Mot and tax

[algas]

How long does your mot have to be left to tax your car ? 1 day ? 1 complete month ? etc

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

How long does your mot have to be left to tax your car ? 1 day ? 1 complete month ? etc

Your MOT, normally appears on the computer, instantly, so you should be able to tax it as soon as you get back home..

 

[Mottie]

Mot has to be valid on the date of when you tax it from so, just one day will get you a years tax. Basically has to be valid on the first day of the month in which the tax starts. If, say, it expires on 29th of November, you can’t tax it from 1st December even if you apply when the mot is still valid.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Mot has to be valid on the date of when you tax it from so, just one day will get you a years tax. Basically has to be valid on the first day of the month in which the tax starts. If, say, it expires on 29th of November, you can’t tax it from 1st December even if you apply when the mot is still valid.

Sorry, misunderstood, I thought algas meant - how soon after having it pass an MOT, before he can tax it.

'Basically has to be valid on the first day of the month in which the tax starts.' - Not sure I agree with that.... So long as you have a valid MOT, on the day you apply for tax, it is all that is needed. If you MOT on the 15th December, with no valid MOT before that, apply for tax on the 15th, then the tax will begin on the 1st of December.

 

[algas]

Thanks for your replies tax due 01/04 mot due 01/05, was just thinking as at the mo my car is 0 rated but from 01/04 will move into next bracket which I think is £20 , no great panic, but if it is going to be £195 I will sorn it and re tax it in march to get another 0 rate for next 12 months, you just have to stick it up the robbing barstewards !