New "car Tax" Rules

[sigma]

msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/tax-disc-loophole-leaves-angry-drivers-facing-massive-fines/ar-AAaMvme?ocid=mailsignoutmd

So how do you tax your car. If you tax your new car before notifying change of ownership will your tax be removed by the DVLA?

[Zacs-Master]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/tax-disc-loophole-leaves-angry-drivers-facing-massive-fines/ar-AAaMvme

[paddywak]

I've got a motability car,they just send you a letter telling you it's been done.

[Zacs-Master]

'and having being charged fines'

Ouch. Journalists should have a basic grasp ps English dontchyathink?

[jno]

the original story is here, with hundreds of comments that may answer your question (sorry I don't have time to read them all)

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/apr/11/tax-disc-loophole-drivers-massive-fines-clamping-towed-dvla

[Old_Geezer]

Ah right, another scam, in this case by government/DVLA, to grab money and make the lives of the decent citizen as unbearable as possible then ? So what's news ? Today's world is like that, a species gets the society the worst of them create.

[ToraToraTora]

here is what the article says: "While most motorists know that tax discs are no longer required, what is catching out many is that vehicle excise duty is automatically cancelled if a car changes ownership – even if there is a valid disc in the window. - No sympathy the rules are very clear and simple, new keeper can use the V5C/2 to tax it, old keeper will get a refund when they send off he V5 very simple, vast improvement on the old system.

[woofgang]

and the "no transfer of tax" happened before the discs were abolished.