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[terry paget]

Now the law on car tax has changed, How do I legally buy and drive home a used car? Presuming it has MOT, I can organise insurance over the phone, but can I road tax it? Has DVLA some way of instant taxing on purchase? Should I simply insure, purchase, drive home and tax on line the following day?
There must be some way of doing it. I recall in the past used car dealers simply stuck on the windscreen discs saying 'Tax applied for'.

[pauls]

It should be taxed by present owner just drive it home and tax it the next day. Make sure you insure it first.

When you tax it the present owner will get back his tax

[zirk]

The System says you need to Tax it before you drive it away or face a Fine, via online or telephone (24 hour), car needs to be MOTed in order to Tax it, believe or not you dont need Insurance in place to Tax it anymore, you just declare you have a valid Insurance in place (obviously you need Insurance in place to be road legal).

Assuming the car is already Taxed and not Sorn by the previous keeper, the Tax (on the system) wont drop off the system until DVLA receives the Change of Keeper details via the Post. So you can make your own mind up on that one. 

[05omegav6]

Takes two minutes to do online and is pretty much instant

[Broomies Mate]

The last car I bought (from a garage forecourt) was not taxed.  I used the garage computer to tax it online.  Took all of 3 minutes.  Wouldn't take any longer on a smartphone. 

[deviator]

As said above, I believe you can now tax it using the Green Slip of V5.

When I picked up my Mig on Saturday, it hadn't got anything on it. I pre-booked an MOT (with reg number) and day policyed it to get it home. I am expecting letters from either the police, the DVLA or both.

I'll write back and explain. Insurance is the big one as it's criminal, MOT/Tax are civil.

[MV6Gaz]

Bought two cars recently and could not tax them with the green slip, the online system is a beta version and I don't think it works with older logbooks,
Both were taxed so the seller will not get a refund for the current month, then dvla get another payment from me for the same month, twice the payment for one months tax, ripoff!!!

[zirk]

Bought two cars recently and could not tax them with the green slip, the online system is a beta version and I don't think it works with older logbooks,
Both were taxed so the seller will not get a refund for the current month, then dvla get another payment from me for the same month, twice the payment for one months tax, ripoff!!!

Yep, had some issues on the older ones online not working, but worked at the Post Office, also believe the new ones, that have a different number on the New Keepers Slip, can only be taxed using that slip if the car is currently taxed. Maybe that's the bit that is supposed to ping the system as to a New Owner.

Either way, as said, if the car is road legal and already taxed by the current Owner, then it wont show any issues up on the system on the way home, if you get my drift.

[EMD]

Or alternatively rent a trailer £50 a day here 

[terry paget]

Or alternatively rent a trailer £50 a day here 

I looked into that, found one here for £35 a day, but they weigh half a ton, and I would need a tractor weighing more than trailer plus load, i.e. not another Omega. I would need to hire a car recovery vehicle, I imagine they are more expensive.

[Nick W]

Hiring a large van based transporter costs about £100 a day here.
But you can't carry an Omega on one.

[kevinp58]

When I got the Monaro last month I taxed it online with the green slip no problem. 

[X30XE]

Key point of note : You have to apply for tax in your name Immediately (well within 24hrs) of purchase even if it still shows as taxed until the end of the month.

I bought a car on the 15th of April and it said online taxed until 1st May so I didn't bother taxing it till then. (bearing in mind I only got the v5c back on 29th or something). The online thing warned that they may be in contact re: lack of continuity of tax/sorn.  You don't even get the balance of the month that someone else already paid for. Robbing bar stewards. 

[Terbs]

When I bought the last Omega 4 weeks ago, the Sales place gave me the green slip. I went online and taxed it (DVLA Beta system) before I went to collect the car. Took all of two minutes, just had to enter the reference number on the green slip, and did not even have to enter my name etc. Doddle

[humbucker]

It should be taxed by present owner just drive it home and tax it the next day. Make sure you insure it first.

When you tax it the present owner will get back his tax

This is incorrect.

Unfortunately, road tax can no longer be passed on with the sale of a car. The car's new owner needs to tax it before hitting the road. Tax is refunded to the car's previous owner when he or she requests cancellation.

Easy enough to get fresh tax by firing up the DVLA website on your phone/tablet/computer and punching in the car's particulars.