ivan edake Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 It's easy to do online, I 'taxed' my partner's bike during the evening so it never closes, it only took a few minutes. As long as you have insurance and valid MOT of course. If you buy the VED towards the end of a month, you will still pay for the whole month, but that has always been the case. If you want to drive it or park on the road, you will need to buy the VED straightaway. If its parked off road you can SORN it, but how will you get it home? You don't need to have a car insured in order to tax it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haddy Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Just park it up till start of month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHRemovals Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 you, wont have to pay owt, it will take three weeks for the letter to arrive, its a bank holiday this weekend, use it to your advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudds1 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 You don't need to have a car insured in order to tax it. I think you will find you do need insurance to tax a vehicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan edake Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I think you will find you do need insurance to tax a vehicle Check with the DVLA,insurance is not now needed in order to tax a vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki-red Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Check with the DVLA,insurance is not now needed in order to tax a vehicle. I dont know what the requirements are to newly tax a vehicle, but when my son bought his new car he left his old one on the drive for a while but didnt get round to SORNing it, just carried on paying his tax direct debits. He got a letter warning him that unless he either SORNed it or informed the DVLA that it had been sold on he was facing a fine. Im guessing they presume you could be driving it without insurance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan edake Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I dont know what the requirements are to newly tax a vehicle, but when my son bought his new car he left his old one on the drive for a while but didnt get round to SORNing it, just carried on paying his tax direct debits. He got a letter warning him that unless he either SORNed it or informed the DVLA that it had been sold on he was facing a fine. Im guessing they presume you could be driving it without insurance? That is correct,if a car doesn't have both tax and insurance it must be sorned.However new regulations allow a car to be taxed without insurance.This is apparently because continuous insurance checks are made by DVLA and when a check shows there is no insurance the keeper will be contacted and in some cases prosecuted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I dont know what the requirements are to newly tax a vehicle, but when my son bought his new car he left his old one on the drive for a while but didnt get round to SORNing it, just carried on paying his tax direct debits. He got a letter warning him that unless he either SORNed it or informed the DVLA that it had been sold on he was facing a fine. Im guessing they presume you could be driving it without insurance? A fine for what? Insurance is required for the car to even be stood on the public road, but it can be on your drive, taxed but not insured and you aren't committing a crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 A fine for what? Insurance is required for the car to even be stood on the public road, but it can be on your drive, taxed but not insured and you aren't committing a crime. Are you sure of that? I thought that it had to be SORN'd if not insured.. One of several similar articles "t’s been over two years since the law on Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE), which makes it illegal to own a car not declared as off the road without it being insured, came into force. And in that time over £5million worth of fines have been collected from people who have been keeping a car without insurance." http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/car-off-the-road-you-still-need-insurance/0026575/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I've probably got it wrong then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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