you still need to tax a £0 road tax rated vehicle

pem

Hi all

Just giving everyone a heads up.

My latest car is road tax rated at £0

It is now 1 year old and I received the usual road tax reminder stating that the rate was £0 so I filed it away thinking no action was needed as I did not have to pay anything.

Last week I got a reminder letter informing me that I had not taxed or SORN'd the vehicle and if not done soon would be fined.

So I got the reminder letter out again and READ IT PROPERLY
then nipped off to the post office quickly to tax it.

moral of story - read letters properly as it could become expensive

Stevie_Palimo

I would imagine that this should be common sense to be honest as the records still need to be kept up to date and whilst the tax is FOC the DVLA still need to be notified that the car is still being used on the road or not.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

A useful heads-up.

I think the paperwork and admin to do with running a car is quite complicated for a lot of people, and it is easy to make an innocent mistake that can end you in trouble (see lots of posts on Pepipoo where people thought the rules were different than they are). Be so annoying to throw away that £0 VED on a fine just for the sake of going on line and clicking a few buttons.

droopsnoot

Yes, the same goes for historic vehicles which are VED exempt - you still have to renew every year. It's also a way of making sure you have MOT and insurance at least at the point where you renew.

AdrianC

A way of ensuring that you have insurance throughout the year, droopsnoot - don't forget the continuous insurance rules. It's also a very good way of ensuring the person legally responsible for the vehicle is still responsible for it, and isn't the sort of muppet who ignores important paperwork relating to that vehicle...

molerat

droopsnoot wrote: »

Yes, the same goes for historic vehicles which are VED exempt - you still have to renew every year. It's also a way of making sure you have MOT and insurance at least at the point where you renew.

Only makes sure you have an MOT (except on pre 1960 vehicles), insurance is not checked at renewal except in NI.

jbainbridge

I'm lazy and do it online ... quicker than going to the Post Office!