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47p2 · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 2010 Location: Glasgow

So last year when I went to tax Tilly (free) online I wasn't able to as she didn't have an MOT. When I called the DVLA helpline I was told that I had to tax it at the post office or my local DVLA centre, so I ambled up to the PO and filled in the relevant paperwork and received my free road tax.

Today a year later and my renewal came through the door, my initial thought was 'oh no, here we go again' but my fears were soon dismissed when I went online, filled in my reference number and everything went straight through without incident. Just need to wait a few days now for my disc to appear through the door.
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PAUL BEAUMONT · Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Barnsley S. Yorks

It always gives me a certain pleasure to amble into the local village PO to tax the Jowett. Postie gets paid a pittance to do it but it costs me nothing!
I really can't understand why if you tax a modern there though, you need to arrive with a sheaf of paperwork whereas, as 47p2 states, you can do it on line by just entering a reference number. Why can't this facility be available to the POs? Eliminates any risk of forged MOTs or insurance documents

Mog · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 663 Location: Sydney

If I ambled to the local PO I would have to stand in a line for half an hour . In Australia it is all done on line. The mechanic puts the " MOT " on line and the insurance does the same. When the RTA sees this has been done, then you can pay for your rego. on line by credit card . Easy !

ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: South Cheshire

gresham flyer · Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 1435

I must admit we carry out most operations connected to DVLA on line.

When I used to go and tax my vehicles at a busy main road post office in my lunch break I always ended up behind people getting paid out lots of money for doing nothing.

When I left the post office to go back to a hard afternoons work it left a bitter taste in my mouth.

I have found another rural post office nearby that suits me better.
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Riley Blue · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Derbyshire

peppiB · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:25 am Post subject:

Suppose you are lucky. Our main Post Office is upstairs in WH Smith with no lift. I am in a wheelchair.

Dobbin · Joined: 15 May 2013 Posts: 67 Location: Central Scotland

When I went to tax both the classic and my modern everyday at the beginning of last month I went to the post office with all the usual documents and was told that other than my MOT exemption form I didn't need any of them as it's all checked online. Result. Hope it's as smooth when they do away with the paper tax disc later this year and I'll do it on line.