Car tax renewal: Am I losing out, or missing something

proy900

I have just renewed my car tax online today (30/06/20) as it was due to expire tomorrow (01/07/2020... obviously).

I was only given the option to begin the tax run from the start of this month (1st June). Surely I am losing a month of tax here having already paid for it in last years run?!? Checking through dates of the the previous 3 years of tax I paid: August 2018, July 2019, and now June 2020. If I pay for a year in August 2018 surely the tax would cover July 2019 and renew on 1st August 2019, to be paid again in July 2020, to renew 1st August 2020; ad infinitum...

Am I losing a month of tax every year, or am I missing something really !!!!!! obvious?

The_Rainmaker

Did you use your V11 reminder form?

daveyjp

You are doing something wrong, but without more info on how you renewed difficult to know what, although not renewing using a renewal code on a V11 is a likely reason.