Quick one re. car tax

[Carrotchomper]

Does anyone know if, in practice, Post Offices will accept a faxed covernote to tax a car?

It's not practical to do it online, and unfortunately the main documents are not through yet!

I don't really want to wait for the post tomorrow, because I had planned to travel to Somerset today... But equally do not fancy a wasted trip if they won't take the faxed covernote! I would ordinarily just drive the car back and tax it here, since it'll be done from the start of March anyway but it's SORN at the moment...

Ta

 

[Dieselman]

I don't know for certain but Fax documants are legal tender so technically they should.
Hire car firms definately do accept fax covernotes for releasing vehicles.

 

[MBManInKen]

Give your post office a call and ask. I think I have seen references in the past regarding tax stating that fax or photocopied documents are not accepted...

 

[imadoofus]

I don't know for certain but Fax documants are legal tender

Are they ?!

Can somebody fax me a fifty pound note please? I fancy a curry with the missus tonight.

 

[Dieselman]

Ok, tender wasn't the correct word to use, but a fax document is a legally acceptable document as it's is unaltered hard copy.

 

[ackee911]

Whenever I have tried, they have refused. Once I was using the original certificate and they still said no, as they "thought" it was a photocopy.

If you bought the car from a dealer/trader, why not ask them to tax it for you, at your expense?

 

[alfie07]

postoffice willnot accept copies of any kind

 

[recycled]

the PO will not take copies whatsoever. Too easily doctored

 

[trapperjohn]

+1. Even had grief with a genuine "Highways" certificate cos it looked "crap/copied" fortunately one of the supervisors knew "Highways" certs looked like that.

 

[Carrotchomper]

Thanks all... Unfortunately the issue in question was whether to go down today or not, since I'd arranged to meet the guy tomorrow morning to sort the paperwork out.

To save a wasted trip I'll go up tomorrow afternoon. Assuming that, inshallah, the certificate turns up in tomorrow's post. Given it was "posted on Thurs" and the cover started on Friday I'd blooming well hope so!

Plan B is that the guy I'm buying the car off taxes it on the Internet tomorrow, and I'll just have to wait for it to turn up. Unfortunately car is SORNed so driving it up here and then taxing is not an option!

The thing that strikes me as a bit silly is that it's obviously remarkably easy to print out a "genuine" document on a decent laser printer... I would prefer that the PO could instantly check MID whilst you're there, rather than insisting on an "original" document which could easily be a forgery!

 

[Howard]

Are post offices open on a Sunday ?

 

[Carrotchomper]

Are post offices open on a Sunday ?

Nope, hence why I can't check in advance, I was going to go down to Somerset today, and tax the car tomorrow, but will now have to wait for the post. Annoying!

 

[MBManInKen]

After all that hassle, it better last you until the Torquay GTG where you can park it behind the skip.

 

[Carrotchomper]

After all that hassle, it better last you until the Torquay GTG where you can park it behind the skip.

I should bleeding well hope so! By the time I've got the paper issues out of the way, I'll probably miss the Brooklands meet next weekend too!!

 

[janner]

I fancy a curry with the missus tonight.

I prefer chicken or lamb myself....

 

[Carrotchomper]

After all that hassle, it better last you until the Torquay GTG where you can park it behind the skip.

Cheeky git. When it quoted I saw the coloured text!

Battle of the Uberbarges I reckon. How is the 4-wheel drive system on yours?

 

[MBManInKen]

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Cheeky git. When it quoted I saw the coloured text!

Battle of the Uberbarges I reckon. How is the 4-wheel drive system on yours?

If i move back to the continent, I'll get myself a 4-matic version. In any event, the roads over here are paved .

 

[Carrotchomper]

If i move back to the continent, I'll get myself a 4-matic version. In any event, the roads over here are paved .

Not sure about Tor-quay!

Make sure you don't park it near the cliffs, I hear the parking brake on the W220 is a little erratic

 

[MBManInKen]

Not sure about Tor-quay!

Make sure you don't park it near the cliffs, I hear the parking brake on the W220 is a little erratic

I think it'll be you I need to keep an eye on, not the brake . Perhaps I'll better leave the s-class in the hotel's garage .

 

[andy_k]

We were told that the post office don't need to see the insurance any more (by someone who works on the counter and issued us a tax disk with no documents other than the reminder - their terminals can access the same database as the DVLA use to check whether or not the car is insured. Taxing at the post office is like taxing on line but paying in cash

About 1 in 10 times it comes up asking to view the documents (some sort of random security function) but surely, your insurance company can forward you a cover note as a PDF file (or similar) and you can just print it out.

Why can't you tax it online and put the old 'tax in the post' sticker in the screen? I thought you had five days grace now as long as you can prove that you have paid?