Displaying Tax Disc?

[Deleted User]

My Tax Disc expires at the end of December.

Do I need to continue displaying it until it expires, or can I remove it in October, when they stop issuing the discs?

AdrianC

You can remove it in October, when the requirement to display is removed.

[Deleted User]

Thanks for that.

Hintza

Why bother though?

[Deleted User]

I was just curious.

colino

Brilliant, a whole extra seven square inches to see the road then.


(Is there a buyer for 200 advertising tax disc holders?)

McKneff

Why have they done this, I am just curious too.

colino

From October onwards the tax will be taken by DD and it is related to the ownership of the car, not a transferable disc. When you sell, the new owner has to set up their own tax and just like MOT and insurance, with centralised databases and ANPR, no point in printing a bit of expensive paper to sit in your windscreen.

AdrianC

colino wrote: »

From October onwards the tax will be taken by DD

Not quite.

You'll still be paying for 6 or 12 months of VED.
Apart from the non-transferability with change of keeper, and no need to display, the ONLY change is that instead of paying for the lot at once (+10% for 6mo), you'll be paying for the lot at once (+5% for 6mo) or paying for your 12mo by monthly DD (+5%). It's more like paying on drip for your year's insurance than paying-by-the-month.

[Deleted User]

colino wrote: »

Brilliant, a whole extra seven square inches to see the road then.

7.07 square inches (to 2 decimal places) actually.

AdrianC

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

7.07 square inches (to 2 decimal places) actually.

If we're going to be that accurate, can I ask about the holder that your disk is in? Or is that based on a clear piece of sellotape? If so, then are you factoring in the perforations and the couple of oval holes...?