Taxing a car that's been off road

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Minxy
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Taxing a car that's been off road

#1 Post by Minxy » Thu Jan 28, 2016 5:06 pm

So I have just purchased a car that has not been on the road for about ten years - before SORN was introduced. It is tax and MOT exempt. It is being delivered to me on Monday and I should have the log book this weekend from the gentleman who has owned it for nearly 40 years. So how does one go about getting it taxed and what, if any, problems can I expect?
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#2 Post by harvey » Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:02 pm

SORN was introduced in 1998 which is a lot longer than 10 years ago, so if it's been taken off the road since then it should be on SORN now.
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#3 Post by Murray » Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:21 pm

Just ring them up to tax it, as it has been off the road it won't allow you to tax it online.
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#4 Post by Minxy » Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:50 pm

Ah didn't realise SORN had been about that long.....what if the current owner has not SORN it does that present a problem?- I'm guessing it does.
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#5 Post by TerryG » Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:18 pm

It isn't your problem as you are only responsible from the date it comes in to your possession. Personally i'd pop in to the post office with the new keeper supplement and say "i'd like to tax this please".
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#6 Post by rich. » Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:29 pm

my brother is having problems with sorn, 3 years ago he bought a car sorned it & is slowly restoring it.. he recently recieved a demand for £300 odd for tax! not a happy chappy
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#7 Post by Toledo Man » Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:37 pm

I thought the SORN only had to be done once. If the car changes hands, the new keeper has to declare SORN.
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#8 Post by rich. » Fri Jan 29, 2016 5:53 am

Toledo Man wrote:I thought the SORN only had to be done once. If the car changes hands, the new keeper has to declare SORN.
he has been told it was supposed to be done every year..
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#9 Post by arceye » Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:59 am

Sorn was a yearly declaration until I think somewhere around Dec 2013 / Jan 2014, when it became a one off declaration. I remember having to Re Sorn a motorbike just as the rule changed, but that then fell under the new one off declaration.
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Re: Taxing a car that's been off road

#10 Post by Luxobarge » Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:50 am

arceye wrote:Sorn was a yearly declaration until I think somewhere around Dec 2013 / Jan 2014, when it became a one off declaration. I remember having to Re Sorn a motorbike just as the rule changed, but that then fell under the new one off declaration.
Likewise, my 'bike is on SORN, after the first year I tried to renew it but wasn't able to, that's when I realised it was now permanent until next taxed.

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