*URGENT HELP* Appealing Penalty for failing to tax a vehicle which is SCRAPPED

GiaPetite

Hello,

I am hoping to get some advice on appealing a fine from the DVLA for not taxing a vehicle.

The vehicle in question was involved in a road traffic accident on June 8th 2018.

I was sent a letter by the Insurance company on 21st June 2018 stating that the car was deemed a total loss and that I would be paid the market value of the car.
They then told me I must fill in Section 9 of the V5 document and send it to DVLA, which I did.
When I hadn't heard back from the DVLA about whether the car had been taken out of my name, I sent a letter of enquiry.
I still hadn't heard anything by which point I got a 'Last Chance' letter for tax.
On the bottom of the letter there was a tear off form which I could fill out if I didn't have the vehicle anymore and the relevant section on the V5. They asked to send it to them as they couldn't take the information over the phone.

I have now received a letter for 'Penalty for failure to tax vehicle' of £80.

I do not believe I should pay this as I have followed the correct procedures.
I have seen people complaining of similar issues in regards to the DVLA not receiving SORN notifications etc, so obviously they have a problem with their mailing system.

I am a law abiding citizen and have evidence as I transferred my old car insurance to my new vehicle and bought tax for it. I've also never received a speeding fine in all my years driving and have a clean licence.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Le_Kirk

This is, as you know, having posted on here, a parking tickets forum. Maybe you could try Pepipoo but not sure if it is the sort of thing they deal with.

GiaPetite

Sorry, it is Parking Tickets, Fines & Parking. I thought the thread was most suited to this category. Any other help is much needed, I will also look at Pepipoo

Coupon-mad

The difference is that pepipoo has a specific 'penalties' section that I think can handle this query:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=5

We only do parking issues, and rarely even look at Local Authority fines, let alone DVLA ones. Pepipoo do, and you will need to register to post there (no HOTMAIL EMAIL!).