Can you tax a car on a bank holiday?

waamo

Here you go https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax

[Deleted User]

freelancepuddle wrote: »

It's sat at the garage waiting for me until it's been taxed and insured so I can drive it home (been waiting for the holidays to pass and a new month to start) You a cop or something? :rotfl:

Our resident "police officer" strikes again

AndyMc.....

pappa_golf wrote: »

YES you do need insurance , BUT NOT TO TAX IT !

So how soon after you tax it does the law define as ASAP?

missile

freelancepuddle wrote: »

New ownership, not new car.

Well you can tax it (or to be pedantic pay the VED) online, 24/7 365 days a year :j

agrinnall

Is the garage open today for you to drive it away? If not then there's no need to tax it today anyway.

System

pappa_golf wrote: »

YES you do need insurance , BUT NOT TO TAX IT !

Without the MID database returning a YES response to a request from DVLA VED taxation system asking whether the vehicle is insured you won't be able to tax the car. So yes you do need insurance in force on the vehicle to tax it.

arcon5

Doesn't matter if the database isn't updated instantly. So long as you've taxed it and keep the confirmation email you'll be fine

Car_54

Tarambor wrote: »

Without the MID database returning a YES response to a request from DVLA VED taxation system asking whether the vehicle is insured you won't be able to tax the car. So yes you do need insurance in force on the vehicle to tax it.

Do you have any evidence to support that assertion?

System

Are you telling me you're completely unaware of a check that has been in place for almost half a century?

When you apply online the DVLA website states it is checking the MOT and insurance status of the vehicle. If it comes back as a no to either of them (assuming the car needs a MOT), it won't let you proceed.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-2520649/Need-insurance-certificate-buy-car-tax-axed.html

The insurance check when you buy a tax disc has been in place for over 40 years and has led to countless drivers scrabbling for the key insurance document every time their car-tax falls due.

The Government’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) said: ‘Motorists will no longer have to search for their insurance certificates when they tax their cars.

‘They will still have to have valid insurance but they won’t be asked to show it.’

Police and the authorities can now make automatic online checks on whether a car is covered by cross-referencing the vehicle’s number plate with the DVLA and insurance industry databases.

This means they already know if a driver has insurance or not. So there’s no longer a need to make people dig around for bits of paper to prove they have insurance. The changes apply whichever way you buy your tax discs - whether at a Post Office or online via the DVLA.

The changes to insurance checks have been made possible because DVLA regularly checks existing databases for insurance under Continuous Insurance Enforcement rules begun in 2011.

EdGasketTheSecond

I don't think you need insurance to tax a car. That isn't practical as it can take a week or more after buying insurance for the MID database to show your car as being insured. If the DVLA tax site checked MID before letting you tax your car then people would be waiting around a week or more before being able to tax and move their newly-aquired car.