Help!!-Need help with Car tax!!

brisck1

Hi guys, not sure if this is the right forum but im in a bit of a panic over a situation regarding my Car tax!

I moved flats just over a month ago and have been in the process of changing addresses with banks car insurance etc and realised that yesterday that my tax on my car runs out this month and I havent had the chance to update my car registration to my new address!!

So what im wodering is- can I still get tax for my car if the adresses are different on my insurance certificate and my logbook?

If not how long does it take for the adress change documant take to go through and is there anything I can do to speed up the proces so I can pay my car tax on time?

im a bit panicky right now so your advice is most welcome!!

trigger_mike

my quess is the post office can do a change of detail on the branch, take what you have, fill out a form and they will send it off, if you have a new style driving licence with the photo on it take that was well as i.d. mike

brisck1

will that speed the process up?

brisck1

Ok I think the problem is averted. I just checked my certificate of insurance and it doesnt have an address on it, so it shouldnt be a problem.

inmypocketnottheirs

May be worth trying a renewal on line if you have the new style MOT, or if your vehicle doesn't require one.

savvy

Hi brisck
Just moving you over to the motoring board
savvy

wazza

inmypocketnottheirs wrote:

May be worth trying a renewal on line if you have the new style MOT, or if your vehicle doesn't require one.

which website for future reference?

Suzi.Q_3

Hi

When I was a student I had my car registered at my parents address, but the insurance was obviously at the address where the car was kept - my term time address. I never had any problems getting car tax. As your address isn't on your insurance cert. it shouldn't be a problem anyway.

It's taking about a week for changes on V5's at the moment (My boyfriend signed his old car over to me recently, so we've had to change the V5 for that).

inmypocketnottheirs

wazza wrote:

which website for future reference?

This should do the trick https://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/

tomstickland

I went 2 weeks waiting to renew my tax because the V5 was sent to the wrong address. I was not fined for it, despite being told that the system was automatic.