Nick P Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Hi all,I understand that my 73 TR6 becomes road tax exempt from April, does this happen automatically or do I need to apply somehow ?. Any help would be much appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve P Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Nick, As I understand it. When you apply for your road tax in April you will not be charged. Cheers Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kcsun Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Just bought 6 month disc for my TR, it also becomes except from April, so can I send the disc back in April and get 3 months refunded and then apply for the freebie, or does it only apply at renewal time? kc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nick P Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 not much of a preponse so far, does anyone know for sure this is happening and how to apply Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 You should send the V5 to the DVLA and apply for change of class Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MalcolmD Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Spoke to DVLA today who were not that helpful, the person I spoke to said they have no information or instructions to offer us yet. From the little response I got was that I will have to prove that my car was built in 1973 although registered in 1974 if they are going to implement the chancellors budget changes. Checking status of my car on line it states the build date unknown. At least I have a heritage certificate. (null) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kcsun Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yep, I have a heritage certificate as well kc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tr6fan Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 When I rang the DVLA the chap said I'd have to apply to change the taxation class but wouldn't be able to do so until April, as that is when the law comes in-not sure if I can drive it in April while I wait for the V5 to return? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Martin Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Just called the DVLA to enquire on this. Was advised process is as follows: Fill out the relevant section of the existing V5 logbook, applying for change of vehicle class to historic. Take V5 & MOT cert to post office anytime after 01/03/14, or within 1 month of expery of existing tax, whichever is latest (my tax expires 31/03/14, so anytime from sst March for me.) They will tax for free over the counter, but will retain the V5, which will be sent to swansea for replacement. New V5 should arrive within 1 month. Free to drive the car as normal, while awaiting the new V5. No idea if refunds are applicable however. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Speed Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Just called the DVLA to enquire on this. Was advised process is as follows: Fill out the relevant section of the existing V5 logbook, applying for change of vehicle class to historic. Take V5 & MOT cert to post office anytime after 01/03/14, or within 1 month of expery of existing tax, whichever is latest (my tax expires 31/03/14, so anytime from sst March for me.) They will tax for free over the counter, but will retain the V5, which will be sent to swansea for replacement. New V5 should arrive within 1 month. Free to drive the car as normal, while awaiting the new V5. No idea if refunds are applicable however. this covers it well. you will also get a refund I have been told for all months left on the tax, i.e. get in the post office 1st April I will as mine is due then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tim_trinda Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) ....Take V5 & MOT cert to post office anytime after 01/03/14, or within 1 month of expery of existing tax, whichever is latest (my tax expires 31/03/14, so anytime from sst March for me.) They will tax for free over the counter, but will retain the V5, which will be sent to swansea for replacement..... I've got my fingers crossed that its going to that simple!!! I wonder if the DVLA have informed the Post Offices of the new tax exemption rules... the old dear behind the counter at my PO will probably think its an April Fools joke. Cheers Tim Edited February 6, 2014 by tim_trinda Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Denis Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Why bother queing in Post Offices, apply on line! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nick P Posted February 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 when i enquired at my local Post Office in Welwyn Garden City the old guy behind the counter looked at me as if a had two heads. He insisted that this isn't going to happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nick P Posted February 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 when i enquired at my local Post Office in Welwyn Garden City the old guy behind the counter looked at me as if a had two heads. He insisted that this isn't going to happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cj79 Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Sigh.. mine's mid '74 ... I first got it the year they changed the rules.. it was about a year away from being 25 years old at the time too.. I wonder if it'll ever happen or if it's going to be another 16 years before they knock another year off... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Whatley Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 So where is the Register with REAL/ CORRECT, PROCEDURE/ ADVICE! We have seen a No of 'possible' solutions (Pop into the Post Office, Send V5 off for change of Class, Do it on-line) - so what is the CORRECT ONE? CORRECT ANSWERS SOON PLEASE!!! Other than this Forum, I would have expected an article or sorts to have been published in TR Action. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 It may be tax exempt by the time you will get a reply from there you have to apply for change of class as I said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan_bell Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Just been looking over this tax issue and found this report, in short it looks like the finance bill still has to go through parliament next month, guess we will have to wait and see if it all happens in time for the 1st April! VED exemption extension update Budget 2013 report posted within 30 minutes of the Chancellor sitting down. Report VED exemption extension announcement on page 84 of the Budget 2013 support document issued by HM Treasury. More Finance Act 2013 following Royal Assent on 17th July 2013. More Comment When I was scanning the Budget 2013 support document as part of my checks for drafting the Budget report, I recall my surprise on finding Clause 2.148 on page 84 of the document and did notice at the time "Finance Bill 2014" was in parenthesis at the end of the clause. At the time I thought it odd as most announcements of tax and other measures are then swept into the next Finance Bill which then goes through the parliamentary process which finally results in a Finance Act receiving Royal Assent when the measures apply. I did not dwell on that for too long and looking back now, with the benefit of Chris Hunt Cooke highlighting the point now, it does seem an odd way of handling the concession extension by having it enacted as part of the Finance Act 2014, particularly as the concession is due to apply from 1st April 2014. Still we should be pleased the concession has been extended by 12 months and sincerely hope it might roll on another 12 months in the Budget 2014. Victor Smith Posted: 130730 Back to homepage Following the Budget Statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in March 2013, the Finance Act 2013 incorporating the measures received Royal Asset on 17th July 2013. So when Mike Dunlop contacted us to say he had noticed the Act had gone through both "Houses" and is now law but he could not find any mention of an amendment to an extension to the historic vehicle tax exempt status in the Finance Act 2013 he asked had we heard anything through our contacts? Mike added "before I cough up £40 on a dating certificate from Gaydon I'd like to know it's going to be worth it!" So the V8 Webmaster looked up the Finance Act 2013 on the Government website at www.legislation.gov.uk and checked through the vehicle excise duty clauses 187 to 190 and elsewhere and could find no trace of any measures covering a 12 month extension to the VED exemption concession. So he then contacted Chris Hunt Cooke who responded with a useful observation which is the likely explanation. Chris said "I have been unable to find anything in the current legislation so I went back to the original announcement and found that it was reported to read (it seems to have gone into an archive) as shown below." That is the same text the V8 Webmaster spotted on page 84 of the support document released by HM Treasury shortly after the Chancellor sat down after his Budget Statement in March 2013. Chris then set out his thinking as follows: "I think this must mean that the Government has signalled its intention to introduce the 12 month extension this year, but will actually enact the change next year in the 2014 Finance Bill and Act. That might seem too late for it to come into force for 1st April 2014 (as indicated in the announcement - see below), since the 2013 Finance Act has only just got Royal Assent in July, but I believe that all adjustment of tax and excise rates is pushed into a bill that goes through immediately after the Budget each year unopposed, to be confirmed in the actual Finance Act in due course." So with the combination of the: > planned closure of the DVLA local offices at the end of 2013 and consequent reorganisation of their workload within DVLA, when presumably the processing of VED exemption claims being processed in 2014 will move to DVLA Swansea, and the > enactment of the 12 month extension to the VED exemption concession, due to apply from 1st April 2014, not likely to be passed in the Finance Act 2014 until Royal Assent is granted probably in early July 2014, quite how our applications for new VED exemption will be processed is not yet known. V8 Register - MG Car Club - the leading group for MG V8 enthusiasts at www.v8register.net Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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