No more tax dics

Ben · 05-12-13, 01:16 PM

End of an era?: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25223631

I keep all my old ones.

JMLAudi · 05-12-13, 01:20 PM

Money spinner for government. ........when they lapse.....fine you heavy....
As its easy to forget when to renew.

geneandbolly · 05-12-13, 02:00 PM

if you do it direct debit that shouldn't be a problem.

if they can police it properly then i say a hearty thanks for giving me more room to look out of my windscreen!

i always hated the fumbling around trying to shove it into that plastic holder and then the thing doesn't stick on to the glass again!

msh · 05-12-13, 04:51 PM

The whole flawed system of enforcing road tax payment should be axed as well, but of course, prosperous western european countries should make employment out of nothing in a way like this. Over here in latvia it is simple - when you're doing technical inspection, you're paying road tax for running year and nobody gives a damn if you have paid road tax or not, because you will pay anyway. Seems like in Lituania it is the same - oh, sorry, they introduced road tax only some years ago, before that they had only duty on fuel.

I guess british system is remnant from a past where any piece of junk was able to use public roads because there was no MOT.

nik · 05-12-13, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by msh

The whole flawed system of enforcing road tax payment should be axed as well, but of course, prosperous western european countries should make employment out of nothing in a way like this. Over here in latvia it is simple - when you're doing technical inspection, you're paying road tax for running year and nobody gives a damn if you have paid road tax or not, because you will pay anyway. Seems like in Lituania it is the same - oh, sorry, they introduced road tax only some years ago, before that they had only duty on fuel.

I guess british system is remnant from a past where any piece of junk was able to use public roads because there was no MOT.

why do we pay road tax..?oh yeah to repair roads?...well are roads in lincolnshire are shocking..........

JMLAudi · 05-12-13, 05:05 PM

Helps fund overseas aid

snoopsenior · 05-12-13, 05:57 PM

Just my Luck! bought a very nice magnetic holder at Beaulieu a few weeks ago with the family motto on.

lefthooker · 05-12-13, 06:14 PM

What does one do when one wants a refund me wonders? Currently, the system works quite well, so that if you send a disc back before the end of any given month, you will be refunded for the remaining months left on it.

ovalking · 05-12-13, 08:59 PM

I reckon it's a good idea - it should save some admin costs.
And they could save more admin costs if they got rid of the worthless SORN system....

That's a good point about sending the old one back though. I surrender mine before it runs out every year.

Coxy · 05-12-13, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by lefthooker

What does one do when one wants a refund me wonders? Currently, the system works quite well, so that if you send a disc back before the end of any given month, you will be refunded for the remaining months left on it.

it will all be done electronically.

One of our major customers (Enterprise rent-a-car) have been working on this project with the DVLA for just over a year now and it works well. They have a fleet of 73,000 cars and getting a refund on tax discs was an enormous undertaking on a monthly basis for the DVLA as it was anywhere from 4000-7000 refunds processed a month. The process now is so much easier and far more streamlined.
we have a lot of dealings with the DVLA and I have to say, up until recently, they were the most archaic concerns within the UK and so much of it could have been moved over to electronic rather than face to face years ago.
I have 65 sets of trade plates and I used to have to go to our local DVLA office and sit and wait in the queue and then go back a week later and hope that someone had handwritten them all. Now it's centralised, I pay by BACS and the new discs are sent out a few days later in the post printed off a machine and not handwritten! Until June this year, they still used to hand write everything!

05-12-13, 01:20 PM	#2
JMLAudi Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Knaresborough/Shipley Posts: 951	Money spinner for government. ........when they lapse.....fine you heavy.... As its easy to forget when to renew. Last edited by JMLAudi; 05-12-13 at 01:24 PM.

05-12-13, 02:00 PM	#3
geneandbolly 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: The Psychiatric Ward, North Ayrshire Posts: 7,490	if you do it direct debit that shouldn't be a problem. if they can police it properly then i say a hearty *thanks* for giving me more room to look out of my windscreen! i always hated the fumbling around trying to shove it into that plastic holder and then the thing doesn't stick on to the glass again! __________________ 1997 Audi S6 Ruby Red

05-12-13, 04:51 PM	#4
msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	The whole flawed system of enforcing road tax payment should be axed as well, but of course, prosperous western european countries should make employment out of nothing in a way like this. Over here in latvia it is simple - when you're doing technical inspection, you're paying road tax for running year and nobody gives a damn if you have paid road tax or not, because you will pay anyway. Seems like in Lituania it is the same - oh, sorry, they introduced road tax only some years ago, before that they had only duty on fuel. I guess british system is remnant from a past where any piece of junk was able to use public roads because there was no MOT.

05-12-13, 05:05 PM	#6
JMLAudi Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Knaresborough/Shipley Posts: 951	Helps fund overseas aid

05-12-13, 05:57 PM	#7
snoopsenior Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 34	Just my Luck! bought a very nice magnetic holder at Beaulieu a few weeks ago with the family motto on.

05-12-13, 06:14 PM	#8
lefthooker Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,655	What does one do when one wants a refund me wonders? Currently, the system works quite well, so that if you send a disc back before the end of any given month, you will be refunded for the remaining months left on it.

05-12-13, 08:59 PM	#9
ovalking Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ipswich Posts: 270	I reckon it's a good idea - it should save some admin costs. And they could save more admin costs if they got rid of the worthless SORN system.... That's a good point about sending the old one back though. I surrender mine before it runs out every year.