A gap in car tax.

kekaru

I bought my car 3 months ago, I went through the website and taxed the car online - keep in mind the DVLA website was still very buggy at this point, but it clearly never went through.

Now though, after a quick search into when my MOT is due I see that the car's tax status is "not taxed", a quick look through my credit card statement shows that no payment had been made. Subsequently, after now renewing the tax online I'm told that I may be contacted in regards to the gap.

What fines may I be looking at and do I have any standing against them or should I just bite the bullet?

Voltaire7

Pretty sure it's your responsibility to make sure your car is taxed.

When I taxed my car, I made sure to check for the confirmation email. Guess you skipped this step.

kekaru

Voltaire7 wrote: »

Pretty sure it's your responsibility to make sure your car is taxed.

When I taxed my car, I made sure to check for the confirmation email. Guess you skipped this step.

I trusted that their website would actually work, I guess that was the biggest mistake there...

Voltaire7

kekaru wrote: »

I trusted that their website would actually work, I guess that was the biggest mistake there...

You knew it was buggy, so....

kekaru

Voltaire7 wrote: »

You knew it was buggy, so....

My question still stands, what fines could I be charged with?

forgotmyname

upto £1000 for no tax. But its usually more like £80 - £100, + any back tax etc.

matttye

forgotmyname wrote: »

upto £1000 for no tax. But its usually more like £80 - £100, + any back tax etc.

£1,000 is usually if it goes to court but they should offer the opportunity to pay a penalty first.

arcon5

I fail to see why op should have to pay any fine if it was caused by a poorly programmed website. If ops successfully gone through the taxing process I also fail to see how some can imply he's to blame for not checking

Geodark

arcon5 wrote: »

I fail to see why op should have to pay any fine if it was caused by a poorly programmed website. If ops successfully gone through the taxing process I also fail to see how some can imply he's to blame for not checking

I can see where you are coming from, but surely they should have noticed that no payment had been taken and that no confirmation email was sent?

matttye

arcon5 wrote: »

I fail to see why op should have to pay any fine if it was caused by a poorly programmed website. If ops successfully gone through the taxing process I also fail to see how some can imply he's to blame for not checking

No tax is a strict liability offence which means it doesn't matter why you don't have tax, only that you don't.

forgotmyname

arcon5 wrote: »

I fail to see why op should have to pay any fine if it was caused by a poorly programmed website. If ops successfully gone through the taxing process I also fail to see how some can imply he's to blame for not checking

No confirmation email, No funds taken. To me that would mean that it failed and i would have tried again or phoned them the next day not months down the line.