taxing an untaxed car, mot'ing a non mot'd car

[pollock]

hey folks, just bought me a wagon off a lad.


its got no mot or tax. and at the mo its still in his name


so I fill in the form (V9 I think it is) to change it over to my name

now how do I go about taxing it? as far as I know it hasnt been taxed in a few months and no mot for some time!

the mot's handy enough I think, just go in and book it, but will the tax office want to know where its been the last 6 months or whatever etc? will I have ot pay any extra charges etc?

 

[Rocko]

U need MOT and insurance on the car before you can tax it

 

[pollock]

yea insurance is sorted, so I have to book an mot and wait like what 2/3 months before I can get it.

then tax it? will the tax office not think it even more suss that theres been no tax records for the last 9 months then or whatever

 

[Boydie]

u will have to take it on a trailor to get it MOT'd as well

 

[Marc]

u will have to take it on a trailor to get it MOT'd as well

balls... you can drive to the MOT centre without MOT

 

[pollock]

mot's not the big question here anyway, its tax. like its not been declared off the road or nothing to the tax office.


how do I go about taxing it?

 

[Boydie]

u will have to take it on a trailor to get it MOT'd as well

balls... you can drive to the MOT centre without MOT

yes but he has no tax and as said above u need mot and insurance b4 tax

 

[Cooper]

Wait until you have it MOTd before you do anything else. Ie dont drive it on the road or fook all. Then once you have the MOT, get it taxed and put into your name in one go. Nothing to worry about as long as you don't go driving it about, then you're asking for trouble.

Andy

 

[pollock]

ok so book mot now, dont drive until I get it, pop up to the LVLO office change my details on the car to me then tax it.


simple as that?

 

[Phil-Ray]

jsut say its been down south or something for that period of time or its in someones garrage or four cort and no ones taxed it.

i dont think its your problem that is hasnt got any tax befor u bought it

 

[Cooper]

Its the previous owners problem if they didn't declare it off road or whatever, as long as you make proper steps to make it road legal you've nothing to worry about. You won't be able to put the car into your name without either taxing it or declaring SORN so I'd go for the MOT first.

Andy

 

[pollock]

good man cooper, its not my problem until I go to stick into my name

 

[r16vka]

surely you should declare the sorn from the date you purchased it, then work on the mot....

 

[Gambit]

you could keep ringing the MOT people up asking for a cancellation slot instead of waiting 2-3mths for an MOT.

 

[m00k]

are they not still providing the wee excemption things for the mot ie apply and u get exemption to allow u to tax the car?

 

[Steve]

Yeah if the car has not been declared off the road, u will get an mot exemption untill the test enabling u to drive the car, but if its declared SORN then u cant drive it

 

[six_impressive_hours]

u will have to take it on a trailor to get it MOT'd as well

balls... you can drive to the MOT centre without MOT

& without tax. You do need insurance though.

james