15-03-2014, 10:19 PM
I don't know if there's another thread on this, I couldn't find one so please refer me if there is. If not,
Does anybody else think this new proposed system is crap? OK 90% of the time it doesn't make much difference other than I don't put a new disc in every 6/12 months. Although it is a handy reminder it's not a big issue. My gripe is when selling / buying a car, you have to claim a refund on only unused months, and buy for all of the month you're in. So, hypothetically speaking I buy a car on the 2nd of the month, but don't plan to use it for 3 weeks (this isn't really hypothetical. We're buying my wife's first car in advance of passing so we can get a cheap car that needs a few jobs doing)
Anyway, seller loses 28 days of tax, I lose 20 days. Those days are paid for twice.
Now, there are laws on taxes, and the one I'm going off is you cannot be overcharged. If it isn't possible to charge the exact amount it must be less. This is why vat is always rounded down regardless of if it's 0.01p or 0.999p
As well as the government saving money on admin which is their reasoning for it (what's the betting the saving won't be passed on to us) they're going to be making more out of it. Which their being very quiet about. Yes it may be only £15 a car but how many cars are bought and sold every year? That will mount up quite nicely in their back pockets.
And once I insure a car, will it still take 5 days to register so I can tax it? Because I'm pretty sure that writing out post offices is part of the grand plan, at which point we'll be relying on that stupid website which won't tax your car until it's got updated details. V5, insurance and mot.
I'd say rant over, but it isn't. It's absolute rubbish and I for one hope that something comes about to sort this money grabbing scheme. I've had it with the innocent motorist being robbed in broad daylight!
Does anybody else think this new proposed system is crap? OK 90% of the time it doesn't make much difference other than I don't put a new disc in every 6/12 months. Although it is a handy reminder it's not a big issue. My gripe is when selling / buying a car, you have to claim a refund on only unused months, and buy for all of the month you're in. So, hypothetically speaking I buy a car on the 2nd of the month, but don't plan to use it for 3 weeks (this isn't really hypothetical. We're buying my wife's first car in advance of passing so we can get a cheap car that needs a few jobs doing)
Anyway, seller loses 28 days of tax, I lose 20 days. Those days are paid for twice.
Now, there are laws on taxes, and the one I'm going off is you cannot be overcharged. If it isn't possible to charge the exact amount it must be less. This is why vat is always rounded down regardless of if it's 0.01p or 0.999p
As well as the government saving money on admin which is their reasoning for it (what's the betting the saving won't be passed on to us) they're going to be making more out of it. Which their being very quiet about. Yes it may be only £15 a car but how many cars are bought and sold every year? That will mount up quite nicely in their back pockets.
And once I insure a car, will it still take 5 days to register so I can tax it? Because I'm pretty sure that writing out post offices is part of the grand plan, at which point we'll be relying on that stupid website which won't tax your car until it's got updated details. V5, insurance and mot.
I'd say rant over, but it isn't. It's absolute rubbish and I for one hope that something comes about to sort this money grabbing scheme. I've had it with the innocent motorist being robbed in broad daylight!