Car tax / road fund licence
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Gerry
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No, Your responsibility starts from the moment of purchase (when you submit the change of registration)
Gerry
Gerry
Do you mean Vehicle Excise Duty? Neither of the things you mentioned exist.
Pedantry.
If the OP is provided with the correct terminology, it will assist him when he searches to find an answer.
It is possible that he has searched using the incorrect terms, come up with nothing and hence his question here.
sometimewoodworker
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Vehicle Excise Duty is a tax. So exists and can be called a tax thus the question is legitimate though not tightly specified.
artie
Sawdust manufacturer.
If that be the current term for the amount of cash extorted by His Majesty's government for keeping a car on a public road.
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
And rightly so, do you think you should be able to drive around, occupy a huge amount of space and pollute at your leisure for free?
Doug B
Shy Tot
Pot & kettle
8 responses yet only one answer. What is this site becoming? Anyone suggested that instead of making his car road legal he should buy a festool yet?
No, as Gerry says, you are only responsible from the time you become the owner so don't worry.
No, as Gerry says, you are only responsible from the time you become the owner so don't worry.
Still better than a politician where you get dozens of responses and no single answer.
With the demise of the old tax disc I bet public houses noticed that the beer mats lasted longer !
glenfield2
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Perhaps more tricky is that you also become responsible for it having a valid MoT.
(Unless it is a ‘classic car’ - eg over 40 years old - in which case it will likely not need either MoT or VED)
(Unless it is a ‘classic car’ - eg over 40 years old - in which case it will likely not need either MoT or VED)
Against_The_Grain
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In an ideal world, you should buy the car and insure, tax, and MoT it the same day but you're unlikely to get an MoT appointment for at least a week these days. It's perfectly legal to drive the car to the MoT centre without a MoT and then drive it away to remedy any faults unless they are serious which may result in the car being deemed unsafe to drive and not allowed to leave the MoT centre of its own power, but you can not drive the car without an MoT for any other reason so you can't drive it home after purchase.
But you also run into the problem that even whilst it's insured, the insurance is void whilst it hasn't got an MoT so you need to drive very carefully to the MoT centre, ideally during a time with no traffic.
Richard_C
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If I recall, you can drive it to an MOT testing station as long as you have an appointment. DVLA website will tell you all you need. Make sure you get the proper. gov. uk one, it's rarely top of the list if you Google DVLA. Lots of pretend versions out there.
Not at all. The incorrect terms are often used in a disingenuous manner. I didn’t want the OP to inadvertently fall into the mode you so often step willingly in to when debating road use.
The first answer was correct so no more debate was needed but it seemed a shame to waste a perfectly good starter for another 100+ thread.
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This is correct. Not that it needed me to say so, but I thought another actual response to the actual question would be helpful
Owd Jockey
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Adam - if you have a a pre-1971 'banger', you pay b&**er all tax, pollute more , occupy space and don't even need an MOT!
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