Vehicle licence exemption

Pete268

Babshubbie wrote: »

On the subject of road tax exemption, I think it is unfair that you can not claim exemption if you are over 65 years old.

This is a consequence of DLA not being paid to pensioners, (AA is paid instead), yet you need the DLA to claim exemption. Or is there a way of getting round this that I haven't spotted?

The only ways are if you claim DLA Mobility prior to your 65th Birthday or you are a War Pensioner and can claim the a War Pension Mobility Supplement (which can be claimed at any age).

Pete

Babshubbie

Yes. That is what I understood. The unfairness is that , if the disability comes after aged 65, as in my wife's case, AA only can be claimed and thus no road tax exemption, even if the disability is serious enough to have qualified for the Higher rate DLA had she been below pensionable age.

zzzLazyDaisy

downshifter98 wrote: »

Hi

Hope its OK to hop onto this thread.

Our car is currently 'disabled' registered (ie 'free' tax disc) as it was used to assist my mil as she was severely disabled - I say 'was' as she sadly passed away last week. After informing social services they have sent me a form to fill in and requested that I return the 'tax exemption' certificate and to send my tax disc back to the DVLA - all of this is as expected but as it will be impractical to sell the car immediately (indeed we may decide to keep it for our own use) I'm wondering how easy it is to just apply for a 'normal' tax disc until we decide what to do. I will ring up the DVLA but wondered if anyone had been through a similar experience and could offer any advice.

Regards

Downshifter98

You have to send the registration document back and have the car re-registered (so that it is no longer registered to a disabled person) then you can tax it as normal