When to renew TAX

gc747

hi, 
my tax expires1st June (tomorrow) do I renew today or tomorrow? Will I lose out on a month’s tax if I do it today? Thank you

Ebe_Scrooge

You can get the MOT done up to a month before the existing one expires.  So if you do it today, it'll be "post-dated" as it were so that the new one expires 1st June next year.  You could have equally got it done on 2nd May, and the expiry date would still be 1st June next year.  In fact, it's always a good idea to do it a couple of weeks before the current one expires, so any necessary repairs can be done.

MOT has nothing to do with when tax is due.

Emmia

Do you mean your MOT? (for which your vehicle needs to be inspected, and pass) or your VED (also colloquially known as Road Tax) 

tightauldgit

gc747 said:

hi, 
my mot expires1st June (tomorrow) do I renew today or tomorrow? Will I lose out on a month’s tax if I do it today? Thank you

You should probably have already done it but it'll be valid until tomorrow. I don't know what you mean by missing out on a months tax. Or did you mean renewing your tax? 

You might find it's not easy to do an MOT at very short notice especially with holidays etc this week.  

gc747

Ah! I meant tax! So sorry, I wrote it super quick in my lunch break! Sorry for confusion!
I wondered if I renewed it today whether it would then expire May 1st 2023 where as if I leave it till tomorrow it will keep same expiry next year, 1st June 2023? 

Thank you

sheslookinhot

It will renew for 12 months from when your existing Road Fund Licence expires. Not 12 months from when you pay it.

Bigwheels1111

I’ve done mine online before on the 2nd December for January car tax.

Car_54

BTW the tax doesn't expire on 1st June, but 31st May.

DB1904

Car_54 said:

BTW the tax doesn't expire on 1st June, but 31st May.

That's true but you're being pedantic as it's valid for the whole of the 31st. At no time on the 31st could you be in a position to be prosecuted for being without it. 

user1977

DB1904 said:

Car_54 said:

BTW the tax doesn't expire on 1st June, but 31st May.

That's true but you're being pedantic as it's valid for the whole of the 31st. At no time on the 31st could you be in a position to be prosecuted for being without it. 

But presumably could be at any point between midnight tonight and whenever you get round to renewing it? So in reality today is the deadline for renewing it without suffering an untaxed period.

DB1904

user1977 said:

DB1904 said:

Car_54 said:

BTW the tax doesn't expire on 1st June, but 31st May.

That's true but you're being pedantic as it's valid for the whole of the 31st. At no time on the 31st could you be in a position to be prosecuted for being without it. 

But presumably could be at any point between midnight tonight and whenever you get round to renewing it? So in reality today is the deadline for renewing it without suffering an untaxed period.

But if it doesn't expire until midnight how can it expire on 31st?