car tax payment??

bunty1983

hi ive just realised my car tax expired last night and i dont get paid til friday! if i paid by cheque at 5.30pm when post office is closing do you think it woulnt cleaar til friday as i can remember a couple of times paying my car tax its taken a good few days to clear???

Quentin

You can't rely on that!

See if you can get a temporary o/d rather than risk getting the cheque bounced.

(And don't risk a fine (or worse) by putting your car on the road before you get the new tax)

mikey72

There's a good chance it will be debited from your account as soon as you pay for the tax, now it's done online.
As it's electronic, my account shows the transaction as pending, and pre allocates the money.

10JH

mikey72 wrote: »

There's a good chance it will be debited from your account as soon as you pay for the tax, now it's done online.
As it's electronic, my account shows the transaction as pending, and pre allocates the money.

That's what I thought too

jonnyd281

I think you might find that knowingly presenting a cheque without the funds to honour it is an offence - maybe one of the legal eagles can confirm that as I'm not entirely sure.

sassy_one

It clears in around 4 days time - working days of course!

So quite likely it could process before Friday.