MSE News: The end is nigh for tax discs - how will it affect you?

Norman_Castle

MSE_Paloma wrote: »

You'll soon be able to make road tax payments by monthly direct debit, but you won't be able to transfer it ...

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The end is nigh for tax discs - how will it affect you?




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You will not be able to make road tax payments by direct debit as road tax was abolished in 1937.

Iceweasel

999pez wrote: »

What's wrong with that? Surely it makes sense for those that use the roads more to pay more tax, rather than lower mileage users subsidising them.
It would also mean it would be impossible to dodge paying the tax.

The UK road haulage industry will cease to exist.

It's already being taken over by companies from elsewhere in the EU.

On a 2000 mile trip in 9 EU countries I saw 2 UK trucks.

UK companies handle a very small percentage of our imports and exports.

Foreign trucks can go as far North as Glasgow and return to mainland Europe without needing to buy 1 litre of our already overpriced fuel.

We have the 2nd highest cost for diesel in the world I believe.

Everything you eat, drink or use comes to you by truck.

roonaldo

Norman_Castle wrote: »

You will not be able to make road tax payments by direct debit as road tax was abolished in 1937.

VED is commonly referred to (incorrectly) as road tax.

Norman_Castle

roonaldo wrote: »

VED is commonly referred to (incorrectly) as road tax.

Really?. I was unaware of that. Thanks.:)

mick_fielding

So after viewing a car some distance away from home and decide to buy the car [it is 8.00pm] , how do I tax it to be legal to drive it home. The seller has no internet access and is in the middle of nowhere?

Hasbeen

mick_fielding wrote: »

So after viewing a car some distance away from home and decide to buy the car [it is 8.00pm] , how do I tax it to be legal to drive it home. The seller has no internet access and is in the middle of nowhere?

Well as its still taxed until the DVLA receive the V5 from seller through the post, 2 - 3 days? it will be legal. Depends how slow you drive?

wba31

So the Daily Mail are reporting today that in the morning I can remove my tax disc and rip it up.

I was under the impression that I need to keep displaying it until it expires (end of December) and only once I renew onto this new system can I remove it from my windscreen?

anyone tell me which way it is? I could just leave it in anyway, it's not obstructing my view...

Iceweasel

wba31 wrote: »

So the Daily Mail are reporting today that in the morning I can remove my tax disc and rip it up.

I was under the impression that I need to keep displaying it until it expires (end of December) and only once I renew onto this new system can I remove it from my windscreen?

anyone tell me which way it is? I could just leave it in anyway, it's not obstructing my view...

You can bin it at midnight.

No-one needs to display a disc after today - the date of expiry on the disc has nothing to do with it.

Car_54

wba31 wrote: »

So the Daily Mail are reporting today that in the morning I can remove my tax disc and rip it up.

I was under the impression that I need to keep displaying it until it expires (end of December) and only once I renew onto this new system can I remove it from my windscreen?

anyone tell me which way it is? I could just leave it in anyway, it's not obstructing my view...

Don't you believe everything you read in the Daily Mail then?

AdrianC

Car_54 wrote: »

Don't you believe everything you read in the Daily Mail then?

You know what they say about a stopped clock...? This is one of those occasions.