Baffled by car tax

Britannia12345

I bought a second hand car yesterday. The log book has been sent off to be changed to my name. I tried to tax the car online with the number from the green slip but just.end up at a page that says "successful application already completed". 
I phoned dvla and they said because the car was registered as Sorn in the past five days I can't tax it until another 5 days have elapsed or my new log book arrives. 
I'm left with a car sitting on the driveway that I'm itching to drive and have no clue what is going on. I've never had a problem taxing a car in the past - has something changed in the last decade since I last owned a car??? 🤔

DanDare999

Britannia12345 said:

I bought a second hand car yesterday. The log book has been sent off to be changed to my name. I tried to tax the car online with the number from the green slip but just.end up at a page that says "successful application already completed". 
I phoned dvla and they said because the car was registered as Sorn in the past five days I can't tax it until another 5 days have elapsed or my new log book arrives. 
I'm left with a car sitting on the driveway that I'm itching to drive and have no clue what is going on. I've never had a problem taxing a car in the past - has something changed in the last decade since I last owned a car??? 🤔

What rate are you taxing the car at standard or disability?

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You should be able to tax it at a Post Office (one of the main ones that do vehicle tax) with the green slip and MOT certificate.

Maybe it takes 5 days for the Post Office to tell them- there is clearly no data sharing as MOTs have been online for many years so you shouldn't need to show a paper copy.

Keep the receipt in the car in case you get stopped before the Post Office pass the form to DVLA for the clerks to type into LEO

Britannia12345

DanDare999 said:

Britannia12345 said:

I bought a second hand car yesterday. The log book has been sent off to be changed to my name. I tried to tax the car online with the number from the green slip but just.end up at a page that says "successful application already completed". 
I phoned dvla and they said because the car was registered as Sorn in the past five days I can't tax it until another 5 days have elapsed or my new log book arrives. 
I'm left with a car sitting on the driveway that I'm itching to drive and have no clue what is going on. I've never had a problem taxing a car in the past - has something changed in the last decade since I last owned a car??? 🤔

What rate are you taxing the car at standard or disability?

Standard but will change to disability when I get the certificate from the dwp. I really don't understand why it can't be done online. 
The dealer forgot to send the green slip and mot with the car so I'm waiting for those to come in the post before I can do it at the post office. 

macman

Why was it SORN'd by the dealer 5 days ago?

Britannia12345

No idea. I asked him that and he said that standard practice and me taxing it would release it from the sorn.

Britannia12345

Is it something to do with it being an import and only just being registered with dvla? 

sheramber

Britannia12345 said:

DanDare999 said:

Britannia12345 said:

I bought a second hand car yesterday. The log book has been sent off to be changed to my name. I tried to tax the car online with the number from the green slip but just.end up at a page that says "successful application already completed". 
I phoned dvla and they said because the car was registered as Sorn in the past five days I can't tax it until another 5 days have elapsed or my new log book arrives. 
I'm left with a car sitting on the driveway that I'm itching to drive and have no clue what is going on. I've never had a problem taxing a car in the past - has something changed in the last decade since I last owned a car??? 🤔

What rate are you taxing the car at standard or disability?

Standard but will change to disability when I get the certificate from the dwp. I really don't understand why it can't be done online. 
The dealer forgot to send the green slip and mot with the car so I'm waiting for those to come in the post before I can do it at the post office. 

Hello, when you SORN a vehicle using the V5C document this can take up to 5 working days and will not allow you to perform another only transaction during this time. You can still tax the vehicle during this time at a taxing Post Office with the V5C and valid MOT. I can confirm it would be 5 working days.

DVLA on Twitter: "@jsmith6392 Hello, when you SORN a vehicle using ...

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Britannia12345

Thankyou! 😺

tightauldgit

Britannia12345 said:

I bought a second hand car yesterday. The log book has been sent off to be changed to my name. I tried to tax the car online with the number from the green slip but just.end up at a page that says "successful application already completed". 
I phoned dvla and they said because the car was registered as Sorn in the past five days I can't tax it until another 5 days have elapsed or my new log book arrives. 
I'm left with a car sitting on the driveway that I'm itching to drive and have no clue what is going on. I've never had a problem taxing a car in the past - has something changed in the last decade since I last owned a car??? 🤔

My car was the same as the previous owner had obviously just cancelled their tax to get the refund (presumably they SORNd it) as soon as they had dropped it off with me. Had to make a trip to the PO to tax it but it worked fine even though it took a few days to show up on the online system. The PO will give you a receipt to show its been taxed.