Motor tax arrears

Polo_Cluvie

So i bought my car on the 30 June. It was off the road since Sept 19. I got reg document in the post today and as i was trying to tax it online I realised they were charging me 51e arrears for the month of june! This makes no sense. I bought the car on the last day of the month for Gods sake. Anyone experience similiar?

99nsr125

Polo_Cluvie wrote: »

So i bought my car on the 30 June. It was off the road since Sept 19. I got reg document in the post today and as i was trying to tax it online I realised they were charging me 51e arrears for the month of june! This makes no sense. I bought the car on the last day of the month for Gods sake. Anyone experience similiar?

Everyone has at some stage

It's the way the work

Polo_Cluvie

Polo_Cluvie wrote: »

So i bought my car on the 30 June. It was off the road since Sept 19. I got reg document in the post today and as i was trying to tax it online I realised they were charging me 51e arrears for the month of june! This makes no sense. I bought the car on the last day of the month for Gods sake. Anyone experience similiar?

It was always that way. You should have had it registered for the 1st of the next month.
Theres no way around it now unless you want to change it to someone else, tax it, and change it back but hardly worth it for a month.

Gooey Looey

Polo_Cluvie wrote: »

So i bought my car on the 30 June. It was off the road since Sept 19. I got reg document in the post today and as i was trying to tax it online I realised they were charging me 51e arrears for the month of june! This makes no sense. I bought the car on the last day of the month for Gods sake. Anyone experience similiar?

Take it as a lesson learned. You owe arrears for June. In this situation it is better to ask the seller if it's ok to date the change of ownership for the 1st of July.

Polo_Cluvie

I wonder if i actually went to the motor tax counter and explained my case would it make any difference?

Gooey Looey

Polo_Cluvie wrote: »

I wonder if i actually went to the motor tax counter and explained my case would it make any difference?

Go for it Karen!

ianob7

You can declare it off the road online for June to august then a few hours later when you tax it should just charge tax from July

bazz26

Polo_Cluvie wrote: »

I wonder if i actually went to the motor tax counter and explained my case would it make any difference?

The person at the counter doesn't make up the rules, they simply follow them. You will be told "the computer says no".

Polo_Cluvie

Lesson learnt. 51e down the swanny

Dylanbridges

Someone mentioned changing ownership and paying tax and changing back to avoid arrears... Does this loophole still exist?

Dylanbridges

gilberto_eire wrote: »

It was always that way. You should have had it registered for the 1st of the next month.
Theres no way around it now unless you want to change it to someone else, tax it, and change it back but hardly worth it for a month.

Is this loophole still working?

BronsonTB

Dylanbridges wrote: »

Someone mentioned changing ownership and paying tax and changing back to avoid arrears... Does this loophole still exist?

To save on one months tax arrears??


Yes you could change ownership to avoid arrears but it would want to be alot in arrears to be doing that. (Devalues with more owners, length of time to get doc changed over etc)

Heres Johnny

Ah don't worry about it , only 50 quid and a lesson for the rest of your car buying days.
I bought a car on 22nd December 2018, only got 9 days tax out of that month but didnt mind.
Buying a 4 year old car that turned 5 in 9 days is a different matter!