SORN petition

Yebbut, if you buy one *with* tax, you say "good, it's got tax on it", and I
for one didn't know that the SORN needed re-applying if you buy a SORNed
one. I do now - the general perception though is that SORN is "instead of
tax" and this is reinforced by the DVLA's own reminders which say "you must
now either tax it or declare SORN" when it's due to expire.

So unless you've done it before and found out, there's nothing to tell the
average punter that if they buy a SORNed vehicle that it doesn't transfer to
the new keeper the same as a tax disc would.

 

And then when it runs out, you get a reminder, if you sent thye docs off,
or a fine if you didn't

re-applying if you buy a SORNed

The tax disc belongs to the vehicle, not the keeper.

 

quite so, but until it runs out you don't have to a damn thing.

and it's not immediately obvious that the SORN doesn't. It doesn't say
anything about SORN on the V5 in the notes about transferring it - not even
in the bit about continuous registration. In fact, it's damned silly (which
is no surprise) that the SORN doesn't stick to the vehicle, seeing as it's
the vehicle that has to be insured, taxed and MOT'd for use on the road, not
the keeper.

Of course, they could solve it by issuing a SORN disc in place of the tax
disc, then it would all be simple and plain and you'd know (by looking at
the disc) when it was due to expire - also the disc could stay with the
vehicle when it was transferred... But that'd mean that they'd lose out on
the chance to fine you for not doing something which it's not apparent that
you should need to do.

 

"Never attribute to malice that which can easily be explained by
incompetence"

 

You are a bitter man

 

YM 'adequately'

 

IPD

 

I've just about had enough of the various sneaky underhand ways the
government rip us off these days. At least when we had 30% income tax you
knew they were ripping you off up front.

It's all the stealth taxes that annoy me, and the stupid stuff like taxing
domestic fuel, so that then you have to make special payments to the poor so
they can afford to heat their house.