Motor tax

karlyk1

Ok, bit of a muddle here. Have bought a used car and taxed and insured it, and left my old car sitting in driveway the past few months while I was deciding what to do with it. Now I want to sell it (old car) but the insurance is up (end of February) and I owe three months arrears. Sickened to have to pay 3 x arrears and 3 x months of future tax (for a car I won’t be driving) but went to do it online anyway. Turns out I can’t – cos I don’t have it insured now (transferred to my new car when I bought it). Any ideas to stop the arrears continually accruing? I know when new owner buys it all arrears will disappear, but is lack of tax much of a turn-off for buyer these days?

Atlantic Dawn

Most buyers will not expect tax, it would be rare to have more than a month or 2 on cars at dealers.

colm_mcm

As above. Buyers don't care about tax, they wouldn't pay the value of it if it had it.

karlyk1

OK, I hear ya. Not sure how they drive it away afterwards though, with the chance of meeting a checkpoint. And is it still the case that the arrears will 'die' when new owner buys it? I remember there were some changes in the law back in 2013 or so.

biko

Yes, new owner will pay from the first day of the month she/he bought it in.
Any arrears are just written off by the state.

smithke

Hi all,

Need a bit of help. My boyfriend recently bought a Seat Ibiza car/van. The car was advertised that the tax was around 190e for the year. However when my boyfriend went to tax the vehicle he was told that the tax was calculated on engine size not emissions. To tax the vehicle privately it is over 400e for the year. The vehicle is a 1.4 diesel. The point is the dealer advertised the vehicle at a different tax band so my boyfriend bought it under false pretenses. If he had known the tax was this high he would not have purchased the vehicle. I looked this up online and it says on the CCPC website it is an offense to sell a vehicle under false pretense. Can anyone help me with this as his tax is due next week and the garage are refusing to help . They also sold the vehicle without a second key which he did not know about until the vehicle was bought and inquired about it. Thanks.