Motor tax arrears

SO has anyone done this recently.

Is it or ISN'T it legal to avoid paying tax by transferring ownership IF you car was on the road and you just forgot to pay the last tax

The details in the log book are not necessarily the owners details but knowingly changing details to avoid paying tax in itself is a very grey area. Just because people do it doesn't make it legal. However, I'm told by someone in the motor insurance business that insuring yourself in someone elses car is an even greyer area. Be careful

Ancient thread I know but ye, it's a terrible system with the 12 month max declaration, as you say, should be able declare off road indefinitely and then just tax when required.

I get a few of those letters every year, I know one farmer who between all his vehicles gets about 20 of those letters a year. Some waste of taxpayers money, they're wasting money in order to not collect motor tax.