Road Tax - 11 months for the price of 12!

fred990

And the reason it can't be pro rata in the age of the computer is because of.........?

CardinalWolsey

fred990 wrote: »

it's just a tax on ownership

100% correct.

fred990 wrote: »

And the reason it can't be pro rata in the age of the computer is because of.........?

Government policy. It's a tax. It's there to raise revenue for government spending.

fred990 wrote: »

It's a scam.

That's a fairly common view of taxation However without it we would have no public services, and no roads to drive on. Those roads we did have would be very poorly maintained. Oh, wait...

Car_54

fred990 wrote: »

And the reason it can't be pro rata in the age of the computer is because of.........?

It's not within the DVLA's power.

It would need to go through parliament as an amendment to the current legislation. It seems unlikely that anyone would see that as a priority.

foxy-stoat

Car_54 wrote: »

It would need to go through parliament as an amendment to the current legislation. It seems unlikely that anyone would see that as a priority.

But they can waste their time talking about eating dogs and cats and not sorting out brex!!!!! - they should get back to running the country.

Takmon

fred990 wrote: »

And the reason it can't be pro rata in the age of the computer is because of.........?

Why would they spend time and money changing a system that has been in place for a very long time just to let people pay less tax.

AdrianC

foxy-stoat wrote: »

But they can waste their time talking about eating dogs and cats and not sorting out brex!!!!! - they should get back to running the country.

The dog-eating 10 minute rule bill is from my MP. Given that he's firmly in the Rees-Mogg corner, I'm quite happy if it keeps him away from trying to "sort out" brexit.


Frankly, the dog'd be better qualified to run the country.

jimjames

JMLL wrote: »

If the only options are to drive away without tax or to tax the vehicle twice - not a great system is it!?
Think I'm just venting at this stage - but I am going to complain and see where it goes.

You could wait until the next day to collect and then tax it.
If buying privately you could get the owner to drive it to your place on their tax and then keep it on your drive until the next day and tax it then. If it's taxed by them then it will show as taxed on any ANPR check and there is nothing on the V5 transfer that shows the time of sale so you could even drive it yourself.

Dean000000

jimjames wrote: »

You could wait until the next day to collect and then tax it.
If buying privately you could get the owner to drive it to your place on their tax and then keep it on your drive until the next day and tax it then. If it's taxed by them then it will show as taxed on any ANPR check and there is nothing on the V5 transfer that shows the time of sale so you could even drive it yourself.

Conversely, wouldn’t the seller get a months refund? Meaning two things;

Government are not better or worse off?

Seller swindled you.

Dunno tho.

Cetshwayo

JMLL wrote: »

.... but I am going to complain and see where it goes.

Knock yourself out and let us know how that pans out.

facade

foxy-stoat wrote: »

But they can waste their time talking about eating dogs and cats and not sorting out brex!!!!! - they should get back to running the country.

I'd rather see a ban on eating dogs than worry about loosing a few pounds on double taxing every 10 years or so when I buy a car.
Mind you, I dareasy that the knock-on effect of persuading other countries to stop dog meat farming will simply see the dogs turned out, then subjected to the sort of cruelty that Romania is famous for.:(