Motor tax question

the irish fella

Could anyone please tell me if I need insurance to tax my car
I am after buying the secondhand car from a garage without tax and I won't have a insurance disc for a few days I may or may not have the policy started by then but either way won't have any disc.also what will I need to bring to the tax office when taxing it cheers

bazz26

If you tax it online then all you need is any insurance policy number and the insurance company name that goes with that policy number. It doesn't have to be current or yours for that matter as the motor tax website has no way of validating it. If you want to go into a motor tax office then afaik they may ask you for your insurance details. Haven't been in a motor tax office in years so that bit might be out of date.

corktina

given you wont have it on the road until it's insured, why don't you wait for 1st Feb to tax it? you could SORD it for January, you get 10 days to do this from date of purchase

the irish fella

corktina wrote: »

given you wont have it on the road until it's insured, why don't you wait for 1st Feb to tax it? you could SORD it for January, you get 10 days to do this from date of purchase

I have the tax book back for more than 10days it's my first insurance and the policy goes up by 200 if I wait til feb

Boskowski

When taxing online insurance firm and policy number appears to be mandatory information and therefore you could easily assume they're checking the details but in fact they do not. Not sure what happens if you enter 'Bosco' as your policy number - maybe just maybe they have some rudimentary checks on what may or may not be a valid policy number format - but it might just work. You get the idea.

phormium

There is no check on those insurance details, you can put in any one of the companies and for policy no 123456 will work fine. I have insurance but don't keep the details to hand so enter any old number when doing it online.

the irish fella

Cheers lads I will be going into the tax office to do it hopefully it's me first car so I wouldnt know cheers so tax book and the money is that all I need?