Car Tax query- anybody in the know?

[blue b4 the moon]

My sons car has been SORN for 6 months but is now MOT'd & Insured.

I need to pick it up from it's off the road location and it will then be parked on the Public Highway.

However, he went to Tax it on 17/08 for 12 months and the Post office have given him a Tax Disc which expires on 31/08/12. I would have thought it would expire on 31/07/12. I didn't see what he put on his form etc but can anyone confirm if the car is 'legal' or not at the moment or will I have to leave it off road until 01/09/11?

I'd guess the latter but i anyone has had experience of this or in the trade any advice would be welcome.

 

[shadygiz]

My sons car has been SORN for 6 months but is now MOT'd & Insured.

I need to pick it up from it's off the road location and it will then be parked on the Public Highway.

However, he went to Tax it on 17/08 for 12 months and the Post office have given him a Tax Disc which expires on 31/08/12. I would have thought it would expire on 31/07/12. I didn't see what he put on his form etc but can anyone confirm if the car is 'legal' or not at the moment or will I have to leave it off road until 01/09/11?

I'd guess the latter but i anyone has had experience of this or in the trade any advice would be welcome.

the tax disk is legal....the post office cannot back date the tax to the start of the month, so they have to issue you a disk from the end of that month (august)

 

[the mystery illness]

this happened to me last year , i rang them & they told me as long as the tax disk is displayed i was road legal , they do not issue tax discs that are post dated , if this was the case you would not have received your disk until the beginning of next month

hope this helps mate.

 

[Big G]

My sons car has been SORN for 6 months but is now MOT'd & Insured.

I need to pick it up from it's off the road location and it will then be parked on the Public Highway.

However, he went to Tax it on 17/08 for 12 months and the Post office have given him a Tax Disc which expires on 31/08/12. I would have thought it would expire on 31/07/12. I didn't see what he put on his form etc but can anyone confirm if the car is 'legal' or not at the moment or will I have to leave it off road until 01/09/11?

I'd guess the latter but i anyone has had experience of this or in the trade any advice would be welcome.

The car is legal and can go on the road, thats the important bit.
As the car was currently not taxed and was SORN the disc should have been issued to run from start of August to end of July, the PO clerk has made a boob, if you was to tax it online then thats how it would have been issued.
I SORN my bikes over winter and cannot tax them until the start of the month as if I tax them midway through they are dated back to the start of that month (ie tax it on 16th April has disc starting from 1 April).
You have nothing to worry about, put the disc in the window and away you go.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Cheers lads.<br /><br />-- Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:21 am --<br /><br />Cheers lads.