road tax

[custard]

now ive seen this sort of question posted before.
now i see some clarification on the DVLA site regarding displaying your tax disc
when buying online

You can renew your tax any day from the fifth day of the month.

If you prefer to tax in the last few days of the month, there is now an exemption from the offence of not displaying a tax disc. This exemption covers the first five working days of the month and allows time for the new disc to arrive in the post.

so you have 5 working days where you are exempt from a failure to display prosecution

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10034732

 

[Cian]

What is the punishment for no tax disc in the UK actually?

I've driven 8700km (including a bit amount in the UK) with no tax on my car due to Fiat Auto Ireland and the Revenue being rather slow in getting docs to me - I'm taxing it tomorrow. I got stopped once and let off with a laugh from the copper when I explained it was the taxman delaying me... nobody seems to give a ****e over here anymore, it seems.

 

[ChrisUK]

Your lucky then. Over here they can impound your car and you have set period to pay fine + towing and holding fee's or they crush it.

 

[Cian]

I somehow doubt they can do that for not paying foreign road tax though...

Over here they appear to be incapable of doing ANYTHING.

 

[Helz]

Even so, ANPR would show up whether the car was taxed or not during those five days so there's no grace really.

 

[custard]

but were not talking about tax.
were talking about failure to display

 

[ChrisUK]

but were not talking about tax.
were talking about failure to display

Ahhh I see silly me. Yes failure to display is just a fine I believe.

 

[Focus Owner]

true but arnt the systems updated in the morning and not real time?
nah thats impossible and daft might as well get it all the time and just send it to the car in requests
which is also alot of data
now i wonder how its done

 

[ChrisUK]

true but arnt the systems updated in the morning and not real time?
nah thats impossible and daft might as well get it all the time and just send it to the car in requests
which is also alot of data
now i wonder how its done

Police ANPR is usually Daily they dock the car with the data port back at the station.

(yes i watch police interceptors on channel 5 far to much lol).

 

[Focus Owner]

so you can say you did it this morning

i also thought that it takes 3 months for car tax to be put on the list

 

[5abr3]

so you can say you did it this morning

i also thought that it takes 3 months for car tax to be put on the list

that's what a live conformation request is for