Twice as many vehicles now being clamped for non-payment of tax

GingerBob_3

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Why /how did a thread on car tax evasion/clamping morph into one complaining about people getting MBE's etc?

Easy. One of the main subjects of the thread, a certain Oliver Morley, has just received an honour for his 'work' involving the actual subject of the thread.

VfM4meplse

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

Set up a direct debit.

Then the DVLA will automatically take the payment when it is due and, provided you have enough money in your account, you do not risk a fine.

Just done this online (took a matter of seconds) and I don't expect to be troubled by any more reminders unless I change my bank. The tax disc expires tomorrow, but the annual DD won't be taken until 13th March 17.

Richard53 wrote: »

Pity the BBC didn't ask him the obvious question - did no-one at the DVLA anticipate that compliance rates would fall when they got rid of the tax disc? It seems an obvious consequence, and a lot of people on here commented at the time that this was bound to happen. A small acknowledgement that the DVLA may to some extent have caused the problem themselves would have been welcome.

My first thoughts when I saw that the requirement to display the tax disc had been removed. I realise it creates an admin burden to send these out, but do police, parking wardens etc now check vehicles are taxed? Its bad enough that people dodge insurance / MOT / drive whilst banned, but making it easier not to pay is just one more slap in the face for those of us that comply with the rules.

VfM4meplse

Eta: does the DVLA actively target non-payers by sending clampers to the last registered address?

Tilt

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Eta: does the DVLA actively target non-payers by sending clampers to the last registered address?

No.

Well not on the Isle of Wight anyway. They visit the Island about twice a year (certainly no more) to carry out enforcement. But there are cars dotted about all over the Island's roads untaxed/SORNd.

I have personally reported one such car to the DVLA which has been parked untaxed (tax ran out July 2015) near where I live for over 6 months and nothing appears to of happened. It's also been reported to the local authority and the police (has no insurance either).

forgotmyname

Neighbours car got towed away for no tax, its back in the same spot still untaxed?
I wonder if that part of the road is unadopted? Although technically the highway?

DoaM

I'm not sure that matters ... if it's accessible to the public (e.g. all your neighbours, and visiting contractors, have free access to the land and it's not owned by any single party) then it is "public land" insofar as the Law is concerned, thus any such vehicle would need to be taxed.

SORN would thus not apply as the vehicle would still be on land where tax is required.

Rover_Driver

forgotmyname wrote: »

Neighbours car got towed away for no tax, its back in the same spot still untaxed?
I wonder if that part of the road is unadopted? Although technically the highway?

It could depend if the location is a 'Public Road' or not - a road which is repairable at the public expense. If it was not, a SORN would be valid.

forgotmyname

I dont know if the council ever adopted it. Public can drive through, although its quicker to use the road at either end, its more of an L shape than a straight road.

When it was built there were issues with the streetlights, the council said it was nothing to do with them at the time. Just tried looking online but it doesnt appear to be viewable on the net. You can pay for them to check or goto their office and search yourself for free i think.

VfM4meplse

forgotmyname wrote: »

Neighbours car got towed away for no tax, its back in the same spot still untaxed?
I wonder if that part of the road is unadopted? Although technically the highway?

How can you be sure given there is no requirement to display a tax disc?

BeenThroughItAll

VfM4meplse wrote: »

How can you be sure given there is no requirement to display a tax disc?

Use the freely available tools on the .GOV.UK website to check?

You may not have come across them, they've only been available for the last four years or so.