In message , The Natural
Philosopher writes
I recieve a notice to relicense my car.

Its off road and has been for two years. So its a zero cost SORN..

I try the website:-

"Sorry, we don't have a record of that reference number"

I phone up
"Sorry, that reference number is not recognised"

And..as an afterthought they helpfully add.."V11 references are only
valid from the 15th day of the month preceding the expiry of the
current tax disc"

So, they send out a reminder at the beginning of the month, but
disallow its use for a fortnight?

I assume its just another job creation scheme, to ensure that they need
extra staff to process it around the month end.

Fer *** sake, if I can't use the thing, why send it in the first place?

Even better,

I tried retaxing my van a couple of weeks ago online

I'd got the reminder, the MOT, paid the insurance renewal, but...

because the insurance policy renewal date was the 29th, it wouldn't let
me renew online

I went straight down the post office and had a tax disk half an hour
later

then I bought a fireblade which didn't have a current (in May) tax disk,
I couldn't apply for one until 48 hours before the new month

Do they REALLY want you to tax vehicles ?




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geoff