Vehicle Road Tax

Groupie | 13:46 Thu 09th Dec 2021 | Motoring

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Do you still get 14 days grace on Road Tax

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bednobs

you never used to formally anyway, did you?

davebro

Probably not - I think that was back in the days when it was all done by post (if ever).

ToraToraTora

no, there has never been any grace period, that is a myth.

ToraToraTora

if you are not taxed it may take the authorities a while to notice so that could be seen as some sort of "grace" but it is not. You can still be prosecuted for being 1 day without VED though that is unlikely. You can tax a vehicle online using the main V5 or the green slip at any time, so no excuse.

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There was a period of grace when paper discs and post delivery was about

ToraToraTora

no there was not.

davebro

I once had my tax disc nicked & reported it. The cops stopped someone who was using it - he said he bought it in a pub. I said "Shouldn't he have bought one at the post office?"
I doubt if the charged him.

ToraToraTora

it's not been "road tax" since 1937.