New tax disc question?
 

My tax is up at the end of October. If I buy a disc NOW, can I display THAT disc now, or do I need to wait until the old one runs out?

You have to wait until the old one runs out, although Ive done this countless times and people only seem interested in the expiry date.


Simon

By law you can't display the new disc until the first of the month.

But the chances of a too early disc being spotted by an actual living police officer are slim bordering on non-existent. You're more likely to be spotted by ANPR, so assuming you have a disc that covers the remains of the preceding period, you will probably be OK.

No you can buy a new one from something like the 5th or 12th of the Month you expire in. You can do it online at the DVLA site.

as Cris says, unless you have no Tax on the car now, and are hoping that if you get one from November that will sufficem then only an eagle eyed traffic warden or an ANPR camera car will get you.

Knowing my luck, every eagle eyed warden, police officer etc etc in the country will be holidaying in Scunny .
Better to wait and do it right, methinks. If ANYONE is going to get caught out here, I know who it's going to be:(

I guess that there's nothing to stop you displaying both at the same time

Ha! I bet I'd be the one to find there was:(

Go on Jeff, give it a go and let us know how you get on. :norty: :D

****s sake, buy it early online, get it in the post 5 days later then swap the paper disk over when the current one expires!
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Errrrrrrrrrr, isn't that what I just SAID I was gonna do?

No I believe you must have been talking French dear boy :D

No, you sound like you are spinning around all in a tizz and making no sense.:freak3:

Why would you even think about displaying the new disk early? You just swap the paper disk over when the old one expires. It's so simple a 4 y/o could do it.

Actually, as long as the computer system tells it that your fully paid up, an ANPR camera won't give a toss if you've got a tax disc from 20 years ago taped to your windscreen ;)

Are you Pete Lewis with a new alias, or a whole new troll with it's own identity :wonder:

Yeah I meant the month before you expire.

From Direct Gov. site

"A current tax disc must be displayed on the vehicle it was bought for. If you buy a new tax disc before your current tax disc expires, you should not display the new one until the old one has expired. The new tax disc is only valid from the first day of the month you have taxed from. The maximum penalty for failure to display a current tax disc is £200."

I've always done this since you could tax online. If i got the maximum fine of £200, i'm sure i could get more from some story hungry tabloid paper on how being too efficient is now a crime. You'd have to get the most jobsworth Copper to even get anything more than a warning. As mentioned above they are ANPR machines not ATDR machines:D

If you are that unlucky then just wait, then forget and get nicked for not displaying a valid tax disc :lol1:

Aaron:thumb:

The only time cops bother looking for out of date tax discs is during heir first two year probationary period in which they have to submit two correctly completed forms (CLA2.6 I think) to qualify, after that, they don't care unless they are on a fishing trip.

I would be very surprised if you were done for showing it early. You could of course display both!

Les :)