Inter-Credit International & Car Tax

highhorse_2

Morning all - I just wanted to get a little advice about 3 letters I received this week.

They are from Inter-Credit International asking for me to pay them £80 to avoid legal action for a car I owned 2 years ago.

They claim that the car was untaxed and as a result the DVLA has passed the account to them to either take me to court or to pay a fine.

The car in question was in fact SORNed - though to be honest I cant remember the exact dates. When I called and explained this they said that the DVLA had no record of the SORN and I still had to pay. When I said that I would call the DVLA to explian they said that they would say exactly the same thing and unless I could provide the SORN certificate then I was liable.

As I said I sold the car 2 years ago AND moved house twice since so the chances of me having any documentation is NIL

has anyone else had these letters and has anyone else any advice on what to do??

thanks

Horse

brokenant

Unless you can prove otherwise I would pay the £80 fine. From experience they will take you to court and give you a ccj.

laineybird2000

Hiya

when you declare a veh as SORN, you get an acknowledgement letter 20 working days after. If you didnt get a letter, then they didnt get your SORN.

Have you wriiten to DVLA to tell them you scrapped / sold it? You could still be listed as the registered keeper. You have a legal duty to write to DVLA when you sell or dispose of a vehicle.

Give DVLA a call, find out whats what

laineybird2000

oh, and intercredit cant take you to court foe this type of penalty. But you need to find out if this car is still in your name

thenudeone

As the dvla for all the information held about the car, under the Data Protection Act.
You may have to pay £10 but it should show whether they listed it as SORN at the time.

highhorse_2

Thats great information - thank you so much. I'll get on the phone to the DVLA and dig out all my old car related correspondence.

thanks guys

S