fined £548 for not having road tax, !!!!!!? Need advice

nobbysn*ts

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

Because there's no tax on the purchase of a car?

Nope. You didn't buy them new, you want a toy, suck it up.

UsernameAlreadyExists

and you know this how?
and of course "well off" people don't pay higher rate income tax either do they?

nobbysn*ts

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

and you know this how?
and of course "well off" people don't pay higher rate income tax either do they?

Sliding scale means exactly that.

Johno100

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

All tax is on a sliding scale. If you can afford more than one car, you can afford to pay more. If you can afford to use it 5 times in 365 days, you can afford a lot more than someone who can only afford one car for the entire family. Suck it up, and accept you're well off.

What are you on about, I think you might have the wrong chap?

UsernameAlreadyExists

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

Idiot. Sliding scale means exactly that.

Means what? Perhaps your cans of special brew and 20 B&H should cost more each time you buy them?

Johno100

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

Idiot. Sliding scale means exactly that.

Sliding scale = the more miles you do the more you pollute, the more you should pay. That is what happens with duty and VAT on fuel, so why not with VED which is based on how clean or dirty your vehicle is?

And why the personal abuse?

UsernameAlreadyExists

He was abusing me ... it's a fairly regular thing. Don't worry about it.

nobbysn*ts

Johno100 wrote: »

Sliding scale = the more miles you do the more you pollute, the more you should pay. That is what happens with duty and VAT on fuel, so why not with VED which is based on how clean or dirty your vehicle is?

And why the personal abuse?

No, the more cars you own, the more you pay. Personally, I've got 5, and 8 in the family. So I pay more. If I'm upset by that, I'll sell a few.

DaveTheMus

gik wrote: »

aquilerian you do realise you have provided more than enough detail on here to identify yourself to the Court should someone/anyone draw this thread to SW Devon Mag Crts attention ie:-

Post #1

Just received a letter from South West Devon Magistrates Court Code 1302 telling me I have 2 weeks to pay £548.34 (£400 fine, £58.34 back duty and £90 'costs') and the offence says "1 / Keep a vehicle without a valid vehicle license"

I have a peugeot 106 and was stopped last year in November by police who found I had no tax disc since June.


Post #16

I am not trying to say i didn't get a tax reminder so its not my fault i got caught with no tax, i just simply didn't pay it as the vehicle in question was used so infrequently that we could not be bothered. tax reminders have nothing to do with anything here.

I just rang the court which distributed the letter and they have told me to make a statutory declaration with my local Magistrates which will lower the fine.

Post #22

Thanks for all the feedback, most appreciated. I've just arranged a statutory declaration at my local Magistrates which I will be attending at 9.30 the coming Friday. I was told this will re-schedule the court date as I have arranged an SD within 21 days of the court hearing (Which was on the 11th)

I was also told I am liable to go to prison for 7 years if it is found I am lying.

Do you really still want to go through with your appeal/SD?

Just a thought.

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shaun_from_Africa

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

No, the more cars you own, the more you pay. Personally, I've got 5

Judging by the way that you write your posts, I would take a guess that the 5 cars you claim to own are very similar to these: