by lord13 » Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:18 am
I don't see why this is an issue, it's only a couple of quid, £30 max per month, to tax online, and you don't usually have to pay until a couple of weeks later when the direct debit comes into play.
So the guy before you paid tax already for that month, oh well, he knew it was for sale, he could've sorned it, and if you wanted to drive it you will have to tax it anyway so you were going to pay the tax so what's the problem? YOU didn't pay twice did you?
Also, if you buy a car that is taxed, the tax status does not change until you submit the log book with a change of keeper or you tax it yourself. Until then it shows as 'taxed' so you can drive it home without a problem. If it is untaxed you simply do it online, either by smartphone or computer. If you don't have a smartphone, just do it by computer before you go to pick it up.
OK so the HMRC gets a few more quid out of everybody... well classic owners have had a few more tax breaks than everyone else with the re-introduction of a rolling tax exemption, so they will have to get that lost revenue back from somewhere, and this is a great money spinner for them. I personally think that if you rock the boat over this particular issue then we will lose the rolling tax exemption again. Let's think about it for a moment, this new rolling tax exemption was brought in under EU rule right? And come 31st of October, when we stupidly pull the plug, all EU rules and regs will be up for review won't they? Add to that the fact that this country will be going under financially and I think that the Government will be wanting to get all the money they can to keep afloat, so I wouldn't complain about this sort of thing for fear of losing the exemption tax break, they have to balance the books, so whatever they give to one, they take from another.
And above all, there are far more important issues to take up with the government, stop being greedy and quibbling over a couple of quid for tax when you buy a car, just factor that into your budget and take your medicine, some people can't afford to feed their kids, so don't witter over the odd twenty or thirty quid you have to shell out for tax when you buy a second hand car . . . it's petty.
- and before you say " it is dead easy on line with a Smartphone" Adrian not everyone is as savvy as you 
or even has the technology 
- at least it has promoted some discussion 
as he says...it's in my nature to have a little whinge about things... If I put away my soapbox I wouldn't have anything to do 