Taxing my car for the first time

Volvic man

Hey there im going to tax my car for the first time next week,
I've have had the car a just under a year now and im only ready to drive it now.I got the form to declare it off the road,but on that form theres a place for you to fill out when the car was last taxed and i have NO idea when it was last taxed and neither does the privious owner

PLEASE HELP:(:(:(

Wishbone Ash

Your MTO will know based on a reg check.

Bonito

If you don't know then either leave it blank or ring the tax office they'll have it's last tax period on the system. I was the same when I bought my car. Just filled the form from what I knew and sent it away.

Volvic man

Was there any questions asked ...?
and will i have to back tax it ?

Bogger77

Since you bought it untaxed, the date you transfered ownership to you is the from date on garda form, the last tax date can be left blank.
You cannot be charged back tax for time when the car wasn't registered to you.

Volvic man

its bin off the road since the day i got it
and im only declaring it now
can i be back taxed from the day i baught it till now
even tho im declaring it of the road now?

Bonito

OK. When did you buy it? When was it last taxed? Did you ever declare it off the road yourself?

Volvic man

maybe march of 2009
im diclaring it off the road now have the forms and all
but i dunno wen it was last taxed,,,,so im lost

Bonito

So are you taxing it or declaring it off the road? Or you bought it a year ago, didn't drive it, didn't declare it off the road, let the tax run out and now you're re-taxing it?

Volvic man

im diclaring it off the road so i wont have to pay back tax it
and then when i do that i wana tax it for the first time in my name

but i need to know when the last time it was taxed to diclare it off the road

and thats wer i run into problims

Bonito

It's fine you can leave it blank. I did with mine and I got my car taxed no problem. Just fill in what you can. i.e. tell them how long YOU had it off the road and now you're taxing it, if you were driving it with no tax then back tax it.

Just leave the subsection of "off road period" blank in the "from" box and fill in the "to/until" box. That's all I did because I didn't know when it was last taxed or on the road etc so I just told them how long I MYSELF had been driving it.

Volvic man

thanks man

goodsur

Thanks, useful to know