Taxing ancient vehicles

[standarda]

Once your ancient Standard has passed it MOT ( vehicle last on the road in the sixties) and you have got you insurance cover note in your hand do you have to pay the full road fund duty in advance and then get it refunded when the powers that be ammend the data base to change the vehicle taxation class from unlicenced to exempt, or do you just remind the people at the post office that a vehicle built before the 2nd world war should be exempt.

[tony3]

Hi i assume your log book doesnt say historic vehicle. When i first taxed mine i had to pay the duty because my log book didnt state the above, this i did get refunded, if you have a local vehicle licencing office im sure you can get it sorted there, hope this is some help.

[webmaster]

I have experienced this myself with an older registration document which classified the car as "Private Light Goods". If you take the document to the post office they will either refuse to deal with it or you will have to pay the Road Tax, because it is PLG, regardless of its age. If however, you take it and the MoT to your nearest DVLA office, they will amend the computer there and then to "Exempt"and issue a tax disk immediately, for free. You will get a new Reg Document a few days later through the post.

My experiece was pre-SORN so the rules might be different now.

You can find your nearest DVLA office by clicking here
www.dvla.gov.uk/local/lo_map.htm

Hope to see more about your interesting vehicle soon?

Regards,
Webmaster

[standarda]

Thanks for your help. A visit to the Post office this week will no doubt result in me parting with some hard earned only to be refunded at a later date.

[standarda]

I went down the Post office today with my Mot, Insurance and V5C expecting to have to pay for a tax disc but no, the bar code on the V5C was read electronically and 'the system' stated that no duty was due despite the V5C listing the vehicle as NOT LICENSED and not HISTORIC VEHICLE EXEMPT.
The V5C was updated manually by the counter assistant and signed by myself to be sent off and updated at Swansea.
All done in minutes with no unnecessary form filling.

[tony3]

Glad to hear that the system works, the money is better off in your pocket, more to spend on spares now

all the best tony

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