How long do you have to tax a vehicle?

matt_drummer

B0bbyEwing said:

Keep_pedalling said:

B0bbyEwing said:

Keep_pedalling said:

There is no grace period, the tax should have been paid at the same time as the pointless  change in registered keeper. 

Got to get that in there eh? 

I didn't ask when it "should" have been paid either. 

Thanks for attempting to answer the question though. 

The title of your thread asks how long you have to tax a vehicle, and I think I provided an accurate answer to that question. 

I disagree & since I'm the one asking for the help that makes me correct. 

I think it was pretty clear what I'm asking. 

So if you do the V5 switch on a Monday then I'm pretty sure you should still be able to tax it on the new keepers slip on the Tuesday. In fact I know this is correct as I've done it myself. 

But obviously there comes a cut off point & it's this that I was asking about. 

"pointless change" is an irrelevant comment. I decide whether it's pointless or not & that's what I chose to do. 

Yes tax should be paid the moment you get the car but I wasn't asking that (pretty key here!) and I also explained why that didn't happen. Does it make it right? No. If I got pulled then would they care? Maybe, maybe not. I suspect someone like yourself would give a ticket regardless, someone else less so maybe. 

But anyway, it should be super clear now what I was asking. 

I think the titles of some of your threads don't really make it clear what you are asking.

`How long do you have to tax a vehicle' could be interpreted as `as long as you have it and use it on the road'.

But that is not what you meant, I think you are trying to ask if their is grace period, or an amount of time you are given in which to tax a vehicle once you take ownership.

In a friendly way, maybe try being a bit clearer with the titles of your topics.

Some people only read the titles as I have seen a few times, without reading the full explanation of what you are asking.

Not your fault, but that is why you sometimes get answers that you don't really want.

Mildly_Miffed

B0bbyEwing said:

I think it was pretty clear what I'm asking.

It would seem to be a far from universal view... I can definitely see how you meant the title to be read, but that's not how I read it, either. I thought you were asking about a grace period during which the car was untaxed and unSORNed, too...

So if you do the V5 switch on a Monday then I'm pretty sure you should still be able to tax it on the new keepers slip on the Tuesday. In fact I know this is correct as I've done it myself. 

But obviously there comes a cut off point & it's this that I was asking about.

There is - and I'm pretty damn sure it's a lot longer than 25/12 to 5/1, which isn't even a fortnight, but I can't quickly find anything to state a deadline on gov.uk - which would support the theory that it's a non-trivial period.

You're 100% sure you did the keeper change online with the doc ref from the same previous V5C? So the number should be definitely correct. The reason I ask is that if you'd used the V5C/2 from an older V5C, it won't work, and that's the most likely scenario.

What date is shown for the most recent V5C issue on vehicleenquiry? It's eminently possible that, once the new V5C is issued, the old doc ref is superceded for V5C/2 purposes, too.

B0bbyEwing

Mildly_Miffed said:

B0bbyEwing said:

I think it was pretty clear what I'm asking.

It would seem to be a far from universal view... I can definitely see how you meant the title to be read, but that's not how I read it, either. I thought you were asking about a grace period during which the car was untaxed and unSORNed, too...

So if you do the V5 switch on a Monday then I'm pretty sure you should still be able to tax it on the new keepers slip on the Tuesday. In fact I know this is correct as I've done it myself. 

But obviously there comes a cut off point & it's this that I was asking about.

There is - and I'm pretty damn sure it's a lot longer than 25/12 to 5/1, which isn't even a fortnight, but I can't quickly find anything to state a deadline on gov.uk - which would support the theory that it's a non-trivial period.

You're 100% sure you did the keeper change online with the doc ref from the same previous V5C? So the number should be definitely correct. The reason I ask is that if you'd used the V5C/2 from an older V5C, it won't work, and that's the most likely scenario.

What date is shown for the most recent V5C issue on vehicleenquiry? It's eminently possible that, once the new V5C is issued, the old doc ref is superceded for V5C/2 purposes, too.

Yeah I used the correct numbers.

Although maybe they were just on the ball this time since the new V5C landed yesterday so once it was issued I imagine that's why I couldn't then tax it.

Car taxed now.