Originally Posted by
Psycho Warren
when they went automated online with the tax they could have easily taxed it to the day hour minute or even second as the technology is piece of piss when automated.
However the fact they deliberately chose to make it monthly tells you all you need to know - money making scam basically.
Exactly this.
The DVLA now get DOUBLE tax for the month any time a car is bought or sold, assuming the new keeper doesn't pick it up on a low loader and strictly follows the guidelines.
On one hand I'm surprised there hasn't been a bigger kick off about this as its blatant robbery - but on the other, I'm not surprised at all because folks are that disenfranchised now that they can't even be bothered fighting scams like this.