Your neighbours can check what benefits you are on courtsey of DVLA

Richie-from-the-Boro

Almost 100 years [1921] and not before time :-

- 7 Mi££ion saving to the DVLA
- "its in the post, honest officer"
- improved ANPR [Automatic Number Plate Recognition]
- the stitch up of selling the vehicle and cashing in the VED without telling the new keeper

The cruelty that the post office queue has become for the old / disabled, no paperwork now that SORN - tax - insurance is all online, remaining full months of VED will automatically be refunded to the seller, the new buyer pays from day one.

For myself there's nothing to fear at all, the info was as others have said on the screen anyway Anyone wanting to use the information in a malicious way was always able to do so. The DLA404 was replaced with a CofE, the Blue Badge saved mi££ions and stopped the fiddlers and the new tax disk will save mi££ions and stop the fiddlers. I see no issues at all. This new legislation makes your life easier not harder. If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear, don't let people make you feel a victim.

skivenov

harveybobbles wrote: »

On the old system it wouldnt have the VED rate, it would just be left blank. So 95% of people would be able to work out what that meant if they compared their own car which had its value on show.

Applying the OP's therity then, maybe people who sit in arm chairs could assume that people who DO pay VED "have more money than sense".

I personally couldnt care less about my VED beinbg on show or not. it's part of having a car.

What about people who only put 6 months tax on? Will the neighbours think that they are rubbish at saving money or cant afford to run a car?

Who_actually_cares.

On a disabled tax disc, the taxation class is shown as "DIS" instead of "PLG" and the value as "NIL".

I personally don't display my tax disc as it gives the curtain twitchers something to do and keeps the DVLA busy with all the tales they tell.

bryanb

harveybobbles wrote: »

its the same as walking upto the car and seeing "NIL" and "DISABLED" written on the disc in the window.

Check your neighbour's cars soon - Tax discs phasing out.

harveybobbles

bryanb wrote: »

Check your neighbour's cars soon - Tax discs phasing out.

I couldnt care less what benefits my neighbours get. Likewise if someone wanted to know if someone gets DLA in our house they could just ask me.

Whiner

skivenov wrote: »

I personally don't display my tax disc as it gives the curtain twitchers something to do and keeps the DVLA busy with all the tales they tell.

And leaving yourself (currently) wide open to the offence of not displaying a tax disk.

Well done.

skivenov

I've got whining neighbours, if they're whining about rusty, they're not whining about any thing else (and yes, they have reported me for having am untaxed vehicle. The DVLA patrol around here regularly and they haven't raised issue. According to the law as it stands, they're the only victim of my heinous crime.

kittykat17

TBH I really wouldn't care what it said on my tax disc or online. I have nothing to hide, my neighbours know I'm disabled and have great trouble walking so who cares if they know I'm on benefits? I can't see that many people checking tax discs unless they want to report someone for any reason.