Being chased for road tax - what are the options?

muddyl

Im wonderning if anyone can help please.
I recently received a letter from a debt collector stating they were chasing me for unpaid road tax.
The car in question was sold about two years ago for spares or repairs as it had been off the road for ages as it was not worth fixing and had been sorned for at least 1 year, maybe 2.
Correct forms were sent off, but I never thought anything of the fact I didn't hear anything back.
Where do I stand with this? Do I have to pay?
Its not like I dodge tax, I pay for it on another vehicle and have never driven a car without it.

oldoakey

Look carefully at who has sent this to you and then Google that and check if anyone is slating them on any forum. It could be a scam!

Wig

You did your duty, you notified the DVLA of a transfer of vehicle keeper. There is no legal requirement for you to chase the DVLA for an acknowledgment. By posting the document you have, as defined in statutes "notified the DVLA" which was all that is required of you. And it is for the DVLA to prove to court that you did not post it, your word against theirs how are they going to prove it?

Write to the debt collector to say you dispute the debt and instruct them to refer the matter back to the debtor. Instruct them never to contact you again, if they do, you will consider it harrasment and or demanding money with menaces and take any appropriate action against them.
Do not expalin your reasoning to the debt collector, it only wastes paper/ink and gives them something to write back to you about to try to show you the "flaw in your reasoning" they don't need to know so don't tell them.

Job done.