What's needed to Tax my car?

[Toms306]

Inorder to tax a car, you need a valid MOT and insurance. MOT can't be due to expire I.E, within 2 weeks of expiring i think it is to tax online. If you do it in the post office, you can do it even before the day the MOT runs out.
If you do it online on say for example the 29th of this month and on the 30th the last tax period runs out, you have 16 days (why 16 i don't know!) for the new disc to arrive and for you to put it in the windscreen. Tbh, they don't even check discs any more as its all online now hence why as of October this year, you will no longer get a disc.

Ah okay my tax runs out on 31/05/2014 and I'm taxing it on 01/06/2014 so I should have to wait 16 days if I do it online? And how do I prove I have insurance if I'm taxing it the same day as I insure it? Do I use the email that I'll be sent?

Nialls confusing things there tbh. You don't have to wait at all. If you tax it on the 1st online, the disc COULD take 16 days to arrive, and in that time you cant be fined for not displaying it in the window.

You will be sent a confirmation email yeah, and if you use an online system for the insurance the documents are all available to print off immediately. That's how I do it with Admiral anyway.