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New Mon 23 Jan 12 18:35 
 best time of the month to tax a car - diddy1234
ok possibly a stupid question but when is the best time to tax a car?

for example if i were to tax a car tomorrow would it effectivly be back dated to the beginning of the month (thus loosing most of the current month)?

so if a car was taxed a few days before the end of the month is the current month included?

i know stupid question but were all confused this end.
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 18:39 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Zero
It runs concurrently from the expiry month of your current tax disk.

So if your disk expires end jan2012 , and you buy a new one now it will expire end jan 2013

So there is no best time as No gaps are allowed.
Last edited by: Zero on Mon 23 Jan 12 at 18:40
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 18:46 
 best time of the month to tax a car - devonite
this year tax it before 29th Feb to get a day extra!
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 18:50 
 best time of the month to tax a car - diddy1234
devonite, nice idea. lol

sorry forgot to add the car is currently sorn'd hence adding to the confusion
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:04 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Zero
If its sorned and you tax it now it will be End Jan 12 to End jan 13
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:09 
 best time of the month to tax a car - diddy1234
ah ok. would that mean if say the road tax was paid online wednesday the car could not be driven until the first of feb?

i was under the impression if paid and the reference number kept handy any car can be driven (even if no or out of tax disc is shown).
technically i would no be displaying a valid tax disc but am covered as it is paid.
after all you cant display a tax disc you dont have yet
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:17 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Zero
If you want to drive it now, you can tax it now, but you will have paid for all of January without using it all.

There is no concept of part months or days when it comes to tax. You drive it in any part of the month it has to be taxed for all the month.
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:13 
 best time of the month to tax a car - CGNorwich
'If its sorned and you tax it now it will be End Jan 12 to End jan 13'

Beginning Jan 12 to Beginning Jan 13 surely?
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:15 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Clk Sec
>>Beginning Jan 12 to Beginning Jan 13 surely?

That's right.
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:19 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Clk Sec
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Last edited by: Clk Sec on Mon 23 Jan 12 at 19:20
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:19 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Zero
>> 'If its sorned and you tax it now it will be End Jan 12 to
>> End jan 13'
>>
>> Beginning Jan 12 to Beginning Jan 13 surely?

Sorry correct
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:22 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Dave_
>> If its sorned and you tax it now it will be End Jan 12 to End jan 13

No it won't, it will expire 31 Dec 12. When a car is SORNed, the tax disc is surrendered and a refund is paid for any full unused months. The part-used month is then lost and cannot be "carried over", meaning that a new tax disc would start from the beginning of the current month. No grace period applies, therefore the best time to un-SORN it would be on the 1st of the month so you get all the days you've paid for.

EDIT: Overlapping posts, whoops.
Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Mon 23 Jan 12 at 19:23
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:34 
 best time of the month to tax a car - diddy1234
ok will do that then.
thanks for all of the replies
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New Mon 23 Jan 12 19:50 
 best time of the month to tax a car - VxFan
You only get 12 months and 'x' days RFL when buying a new car.

Otherwise, as stated above - up to 12 months, but usually only 11 months and 'x' days unless you buy it at the start of the month.
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New Tue 24 Jan 12 08:56 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Falkirk Bairn
. No grace period applies, therefore
>> the best time to un-SORN it would be on the 1st of the month so
>> you get all the days you've paid for.


I do not wish to be nit picking but the best Sorn date is 30th / 31st of the month - return /cash in the RFL on the 1st of the month LOSES another month's tax.
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New Tue 24 Jan 12 09:03 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Dave_
>> I do not wish to be nit picking

>> but the best Sorn date is 30th / 31st of the month - return /cash in the RFL on the 1st of the month
>> LOSES another month's tax.

Me neither, but the OP is asking the opposite question - when to bring a stored car back into use :)
Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Tue 24 Jan 12 at 09:04
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New Tue 24 Jan 12 08:46 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Cliff Pope
>> It runs concurrently from the expiry month of your current tax disk.
>>
>>
>>

I don't think so. Consecutively, surely?
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New Tue 24 Jan 12 09:11 
 best time of the month to tax a car - sherlock47
Z said
>>There is no concept of part months or days when it comes to tax. You drive it in any part of the month it has to be taxed for all the month. <<<

IIRC when I bought a new car in 2006 the dealer actually taxed it for 12months +2weeks at a prorata rate on a single tax disc. I was very surprised at the time, and not sure it is still possible. The dealer did not do it for the last new car in 2008!
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New Tue 24 Jan 12 09:38 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Cliff Pope
>> Z said
>> >>There is no concept of part months or days when it comes to tax. You
>> drive it in any part of the month it has to be taxed for all
>> the month. <<<
>>
>

Supposing you have a car on SORN, and on say 5th of a month you sneak out on the road for a test run. Then on the 10th you realise you have been caught, so you hastily go and buy tax. You will have to pay for the full month. But I don't think that retrospectively means that you were taxed after all. SORN was still in force on the 5th, and the tax will only run from the 10th.
Is that how it works? You pay for a full month, but the tax only runs for part of the month?
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New Tue 24 Jan 12 09:38 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Bill Payer
>> IIRC when I bought a new car in 2006 the dealer actually taxed it for
>> 12months +2weeks at a prorata rate on a single tax disc. I was very surprised
>> at the time, and not sure it is still possible. The dealer did not do
>> it for the last new car in 2008!
>>
It can only be done on new cars at first registration. Seen it a few times on company lease cars but never remembered to ask when buying own cars!
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New Tue 24 Jan 12 12:01 
 best time of the month to tax a car - Tigger
>> IIRC when I bought a new car in 2006 the dealer actually taxed it for
>> 12months +2weeks at a prorata rate on a single tax disc. I was very surprised
>> at the time, and not sure it is still possible. The dealer did not do
>> it for the last new car in 2008!
>>
Definately still possible. I got 12m + a week on my MX-5 last year
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