jos
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 08:31 AM |
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Car Tax and DVLA
Well the reminder dropped on my mat a few weeks ago and i finally got round to going to the post office to stump up the readies.
Got my V5 just in case and my cover note AND certificate, also just in case
Got to the post office, handed over the paperwork. "do you have your MOT certificate sir", nope says I, "sorry, cant do anything
without the MOT cert".
They send me to DVLA
Get to DVLA's (old) offices to find theyve moved, so go to the new place. Take my ticket and wait for half an hour before being seen to (ooh
sir)
Girl asks me how she can help so i explain that Ive got a kitcar and its got an age related plate but that it was first registered in the UK in 2005
and that I didnt have an MOT cert last year and definately dont have one this year but that the PO wont process the tax disc because the reminder says
I need an MOT cert.
A bit of too-ing ang fro-ing and I walk out 5 minutes later with a new tax disc.
woo hoo
[Edited on 29/11/07 by jos]
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worX
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 08:38 AM |
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Quality - at least it didn't sound too painful mate!
I did mine online...
Steve
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 08:44 AM |
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Two options to save the hassle:
1) Do it online - quick, simple, no documents needed and it arrives in the post in a couple of days.
2) Download form V112 (exemption from MOT testing) from here: http://www.dvla.gov.uk/forms/onlineforms.aspx then the post office will not ask
questions about not having an MOT.
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Humbug
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 08:54 AM |
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I didn't know there was a tax on cats 
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DarrenW
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 09:06 AM |
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PO's scan the log book and computer says what docs are required (i think). If the V5 was coded wrong then they will ask for MOT. I had similar
issue 6 months after first registration - ended up sending paperwork into DVLA office. They issued V5 and returned docs to Swansea. Second tax time PO
did ask for cert but i managed to baffle them and got the tax. Third time i did it online with no trouble.
Seems to be a hit and miss afair. Glad you got sorted out.
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Humbug
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 09:28 AM |
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v hit and miss. I didn't do an MOT before SVA but when I got the renewal it said MOT required. Tried online and it also said it was required.
Went to the PO with V5 in hand, explained, and they crossed out the line which said MOT required! Same thing after year 2
Next year I will need an MOT... or maybe not, as the tax disc runs out before the 3 year limit
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graememk
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 11:03 AM |
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did mine online with no probs
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DarrenW
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 11:16 AM |
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quote:
Next year I will need an MOT... or maybe not, as the tax disc runs out before the 3 year limit
Nice try but i know that you know that you will still need MOT even if you tax it a few weeks before its due.
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