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Tax - SORN or not?
I'm in the process of part exchanging my car for another one, but am a bit confused about how and when to tax the new car.
It's being delivered to my house on the 29th. The documents for ownership won't be signed until it gets here, so its under the dealers tax exemption until then. I can't drive at present so it won't be leaving the driveway until into December. I was going to SORN it for 48 hours and then tax it on the 1st, so avoiding paying a month's tax for 48 hours in which it isn't on the road anyway. But I've just read on the DVLA website that as a new owner I can only SORN by post, so by the time they receive the letter I'll have taxed it online anyway.
Any suggestions on what I do? Tax it? Send the SORN letter to cover myself in case it gets seen/hit/something? I don't even now how they'd find it was untaxed unless I was stupid enough to drive it...
It's being delivered to my house on the 29th. The documents for ownership won't be signed until it gets here, so its under the dealers tax exemption until then. I can't drive at present so it won't be leaving the driveway until into December. I was going to SORN it for 48 hours and then tax it on the 1st, so avoiding paying a month's tax for 48 hours in which it isn't on the road anyway. But I've just read on the DVLA website that as a new owner I can only SORN by post, so by the time they receive the letter I'll have taxed it online anyway.
Any suggestions on what I do? Tax it? Send the SORN letter to cover myself in case it gets seen/hit/something? I don't even now how they'd find it was untaxed unless I was stupid enough to drive it...
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Do nothing until the 1st, then tax it.0
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As above....make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
Tax it on the 29th or 30th until the end of November next year. You can do that within two working days of the end of the month.0
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Is there anywhere e.g. DVLA website, that states the bit about two working days? Everything I google about it brings me back to an MSE forum page. Thanks0
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Just humour me and try it. If you buy it online within two working days of the end of the month, you'll be asked when you want it to expire.Is there anywhere e.g. DVLA website, that states the bit about two working days? Everything I google about it brings me back to an MSE forum page. Thanks0
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