Used car tax question

Chopper_Read

Wig wrote: »

IMHO you should have put up a fight with the DVLA.
The tax disc was bought by the previous owner and was transferred with the vehicle as part of the sale.

The DVLA should not have refunded the tax disc without return of the tax disc......if that is what the previous owner has done.

If the previous owner has cancelled the credit card transaction, then the tax disc remains valid but the DVLA would need to chase the previous owner for the cost of the disc....not you, as it was not you who bought the disc.

Not sure what you can do now that you have returned it. But you should ask DVLA why the money was returned to the bank for what was your property.

Was it at his request? or was it a bounce of some sort?


IF you have a reciept for the car saying vehicle including tax disc to August '13 it will make your case stronger against either DVLA or the seller.

I think you are wrong about the disc being voided. Think of the disc as a receipt of payment, if they payment hasn't gone thought then no-one has a right to the disc.

Oli.s

You don't buy the disc, you pay the tax, the disc is just a representation of the tax.

If the sellers payment to DVLA bounced then the tax hasn't been paid for, it's not in existence.

You could chase the seller, but I you can't afford the £120, can you afford the court fee etc etc.

Not to mention the time it takes.

Wig

If payment is made to buy a tax disc this would have to be by credit/debit card....do they accept cheques at PO for tax discs?

So if it is card/cash only then I can't see how the money would fail to be collected, it would be instant at the point of sale. So a valid tax disc has been paid for. If the seller then cancels the credit card transaction, I don't see that the disc becomes void, and the DVLA should persue for fraud against the seller.

thenudeone...what law are you referring to?

I would say the OP has a right to the full facts of what happened from the DVLA as the licence was his property.

agrinnall

Wig wrote: »

If payment is made to buy a tax disc this would have to be by credit/debit card....do they accept cheques at PO for tax discs?

So if it is card/cash only then I can't see how the money would fail to be collected, it would be instant at the point of sale. So a valid tax disc has been paid for. If the seller then cancels the credit card transaction, I don't see that the disc becomes void, and the DVLA should persue for fraud against the seller.

thenudeone...what law are you referring to?

I would say the OP has a right to the full facts of what happened from the DVLA as the licence was his property.

Taken from the downloadable V10 form:

At a Post Office® branch in person or by post
• You can pay by cheque or postal order (made out to ‘Post Office Ltd’),

mgdavid

Wig wrote: »

If payment is made to buy a tax disc this would have to be by credit/debit card....do they accept cheques at PO for tax discs?

So if it is card/cash only then I can't see how the money would fail to be collected, it would be instant at the point of sale. So a valid tax disc has been paid for. If the seller then cancels the credit card transaction, I don't see that the disc becomes void, and the DVLA should persue for fraud against the seller.

thenudeone...what law are you referring to?

I would say the OP has a right to the full facts of what happened from the DVLA as the licence was his property.

the licence is not anyone's property ti belongs to the government via DVLA.

mgdavid

posts 7 and 10 seem right on the mark; most of the others either didn't fully read or understand the OP.

phey708

Hi im getting mixed advise and nothing is clear?

Is there a fast track way to get the money back or will it have to be via a standard claim form from the court? If so it may just be cheaper and less hastle to retax it myself.

I also recieved a letter today headed 'Satutory Notice - Outstanding Duty Request: ' and on it it states that I owe them money for the tax between 1/1/2013 and 31/1/2013 which is £18.43p. The only problem is that I only bought the vehicle early February so I don't see why I have to pay the tax if i was not the RK during January?

Do i ring up the Post Office and explain this as I'm not happy about paying for the car tax when i did not use or own it during the dates that it stipulates.

Peter

Wig

mgdavid wrote: »

posts 7 and 10 seem right on the mark; most of the others either didn't fully read or understand the OP.

Rubbish, various licences are transferable and if they are, then they are property. Such as Hackney Carriage, or Fishing boat Licenses.

Wig

OP, you will have to take the seller to court. depending on why the disc lapsed.

Lum

I can't see how you are responsible for the tax in January, but technically you drove the car on the road in Februrary then you should have had valid tax for that and (unknowingly) did not.

If you can't get the seller to give you back the money for the tax disc the only option you really have is court + bailiffs.

Sounds like you're in for a fight with both the DVLA and the seller You should probably also tax your car, including Februrary, so that you're covered for the time you were driving it.