Car tax disc

As of 1 October 2014, the Driving Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) will stop issuing paper tax discs.  HPI has alerted Business Travel News that penalty charges can be levelled against a vehicle they no longer own.  Instead of using paper tax discs to spot tax evaders, police cameras automatically check a car’s number plate.

Shane Teskey, Senior Consumer Services Manager at HPI, the car history and financial ownership database, explains: “For used car buyers, from 1 October, the vehicle tax will no longer be transferred with the vehicle, so it’s important to ensure they get tax as soon as possible.

“Importantly, under the new rules, used car sellers are responsible for notifying the DVLA and then they will receive a refund for any months left on the vehicle tax. Sellers who fail to inform the DVLA, could be fined and they will still be liable for any speeding or parking fines and vehicle tax for a car they don’t even own any more. We remind sellers to always send the V5C to the DVLA, rather than relying on the buyer to do it.  And if they scrap a vehicle, they should get a Certificate of Destruction (CoD) from an authorised treatment facility (ATF).”  www.hpicheck.com   https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vehicle-tax-changes

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