V5C When Returning A Car For Refund

efunc

Hello all, I'm returning a car I bought from a trader a couple of months ago back for a full refund. I am in possession of the V5C Registered Keeper certificate. I presume I simply need to supply this to the trader, but retain section 9 (yellow section), and send it to the DVLA?

Since I'll be doing this on the last day of the month will the DVLA cancel and refund the Vehicle Tax from the date on the slip I send them, or will they do it from the date they receive it? Would I be free to declare it SORN on the website after I transfer it, or would that be a violation? I obviously want my Vehicle Tax liability to be terminated the moment I pass the vehicle on, hence the question.

Thanks

pappa_golf

payment back from the day they receive the letter , not date posted.


delivery it back and sorn it(online) BEFORE end of month

efunc

Ah, OK, thanks!

AdrianC

pappa_golf wrote: »

payment back from the day they receive the letter , not date posted.

No, it's the day you date the form. Always has been, way back into the mists of time.

rich13348

You can now do it online instantly.

efunc

SORN is instant, but technically it's not SORN because the dealer will be driving it away for a 6 hr journey home.

efunc

And so, just to confirm, I only need to tear off section 9 of the V5C, get the dealer to put his name and address here and sign it before sending this to the DVLA, and he gets to retain the rest of the entire V5C document?

AdrianC

efunc wrote: »

And so, just to confirm, I only need to tear off section 9 of the V5C, get the dealer to put his name and address here and sign it before sending this to the DVLA, and he gets to retain the rest of the entire V5C document?

Exactly that.

Iceweasel

efunc wrote: »

SORN is instant, but technically it's not SORN because the dealer will be driving it away for a 6 hr journey home.

It's SORN as far as the present keeper is concerned surely.

What the dealer does with it after he signs the V5C is his business, literally.

AdrianC

Iceweasel wrote: »

It's SORN as far as the present keeper is concerned surely.

What the dealer does with it after he signs the V5C is his business, literally.

And since it's that same V5C transfer which is what cancels the tax and triggers a refund, there's no point in the vendor SORNing it.

George_Michael

AdrianC wrote: »

No, it's the day you date the form. Always has been, way back into the mists of time.

Are you sure about that?
I thought that the amount of the refund depended on when the form was posted and not when it was dated.
If this wasn't the case, what would have stopped someone dating the form for the end of the month but not actually posting the tax disc back until a few days later?