Late paying car tax

stevesmithanon

I've messed up. The other day I noticed that my tax is just over 2 months out of date. I was thinking it was November that I had to pay but must have got out of sync by paying 6 months. Anyway, I am now worried about the consequences of this oversight.

What sort of fine am I going to get when I tell them?

Steve

scheming_gypsy

none probably if you haven't received a fine yet. When you go to tax it you'll have it back dated to when it ran out

keystone

Wouldn't worry. I paid mine over the internet on Saturday and it ran out yesterday. I'm expecting a DVLA envelope in the post tomorrow. Despite the 5 working days thingy on the website they are actually quite efficient.

You used to get 14 days grace but I think thats vanished. In any event if a DVLA ANPR vehicle clocks my car in the next 24 hours it will come back from the database as payment having been made so the bods in the van won't even bother getting out to look at the disk. My only likely source of grief is going to be an over zealous copper doing me for failure to display.

Fingers crossed.

Cheers

Quentin

stevesmithanon wrote: »

What sort of fine am I going to get when I tell them?

They just issue fixed penalties from their records (£80 + pay for the tax disc from expiry of the old one) - you don't need to tell them (maybe your 2 months untaxed won't get picked up)

scheming_gypsy

keystone wrote: »

Wouldn't worry. I paid mine over the internet on Saturday and it ran out yesterday. I'm expecting a DVLA envelope in the post tomorrow. Despite the 5 working days thingy on the website they are actually quite efficient.

You used to get 14 days grace but I think thats vanished. In any event if a DVLA ANPR vehicle clocks my car in the next 24 hours it will come back from the database as payment having been made so the bods in the van won't even bother getting out to look at the disk. My only likely source of grief is going to be an over zealous copper doing me for failure to display.

Fingers crossed.

Cheers

pretty sure you get 6 days grace now, but that's only 'tax disk is in the post' grace. If you've paid online and showing on the system as taxed then you get 6 days to receive it and display it

Rover_Driver

It's 5 working days, but only if you apply before the current one or SORN expires.

stevesmithanon

So do I go to the post office to pay it and they fine me there? Or what?

scheming_gypsy

just go to the post office with you documents and tell them you want to tax the car. They'll probably punch the details in and then back date it to when it ran out. any fine will come from the DVLA, if you get one.

stevesmithanon

What about questions about if I have used the car in the meantime, which I have? Is it still just the £80 fixed penalty?

Enfieldian

stevesmithanon wrote: »

What about questions about if I have used the car in the meantime, which I have? Is it still just the £80 fixed penalty?

You won't get asked.

If the vehicle is not declared SORN it needs to be taxed, whether it is "in use" or not.

cyclonebri1

As others have said just go to the PO and pay, I'm not sure that they will automatically date it from when it ran out.

Again you may or may not be fined, but would be good if you posted the result later.;)