Tax before sale?

Devo

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I am selling my car at present (as in it's listed on the famous automotive sale site) but the tax runs out at the end of this month. My question is should I bother taxing it again or declare it SORN? Obviously it would be good to sell it before the end of the month, but that is an ideal situation. Is it really that bad to sell a car with no tax ie - SORN or better to bith the bullet and tax it again :confused:
 
I think it's a problem for the buyer to get insurance on the vechile as it's SORN'd, meaning they have to wait until they get the v5 back so that they can tax it? (Although I might be wrong).

I'd just wait until someone bought it and then wack 6months tax on for them, charge them for it even?! :p
 
TripleT said:
I think it's a problem for the buyer to get insurance on the vechile as it's SORN'd, meaning they have to wait until they get the v5 back so that they can tax it? (Although I might be wrong).

I'd just wait until someone bought it and then wack 6months tax on for them, charge them for it even?! :p
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That's all very well, but I have to either tax it by the end of this month or declare it as SORN - otherwise I get a fat fine on my doorstep :mad:
 
I tend to think that the cheaper the car, the quicker it will be to sell with tax on it.

What car is it, and roughly what is it up for? For the sake of £60-£90 it might be easier just to tax it, but then cancel insurance maybe?
 
Scottland said:
I tend to think that the cheaper the car, the quicker it will be to sell with tax on it.

What car is it, and roughly what is it up for? For the sake of £60-£90 it might be easier just to tax it, but then cancel insurance maybe?
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Looking to sell it for around £3k - I'll probably stick 6 months on it to save hassle. I have already cancelled the insurance :)
 
Firestar_3x said:
If your car gets nicked or damaged or set alight what are you going to do, write off the 3k for the sake of a few quid?
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It won't - trust me ;)
 
Devo said:
Looking to sell it for around £3k - I'll probably stick 6 months on it to save hassle. I have already cancelled the insurance :)
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I would, then just add it onto the asking price :p

If you've already cancelled the insurance, how are you going to tax it?
 
Scottland said:
I would, then just add it onto the asking price :p

If you've already cancelled the insurance, how are you going to tax it?
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I have cancelled it and by luck it runs out at the end of the month - so I can stick some tax on it just before :cool:
 
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