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.

muddiford

If you contact DVLA on their webchat, you can give the details of the cheque, mainly the reference number and they tell you to return the cheque with a covering letter and a new cheque will be issued to you.