Does anyone know if/when they moved car tax over to insurance policies?
I heard they were doing this last year however I don't remember seeing anything on my policy when I renewed the insurance in January.
My tax disc is valid until the summer, just wondering if I should look to get it on my policy, whether it should be on the policy already, or whether I need to just renew the tax disc as per usual.
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All that's being done away with is the actual bit of paper you stick in your windscreen.
The tax is still payable direct to the DVLA.
It doesn't happen until 1st October.
https://gov.uk/government/news/vehicle-tax-changes
Daft headlines from the likes of the BBC "Tax Disc Abolished" didn't help with the clarity did it?
The only way to avoid 'continuous insurance' is to declare SORN.
For those unaware of the new system, let me explain:
When you tax your vehicle now, that tax is for your use of that car and when you sell the car on, the tax is cancelled and you are refunded back what is left on it, leaving the new owner to buy tax for himself. Seems simple enough, but here's the big catch.
I taxed my car at the end of Febuary. Now, if I were to sell my car today, they will only refund every complete calender month back to me, meaning they've squeezed an extra couple of week out of me. Now the guy who buys the car from me has to tax it from the beginning of March, meaning they've also got an extra 2 weeks from him too.
So everytime a car is sold (unless it's at the end of the month) the government will receive the equivalent of a month's worth of tax for that car. Think of how many second-hand cars are sold every month and you'll realise we're talking a fair whack of cash being generated for absolutely nothing. It's not as if they've got to spend on printing tax discs anymore either.
Bastard Tories.......................