Can you road tax a car for a month?

NeilF

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I need to borrow a friend's car for a couple of weeks while mine is repaired. It's currently not road taxed.

Am I right in saying as the owner he will have to road tax it? ie: I can't?

Also, as I only need it for a few weeks, could it be road taxed for just a month? Or would I (he) need to do it for 6 months, and then ask for a refund for the last 5 when I've finished using it?
 
Rilot said:
Anyone can apply for the tax at the post office. You will need the registration document, the MoT certificate (if needed) and a certificate of insurance that mentions that car specifically (not a drive other cars cert).
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But surely only the owner can cancel the road tax?
 
DRZ said:
You can only buy full calendar months and only refund full calendar months - so if you needed to tax your car today for 3 weeks, you'd only get 4 months tax back when you came to refund it.
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Hang on... I get my 6 months tax today and drive the car for 3 weeks and promptly ask for a refund. Surely I get 5 months back?
 
[TW]Fox;20638379 said:
No, you get 4 months back.

You buy 6 months tax today and it will include all of November as well. Therefore it will expire at the end of April.

You drive it for 3 weeks - till mid December. There are then only 4 full months remaining on the disc, so you get 4 months back.
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OK! I follow you!

But if I got it (6 months) 1st of December, and drove it for 3wks and then cancelled it last week of December, I'd then get 5 months back.
 
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