6Months Road Tax

ToejaM

ToejaM

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Simple question really, I just bought 6 Months road tax from the post office, didn't realise at the time of sticking it in the window till I had a look at my handywork and realised that it says 31/08/14 which is only 5 months and 9 days.

Is this the usual process as I've lost just under 3 weeks road tax due to this, I'm sure I've seen tax discs ending on different dates of the month or has it always been the last day of the month and you get given the one closest to it?
 
And this is why I don't bother taxing my car. They're robbing ****s. Not been caught yet.
 
If you're renewing doesn't it just continue from when the previous disk ended?

e.g. If your tax expires this month you just renew with the new disk starting from April?
 
Not sure mate, the car Im looking at has been SORN'd so there no tax on it atm.
Very tempted to not bother taxing it until the start of the month tbh if thats the case
Pay 30 days tax for what, a week of actual use :/
 
Not sure about it carrying on, I had to get a new one as I just picked up a car.

So if this is the case, its best to wait till the 1st when you can?
 
Got stung last time with this, lost a month's tax. When are you actually supposed to get it so you get the full 6 months? I'd get 12 but proper skint this month :(
 
Renewals don't rob you of time. They carry on from when the old one runs out.

New tax for a car that is SORN will run from the 1st of the month you are currently in, as tax is paid for in full month blocks. If you are taxing a SORN car its best to do it at the start of the month rather than the end.
 
:confused: how did people not know this. It only makes a difference if you buy a new car or tax a SORN. Otherwise it should have been taxed anyway. Far to complicated a system to do it by the day. Atm its easy a colour for each month, making it extremely easy to see if its in date or not at a glance. When it goes digital and no tax discs in was it October? then things might change.
 
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But can an insured car have no tax? Or does that invalidate your insurance?
For example expensive car on your driveway, not in use on the road, just sitting happily on your drive and lets say a tree falls on it. Do you NEED tax for a car to remain insured?
 
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