Important Changes to Tax Discs 01 October 2014

From 1 October 2014, the paper tax disc will no longer need to be displayed on a vehicle. If you have a tax disc with any months left to run after this date, then it can be removed from the vehicle and destroyed. This includes customers with a Northern Ireland address; however they will still need to display their MOT disc.

Buying a vehicle
From 1 October, when you buy a vehicle, the vehicle tax will no longer be transferred with the vehicle. You will need to get new vehicle tax before you can use the vehicle.

Selling a vehicle

If you sell a vehicle after 1 October and you have notified DVLA, you will automatically get a refund for any full calendar months left on the vehicle tax. The refund will be sent to the name and address details held on DVLA records.

Vehicle tax refunds
You will no longer need to make a separate application for a refund of vehicle tax. DVLA will automatically issue a refund when a notification is received from the person named on DVLA vehicle register that the:

• vehicle has been sold or transferred
• vehicle has been scrapped at an Authorised Treatment      Facility
• vehicle has been exported
• vehicle has been removed from the road and the      person on the vehicle register has made a Statutory Off Road Notification      (SORN)
• person on the vehicle register has changed the tax      class on the vehicle to an exempt duty tax class

For further information please visit:

 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vehicle-tax-changes