Renewing your vehicle tax online

[xoggoth]

Think morons run all government sites. Had major problem doing my Cos House accounts a few days ago, all filled in, no errors, all necessary notes done but there was no submit or continue button. Support said go to "add note" and click cancel. That got a validate and continue button which immediately disappeared when I clicked it leaving me back at square one.

[tractor]

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Why leave it to the very last day before it expires to renew?

You can still renew in the post office and also over the phone 24/7 now.

I'll be setting up an annual direct debit when mine expires at the end of the year and then I can forget about having to renew it again.

Because I can.

Sorry to sound smug, but I did mine last friday and romped through the pages with no problem.

Plus I am away and don't have a note of my VIN.

Why leave it till after the last minute to provide the service that you mandated years ago and had the same amount of time to prepare for? Yeah I know, because they can. They are still morons. I wonder who it was this time? Crapita?

[tractor]

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Think morons run all government sites. Had major problem doing my Cos House accounts a few days ago, all filled in, no errors, all necessary notes done but there was no submit or continue button. Support said go to "add note" and click cancel. That got a validate and continue button which immediately disappeared when I clicked it leaving me back at square one.

Makes you wonder who they appoint for all these Jobserve User Experience roles?

Maybe they just appoint users with experience?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Stupid question - is the new process that you can only pay monthly for your tax? Some fella on R4 was talking about how all cars will now be sold as untaxed.

Tax can no longer be transferred when a car is sold. The seller notifies the DVLA that they've sold the car and will get an automatic refund for all unused months. The buyer can ring the DVLA and register for tax on the spot (or use the Post Office).

This does mean of course that the DVLA can potentially get up to one months tax for the same vehicle twice if it was sold on the first day of the month.

I have no idea why - now that the paper discs are obsolete - car tax still has to run on calendar months and can't just be taxed from the date you buy/renew it. Especially with direct debit available as a payment method.

You can pay monthly by DD now but it will cost more than paying for it annually.

[OwlHoot]

Stupid question - is the new process that you can only pay monthly for your tax? Some fella on R4 was talking about how all cars will now be sold as untaxed.

Correct - The seller reclaims any remaining tax and the buyer then has to pay their tax from the date of purchase.

In other words, it will be associated with the owner rather than the car.

It might be a genuine attempt to simplify things, but I suspect it is a stalking horse for other planned road charges

[Batcher]

Stupid question - is the new process that you can only pay monthly for your tax? Some fella on R4 was talking about how all cars will now be sold as untaxed.

No, you can still pay 6-monthly or annually but they have introduced the monthly DD option.

When you sell/trade-in your car you should fill in a claim form for any unused tax. All cars have to be taxed by the new owner.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

No, you can still pay 6-monthly or annually but they have introduced the monthly DD option.

When you sell/trade-in your car you should fill in a claim form for any unused tax. All cars have to be taxed by the new owner.

DD can also be used for bi-annual and annual payments.

You don't need to claim for unused tax anymore, it will be done automatically when DVLA receive notification that you're no longer the owner.

[Batcher]

DD can also be used for bi-annual and annual payments.

You don't need to claim for unused tax anymore, it will be done automatically when DVLA receive notification that you're no longer the owner.

Ok, my wife has just changed her car a couple of months ago and we had a form to fill in to claim it back, told by the garage that it was the new system coming in.

So, you can set up an annual DD which will change amounts depending on the rating of your car? i.e. if you change from a gas guzzler to a 1.1 eco car you don't have to do anything, the DD will change automatically?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

So, you can set up an annual DD which will change amounts depending on the rating of your car? i.e. if you change from a gas guzzler to a 1.1 eco car you don't have to do anything, the DD will change automatically?

No idea on that one, presumably it will get sorted out when you notify DVLA that you've changed cars.

[Churchill]

I renewed the tax on my car ready for October using the "beta" website. No problem at all - also no tax disk will be issued.

The only problem I can see is that the car is sat outside the house with a Sept 14 tax disk on it...