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Can you tax the car without it being registered in your name , and doesn't that take time, or will you be able to do that instantly online. Or are they suggesting that you can just randomly buy a tax, and if it is the person who is taxed why can't he/she transfer that to their new car. Of course DVLA will make money from this as you have to tax from the beginning of a month no matter what the date but only get back full months

I recall years ago, My dad getting my mum to traipse upto the council offices in stratford(not on avon) to get the tax for his bike, as he was at work all day....
Myself for the last few years have dealt online......sorry, post office, but its easier that standing in a queue that goes on forever......

question I posed..............
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under the new tax rules, as my car is taxed until end of june 2015 do I have to make any arrangements, after the display of a tax disc is not required anymore from end of september ,

according to an article in the Scunthorpe telegraph motorists are obliged to register their cars online, is this a fact? or have they got it wrong?
does this apply to me?




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