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Insurance and car tax
My girlfriend passed her test last week. She insured the car today but she can't get tax until she has the insurance certificate. Why can't she use the e-mail confirmation certificate of her insurance instead of waiting a week for it to come in the post?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If you want to tax a car at a post office the clerk has to see the original insurance certificate. An e-mail confirmation is not such a document.
As soon as a policy is taken out the details should be placed on the database used for the on line taxation process. You can check whether this has been done here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVe hicle/Motorinsurance/DG_071948
Apllying on line may speed up the process, but you still cannot legally use the car until the disc has been received through the post.
As soon as a policy is taken out the details should be placed on the database used for the on line taxation process. You can check whether this has been done here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVe hicle/Motorinsurance/DG_071948
Apllying on line may speed up the process, but you still cannot legally use the car until the disc has been received through the post.
Unfortunately not.
The Post Office Counter Service has not yet progressed into the digital age and they still require a paper original cetificate of insurance.
All the details are here:
http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/content1 ;jsessionid=KQUNQLIRKMXPWFB2IGVUUBQUHRA0UQ2K?c atId=19100193&mediaId=19100270
The Post Office Counter Service has not yet progressed into the digital age and they still require a paper original cetificate of insurance.
All the details are here:
http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/content1 ;jsessionid=KQUNQLIRKMXPWFB2IGVUUBQUHRA0UQ2K?c atId=19100193&mediaId=19100270
I work for an insurance company and we can email all documents within the hour of setting a policy up. We dont use any embossed paper or signatures on our paperwork so as long as you print a good clear copy of the certificate (i.e using a laser jet printer) then your documents will be accepted by the post office.
As for the comment about Swiftcover being cheap, they are cheap because they are an online based company only. If you need to discuss ANYTHING about your policy at all the number they give you is a premium rate number which is where they make their money
As for the comment about Swiftcover being cheap, they are cheap because they are an online based company only. If you need to discuss ANYTHING about your policy at all the number they give you is a premium rate number which is where they make their money