Car tax transferrable in UK?

mb1725

Was looking around for suitable replacement car for the father-in-law when we found this:



http://www.ebay.ie/itm/2002-BMW-318I-SE-TOURING-AUTO-3-SERIES-E46-FULL-MOT-/280959527016?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item416a7e2868

However when you scroll down to the ad description you find this :
"There is 5 months TAX on the car but it isnt included in the sale, if you want the TAX it can be bought for face value of £100."

Guy:Incognito

You can get a refund on tax in the UK. What he means is that if you dont want the tax he'll claim it back.

Tax is "transferrable" here too in that it's the car thats taxed, not the owner. The tax stays with it.

Our man in Havana

It is quite common in the UK for the car tax to be removed on the sale of a vehicle.

In some cases even the number plates are removed by the owner and a new number assigned.

Light Switch

Can be done here too.... Once there's a min of 3 months.

Senna

Light Switch wrote: »

Can be done here too.... Once there's a min of 3 months.

i think the car has to be scrapped to claim back tax

Light Switch

Senna wrote: »

i think the car has to be scrapped to claim back tax

Possibly true

Anyone know for def?

Our man in Havana

Yes.

Car must be scrapped.

CiniO

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Yes.

Car must be scrapped.

That's not full truth.
You are due motortax refund if:

• The vehicle has been scrapped/destroyed or sent permanently out of the State,
• The vehicle has been stolen and has not been recovered by the owner,
• The vehicle has not been taken out or used in a public place at any time since the issue of the current disc,
• The owner of the vehicle has ceased, because of illness, injury or other physical disability, to use the vehicle,
• The owner of the vehicle has ceased, because of absence from the state for business or educational purposes, to use the vehicle,
• The owner of the vehicle has ceased, because of service overseas with the Defence Forces, to use the vehicle.

Marcusm

Definitely not ordinary course of business to take tax disc from a sold car and refund it. Dealers used to refund tax on every car they took into stock but this was stopped a couple of years ago. Would suit me if it was still possible as on Tuesday I'll trade in a car with insurance to 6/13 for one with insurance to 10/12. Not a lot of money but annoying.

Gumbo

Marcusm wrote: »

Definitely not ordinary course of business.

Yes it is, in the the UK.

Marcusm wrote: »

Would suit me if it was still possible as on Tuesday I'll trade in a car with insurance to 6/13 for one with insurance to 10/12.

your insurance transfers over. Just ring them and tell them the new reg and your new insurance disc will have 06/13 too.

Marcusm

kceire wrote: »

Yes it is, in the the UK.



your insurance transfers over. Just ring them and tell them the new reg and your new insurance disc will have 06/13 too.

Not in the part of the UK where I've lived for the past 16 years (London) that being the part where no one has an "insurance disc"; we're talking about road fund licence/vehicle excise duty/motor tax (delete as desired)!

awec

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