Road Tax start date for new purchase

motorguy

TooManyPoints said:

And has been said, it would require a pretty large update to the computer systems.

Well the DVLA managed to update their systems fairy readily from the earlier procedure where the "tax disc" (i.e. the Vehicle Excise Duty) could be sold with the car. Prior to then (which I think was in 2015) there was no need for the buyer or seller to do anything (though the seller could get a refund on the unexpired VED if he wished). It was simply carried over to the new owner who would not need to renew it until it expired. There is no justification for this "double charging", however small an amount it may be.

yeah they "managed to", but who knows at what cost?

And yes, back then if someone reclaimed their tax, they got it to the nearest month and anyone buying the car would have to then tax it back to the start of the month.

And i'm sure the cost of the change was offset by the savings of not having the admin, materials, printing and postage costs.  This would be a change that would cost them money, but not save them money and would bring in less revenue.

And - you conveniently missed the main point i made - its a tax revenue collection exercise.  So if it was done to the day, then they'd have to up the tax charges even further for everyone.