How to tax a used car if I buy it on a Sunday?

mcpitman

Online, really simple.

Use the V5c/2 code on the green slip.

Bought a cheap car (MSE style) for the wife on Saturday morning. Went home insured and taxed the car within 5 minutes of each other.

Went back to garage, gave the fella far less cash than he originally asked for (-35% to sticker price) and drove away.

Really simple and easy, nothing to worry about.

Took screendumps of insurance purchase and tax email confirmation. Wife keeps these in the car just in case she is stopped by the police.

mcpitman

notanewby wrote: »

This new system has so many different possibilities in terms of when the previous owner might or might not decide to send off the log book etc etc,

Nope - use the V5C/2 code and none of your dealings have a thing to do with the previous owner or if/when they send the logbook off etc.

If you use this code, you are taxing the vehicle as the new owner.

Iceweasel

mgdavid wrote: »

Maybe I'm missing something; if you buy on a Sunday, the car still has the previous owner's tax. They notify change of keeper by post, the earliest that gets to DVLA could be Tuesday morning. If you try to tax the car on Sunday online or on Monday in a Post Office, system says 'tax not due' as it's still taxed.

Not if you are correctly using the reference number on the 'New Owner' part of the V5C which has at least one extra character or digit which signifies a change of owner.

roonaldo

lovinituk wrote: »

LOL! Did you read the rest of the thread?! :T

Yes and you can tax it on line easily. I did about a 5 weeks ago too. Not sure you are trying to be clever or why anyone thinks you cant.

lovinituk

roonaldo wrote: »

Yes and you can tax it on line easily. I did about a 5 weeks ago too. Not sure you are trying to be clever or why anyone thinks you cant.

Er, yes - it had already been pointed out that it can be taxed online including a link to the website! Hence why it appeared you had not read the posts prior to yours.

EdGasket

Can't you just drive it home and tax it later? I'm sure they give you some 'grace' period and so long as its taxed for the month you buy it in they've really got no complaint have they?