Ive Got Two Moans About The Dvla

[trt]

1st is::, Why do they charge £2.50 extra for buying your road tax on-line when you are saving them time and money by posting your form.

With the closure of 4 local Post Offices in my Town, the only way to tax your car is at the main PO, which always has about 20 people in the queue.

2nd is::, The tax disc still comes with those perforated holes all around it, and when I attempt to separate from the form, it always seems to tear.

Surely there's a simpler way of printing them off in this day and age of technology, especially the price we have pay?

Rant Over!

[paddywak]

You won't have to worry about the perforations soon as the actual disc is being scrapped some time this year and a new system based on electronic number plate reading is coming into effect.

[Jeza]

You only pat extra if you use a credit card. So use a debit card instead.

[tonyav]

I always pay by debit card no extra £2.50 then, I have found that snipping around the perforations with a pair of nail scissors works well.

[Buenchico]

As has been indicated, the £2.50 charge is for using a credit (rather than debit card). It apples both online and at Post Offices. (For several years, credt cards couldn't be used at Post Offices to pay for Road Tax. If you tried to use one you were asked for an alternative means of payment and/or advised to take out a cash advance on your credit card, which in itself incurred charges from the lender. Writen from experience!):
https://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/app/home/help#topic2

Getting the tax disc away from the surrounding paper is easy if you keep the forefinger and thumb of one hand (either side of the paper) touching those of the other hand while keeping the perforations in the middle. Not that it matters much anyway because, as has been written above, the tax disc will shortly disappear. Further, you'll be able to pay monthly (as well as 6-monthly or annually) by direct debit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/direct-debit-and-abolition-of-the-tax-disc

[trt]

I paid by debit card!!!!!

## Further, you'll be able to pay monthly (as well as 6-monthly or annually) by direct debit: ##

And I suppose you will have to pay extra for that!

[Mamyalynne]

There should not be a charge on a Debit Card, ask them about it.



https://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/app/home/intro?skin=directgov

[Buenchico]

>>>And I suppose you will have to pay extra for that!

Well you already pay 10% extra if you pay for 2 x 6 months, instead of 12 months, so it's unlikely to get any worse!

[black_cat51]

if i think about it, i would have more than 2 moans about them!

[Prudie]

You shouldn't have paid extra for using a debit card, maybe you accidentally picked the wrong drop down?

I have to say that I find the DVLA website one of the best 'official' websites there is and buying my tax disc online couldn't be simpler and is so much more convenient. They still have to post the reminder and the disc BTW.

[ABerrant]

From Chris's 2nd link...

"From 1 October 2014 motorists will be able to pay vehicle tax by direct debit annually, biannually or monthly. There will be no additional handling fees for annual payments but to limit the impact on the public finances there will be a small surcharge of 5% of vehicle tax for biannual and monthly payments. This is half of the 10% surcharge that is currently applied to 6 monthly tax discs and which has been in existence for a number of decades."

[hc4361]

I agree, Prudie, I used to dread the very long queues at the PO for my new tax disc - and these days we don't even have to sort out our tax and insurance certificates to do it online.

[Prudie]

exactly hc, no more rooting around in cupboards and drawers to find the damned certs!