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DVLA Enforcement Centre Fine
DIR By: sugarray
Date: March 5, 2025, 9:57 am
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Hello all
I received a fine for not road taxing my previous car and its
£450. Its an out of court settlement. This is monsterous amount
of money are they kidding here? I sold the car around that time
(12/02/25) and was positive it had road tax but I cant fine the
docs. I checked online and it says untaxed since April 2024!!
This can't be right and not sure what to do. Any ideas?
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Re: DVLA Enforcement Centre Fine
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: March 5, 2025, 10:06 am
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> Any ideas?
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If you had taxed it you will presumably have bank statements to
that effect showing payment? Seeking them out would seem a
sensible first step.
Do you ordinarily tax your vehicle online? I got an email
receipt/confirmation from DVLA last time I did so.
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Re: DVLA Enforcement Centre Fine
DIR By: 666
Date: March 5, 2025, 10:07 am
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--- Quote from: sugarray link ---
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> Hello all
>
> I received a fine for not road taxing my previous car and its
£450. Its an out of court settlement. This is monsterous amount
of money are they kidding here? I sold the car around that time
(12/02/25) and was positive it had road tax but I cant fine the
docs. I checked online and it says untaxed since April 2024!!
This can't be right and not sure what to do. Any ideas?
>
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Have you checked your bank or card statements for around April
2024?
If you can't prove you taxed it, the £450 offer is the best you
will get.
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Re: DVLA Enforcement Centre Fine
DIR By: sugarray
Date: March 5, 2025, 10:36 am
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I checked my bank statements and found that I did buy another
car back in April so I must of cancelled the road tax to use the
new car. I couldn't get decent quote for insuranc eon the new
car and ended up selling it and the old car must have remained
without tax. After all this time I cant believe it. Is the court
settlement fair?
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Re: DVLA Enforcement Centre Fine
DIR By: 666
Date: March 5, 2025, 11:03 am
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--- Quote from: sugarray link ---
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> I checked my bank statements and found that I did buy another
car back in April so I must of cancelled the road tax to use the
new car. I couldn't get decent quote for insuranc eon the new
car and ended up selling it and the old car must have remained
without tax. After all this time I cant believe it. Is the court
settlement fair?
>
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The OOC figure is a standard amount, calculated from the tax
evaded.
If it goes to court the guideline is something like £1,000 or
five times the tax, whichever is greater.
Your choice!
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Re: DVLA Enforcement Centre Fine
DIR By: mickR
Date: March 5, 2025, 11:14 am
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how much would the road tax have been for a year?
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Re: DVLA Enforcement Centre Fine
DIR By: d612
Date: March 5, 2025, 2:29 pm
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In any event when you sell a car and inform the DVLA of this,
now the rules have changed and the DVLA cancels your old road
tax you paid on the car and sends you the remaining due for the
remainder of your year as a refund by cheque to you at your V5
registered address. The new owner then has to tax it afresh.
the "old" way of selling cars with x months left on the tax has
long since gone.
If you never received any cheque then maybe you never taxed it
in the first place......
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