Renew your Road Tax online!

[telford_mike]

I didnt know about this (apologies if everyone else did!)

http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.ukhttp://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk

 

[specialK]

well I didnt know, and its a lot better than having to queue for at least half an hour in a post office - that is when you can find one that actually does car tax applications.

Cheers Mike

 

[DAVE_RSi]

didnt know that, would b really handy as gettin tax around work is hard work

how does it work though cos post offices need 2 c V5 and insurance etc etc so how can it b done online???

 

[telford_mike]

You have to know the ref number from the V5. It verifies insurance via the insurance database that the police and solicitors use. Not sure how it copes with MOTs, but theres a lot of explaination on the site.

 

[Tom]

f**king Bullsh*t pointless tax

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!

 

[dk]

that is really useful, i heard they were doing trials of this a few months ago with a small group of guinea pigs so am glad they have rolled it out. Im surprised I havent seen any adverts for it though.

 

[jon_r]

Damn, mine is due to be done on the 1st, not enough time to do it online!

 

[H182]

nice 1. ill try that next time. thanks

 

[Daipac]

Much much better than queuing for all your lunch hour along with all the other tax paying people !

 

[Iain C]

good idea.... I have qing with the coffin dodgers

 

[Daz]

Cool, also means you get one printed by a machine and not hand written.

I was going to go to the DVLA to get my renewel, just so I got a clean looking disc.

 

[Moby]

Very good mike - thanks for that post!

 

[RobFenn]

Yeah ditto that, nice one Mike.

-Rob

 

[Toypop]

This wasnt very well advertised!! You think the Govt would have been promoting this heavily?

Well played Mike.

 

[FlamingMonkey]

Apparently you have to be invited to use this service it will appear on you Tax remider, as I just rang the DVLA, trying to tax my Willy.

Apparently you also have to have a car under 3 years old at the moment, and be insured by Ford?? something or other to use the online form.

Pile of sh*t really as I still have to trundle down to the post office for my tax.

 

[ricjax99]

At last!!!!!!! i dont have to spend 2hrs queuing with old bints discussing the local gossip at the PO

[Edited by ricjax99 on 26 August 2004 at 1:16pm]

^^^^ Arse!!!!!

 

[telford_mike]

Ive just renewed my road tax on the site - everything seemed to work fine - just have to wait and see whether the disc arrives!

 

[matlow]

ive just renewed online aswell, all i have to do now is hope the bugger turns up before the 1st. why do i always leave everything till the last minute sigh

 

[boyced]

what happens if it doesnt arrive before the 1st? I always by my tax the day before, money is better of in my account than theirs!

 

[telford_mike]

update - disc arrived this morning!!

 

[paddymph]

hmm, never knew u could do this either??

nice one

 

[Liam]

i used to do this couple of years ago with ford insure they could sent me tax after paying online, they knoew no mot was neededa dn they insured me so they sent tax

 

[Brazo]

Quote: Originally posted by Tomclio182 on 26 August 2004


f**king Bullsh*t pointless tax

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!

Errrrrrr if it wasnt for road tax we wouldnt have such a good NHS service

 

[edde]

No need to do it online I can do it jus as quick only took 2 minutes did it whilst the kettle was boiling this morning.

£85 though its extorsion.

 

[telford_mike]

lol, are you a postmaster?

 

[BRUN]

an to think, the other day i actually queued up to do this !

 

[telford_mike]

Quote: Originally posted by brazo on 28 August 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Tomclio182 on 26 August 2004


f**king Bullsh*t pointless tax

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!

Errrrrrr if it wasnt for road tax we wouldnt have such a good NHS service

fair enough, but this is not a thread about the validity or otherwise of road tax, its a public information announcement informing you that you can do it online

 

[DAVE_RSi]

cool, bump 4 this 1, need to do mine in a week, better order early

 

[MattyMarsh]

Do they accept credit cards yet ? They said sometime in 2004.

Would be nice to pay by credit card. £160 is a lot of money to find in one hit.

 

[Smokey]

Quote: Originally posted by jon_r on 26 August 2004

Damn, mine is due to be done on the 1st, not enough time to do it online!



Why how long does it take?

You get 2 weeks Grace with road tax anyway.

 

[® Andy]

Quote: Originally posted by MattyMarsh on 24 November 2004


Do they accept credit cards yet ? They said sometime in 2004.

Would be nice to pay by credit card. £160 is a lot of money to find in one hit.

Currently only debit cards.

Also need to be a new style computer generated MOT certificate.

 

[KDF]

What if your car doesnt have an MOT ?? eg < 3 years old ?



Oh and excellent find, didnt know about this at all, yes it is a waste of money and pointless ripoff etc... but at least it makes it easier for me to let them rip me off.

 

[Daz.]

bloody end of december mine - of all the times!

 

[Tiger]

how do they tackle the MOT then?

 

[® Andy]

Quote: Originally posted by Tiger on 24 November 2004

how do they tackle the MOT then?

Appears that new style MOT is certificate is computer generated, and so is a central database somewhere that knows about your MOT.

 

[DAVE_RSi]

What aload of mailto:w@nk">w@nk, wont let me do it because i have an old mot apparently, 6 months old, that aint bloody old u c*nts, thought this had been going for ages but obviously not

grrrrrrrrrrrrr gota go post office sometime now, aload of w*nk, means i gota find all my insurance docs now aswel, just moved house so going 2 be a nightmare , noooooooooooooo :-(