paulr

just found out my car tax ran out end of november,can i fill in a SORN backdated and then renew my car tax from yesterday?

paulr

just found out you cant,obviously.........ah well,better nip off and get it taxed.

(like you dont pay enough already)

OllyK

Expect a nice little surprise in the post from the DVLA in the form of a fine too!

suprabeast

i thought they fined ya within a couple of weeks!

talk about take their time!!

Stueyb

When I did it a few months back they give you 2 weeks after the expiry to do it. That was what the woman at the dvla said anyhow.

paulr

They wont let me tax it backdated.the thing is i never got a reminder?

maybe i should tax it from yesterday and hope i dont get a fine.

Jap2Scrap

Can I ask a serious question? How can you not notice your tax is out of date? By TWO months? lol.. Your poor car must never get a wash MOT I can understand, but tax.. pmsl

Lum

What if you always take your car to a car wash and pay some chav a fiver to do it rather than waste an hour of your own time?

Glad of this thread though. I need to re-SORN my old Escort, so thanks.

midget1500

emmm i didn't SORN my car for about 4 months until after its tax ran out - i backdated the form and i received my SORN document and they had used the backdated date, so it worked

paulr

I always wait for the postal reminder,but never got one.Plus.....i have a life.

NotoriousREV

I got chased for SORN once, told them I'd filled the form in and posted it to the address given. Not my problem if they didn't receive it

paulr

but were you using the car?
Also i dont really want to do that,cos i was done for doing 38 in a 30 day after boxing day,so to say i wasnt using my car would mean me lying on a legal declaration.

just want to be able to tax the **cking thing!!!!!!!

Jye

Same here, of course I filled out the form and sent it away

Not my fault that the postal service is a sham

Flatcapdriver

Did you ever hear from them? I've just put my Landy back on the road and forgot to sent the SORN in so hopefully this tactic will work for me too, given that I've just taxed it today.

paulr

may just wing it then.....

midget1500

no, my car was off the road (well, in the garage and stripped down to a bare bodyshell!). i'd just forgotten to get it SORN'd

paulr

Jye and Rev....did you ever hear from them?

Leslie

I supppose all you can do is to tax it Paul and keep your head down. Hopefully they wont catch up with you.

Les

pslewis

£85 fine isn't it?

Expect a fine in a week or two!

Pete

Jye

No m8

They wouldnt have a leg to stand on these days with the state of the postal service, would they? So until they start asking for recorded delivery they can kiss it for the odd time they dont get one

Lum

Same happened to me with an allegedly unsubmited SORN declaration. I got the notice of a fine and the form to fill in if you have taked it.

I just wrote "SORN declataion sent by post" in the box for "which post office did you tax it at" and filled the rest in properly. Not heard a thing in 10 months or so now. But that could just be because the post office lost my court summons

StickyMicky

with speeding and non car tax fines?