New VED rules, current expiry 30/09

BeenThroughItAll

I have two VED reminders for vehicles with expiry on 30/09.


I could pay the £400 on 30/09/14 to tax them both until 30/09/2015; but as from 1st October I don't need a disc, and there will be other payment options.

Now I suspect there's something in the regs that I've not spotted yet, but what's to stop me doing the following:

1. Declaring both vehicles SORN on 30th September
2. Parking them both off road for a couple of days
3. Applying for 12 months' VED to run from 01/10/14 to 30/09/15 on 2nd October
4. Paying for both of them via 12 months' Direct Debit?

NB: I have read the rules, but I accept I may have missed something. Just wondered if anyone has already considered this and knows the definitive answer.

forgotmyname

No other payment options yet.. At least another month from info on another thread.

BeenThroughItAll

forgotmyname wrote: »

No other payment options yet.. At least another month from info on another thread.

!!!!!!. Oh well, hand in pocket then.


How very convenient for them, eh?

Foxy-Stoat_3

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

!!!!!!. Oh well, hand in pocket then.

Like it has been for the last 20+ years !!!

BeenThroughItAll

Foxy-Stoat wrote: »

Like it has been for the last 20+ years !!!

Yep, sadly.

Gloomendoom

You could spread the cost by buying 6 months.

Herzlos

That's not spreading the cost though. I imagine the monthly DD option will be more expensive than buying annually in any case.

BenL

Herzlos wrote: »

That's not spreading the cost though. I imagine the monthly DD option will be more expensive than buying annually in any case.

5% surcharge for monthly DD I believe compared to a paid in full annual VED.

BeenThroughItAll

Gloomendoom wrote: »

You could spread the cost by buying 6 months.

I could, but that's only spreading the cost over 2 payments at a 10% premium, as opposed to over 12 payments at a premium of 5%, which would, of course, be more MSE.


I can happily afford to tax them both for 12 months anyway, I just wondered if I could just move the £500-odd into my savings and pay for the VED over 12 months DD. Since I can't, I may as well just buy the VED outright and worry about it next year.

Case closed.