When You Renew Your Road Tax Does It Start On The Day You Renew It

[Jogest]

I going to renew my road tax a month early as I will be away when it expires.

[Zacs-Master]

No need to:
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-advance

[Hopkirk]

If you renew it now it will be backdated to the 1st of August.

[Hopkirk]

Ignore that. I was thinking of taking a vehicle you had just purchased, not a renewal.

[THECORBYLOON]

I see the website says you can apply up to two months in advance yet the application form says you can apply only from the fifth of the month. It's also odd that you can apply sooner in writing, yet if you do it online, it's not possible before the fifth of the month.