declared my Supe SORN for the last 4 months, but would like to tax it today so I can use it tomorrow.

 

My question is will they back date the tax to the beginning of February?

 

Thought I would ask here first before a spend an hour in the queue only to find they will.

[Animal]

Very probably, yes. Tax runs by month, so it would have to be from the start of February.

[Dave17]

I've declared my Supe SORN for the last 4 months, but would like to tax it today so I can use it tomorrow.

 

My question is will they back date the tax to the beginning of February?

 

Thought I would ask here first before a spend an hour in the queue only to find they will.

 

Nope, it won't be backdated, well mine wasn't when I came off SORN a while ago

[Animal]

lol - 50/50

[Dave17]

Lol at least we have all bases covered we can't be wrong now

[mr lover]

if you tax in feb you pay for feb, all of it

[ScottC]

Lol I see.

 

So to summarise they may or may not back date it?

[ScottC]

if you tax in feb you pay for feb, all of it

In which case I will not be driving my car this weekend:(

[Animal]

Not legally, anyway...

[Dave17]

Give DVLA a call, they know everything if you can find the right person out of the million numbers to chose from!

[ScottC]

And there was me thinking my generous government might give me two days free road tax.

[merckx]

I'm not sure if you can use the tax renewal reminder that you received last time with the reference number to tax it online.

 

I had thrown mine away so I taxed it at the post office, don't waste time by looking for a form like I did last time, there isn't one now.

[bluecoup]

And there was me thinking my generous government might give me two days free road tax.

 

rofl

[ozz]

The car has to be either SORN or taxed (to be legal). So if you tax it today, it will run from start of Feb. I don't know if they will tax it from March, I can't remember what it says on the form. Try doing it online and see if it gives you a start from march date.

[ScottC]

After some extensive research I've been informed I can tax it today to start at the beginning of next month but can't drive it on a public highway until the first.

 

So dave it looks like you've been braking the law.

[Soop Dogg]

After some extensive research I've been informed I can tax it today to start at the beginning of next month but can't drive it on a public highway until the first.

 

So dave it looks like you've been braking the law.

 

Yep - when it gets to the last 3 or 4 working days of the month (can't remember which) you can buy a tax disc that begins on the 1st of the following month. That's when it starts - so to put it in your windscreen and attempt to use it on a public road a couple of days early will land you in trouble if you get stopped.