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Road Tax got cancelled

mossopinc
mossopinc Posts: 11 Forumite
need some advice folks......
I moved last month, I wasn't fast at telling dvla to change address the car is registered at, got the form in the post right now its been in the post for about 10 days, got an email in, for the 2nd time I don't have the cash in the bank to pay road tax, the road tax has been cancelled, I must pay 6 months or 1 year asap, I can't tax the car as the car registration form with the very important number on it. i dont know what the hell im meant to do now :(

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  • Marktheshark
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    Do you have the old green slip ?
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  • Alter_ego
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    How/why was it cancelled?
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  • mossopinc
    mossopinc Posts: 11 Forumite
    no i posted the whole form off to the dvla
  • Marktheshark
    Marktheshark Posts: 5,841
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    When you bought the car, did the previous owner give you a green slip ?
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  • HappyMJ
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    Alter_ego wrote: »
    How/why was it cancelled?

    Looks like OP didn't have enough money in the bank to pay the monthly direct debit.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • Shaka_Zulu
    Shaka_Zulu Posts: 1,689 Forumite
    If the OP was coherent we might have a chance.
  • stator
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    Declare SORN until you can afford to tax your car :(
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  • AdrianC
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    There's two possibilities.

    First - that the DD's bounced "for the second time" - so the tax has been cancelled and the DD option withdrawn from the OP. Well, yes. Who can blame them?
    Second - that the V5C's been interpreted as a change of keeper rather than a change of address for the same keeper.

    Either way, the end result is the same. The OP needs to either tax the car or SORN it asap.
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