Vehicle Tax Refund

Noodler

Our son has high functioning autism, and lives independently quite a distance from us.  He sorts out most of his life admin himself, with a little bit of help from his mother and me.  In May last year he swapped his car, and received a vehicle tax refund cheque of around £140.  He never mentioned it to us and we assumed all was ok.  It turns out that he didn't bank the cheque and has since discovered that it must be banked within 6 months of issue.  Is there any way he could get the cheque re-issued or would it now be written off by the DVLA?

400ixl

You could try using the following. Its for the wrong name re-issue, but maybe covers your situation as well.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-refund#:~:text=If your cheque is wrong&text=SA99 1AL-,Contact DVLA if you have not,replacement cheque after 4 weeks.

Doing a web chat with them maybe a good place to start as well https://contact.dvla.gov.uk/vehicle-tax

Keep_pedalling

Try banking it first, unless it has actually been cancelled it is likely to clear every though it is over 6 months. 

Mildly_Miffed

All cheques are valid for six months after the date on them - we're just out of practice at them, because they're so rare now...

But definitely try putting it in. Chances of it actually bouncing are slender.

Bonniepurple

Technically speaking it’s not a cheque but a payable order. Like cheques, they are voided after 6 months, and, from experience, departments will cancel batches every 6 months if not presented.  

user1977

Bonniepurple said:

Technically speaking it’s not a cheque but a payable order. Like cheques, they are voided after 6 months, and, from experience, departments will cancel batches every 6 months if not presented.  

...which (in case there's any confusion) just means the individual order is cancelled, not that they won't reissue it if requested.