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Inherited Vehicle
Hi Everyone. I have recently inherited my dads car, but I don't need it and my mum does need it. Its currently registered in my dads name, but obviously that will need to change....ie it will have to be registered to either me or to my mum. I would be the owner of the vehicle, as I have inherited it....but who should be the registered keeper - me or my mum.
Also, my mum is the main user, I am an occasional user....how would the insurance work?
Also, my mum is the main user, I am an occasional user....how would the insurance work?
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"If you tax your car on the last day of the month, you've essentially lost a whole month of tax.
Best practice is to tax your car from the first date of the next month instead.
But if you choose to do this, it's vital that you're not driving your car whatsoever on the last day of the month. You also can't have your car parked on a public road."
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Best practice is to tax your car from the first date of the next month instead.
But if you choose to do this, it's vital that you're not driving your car whatsoever on the last day of the month. You also can't have your car parked on a public road."
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Leaving aside selling a car into the trade, paying twice for one month of tax cannot be avoided unless the vehicle is declared SORN.
Using April/May as an example, If the Registered Keeper (RK) is changed on the last day of April, the old keeper (O) will not get a refund for that month. The new keeper (N) - having acquired it during April - will have to pay tax from the first of April.
The way to avoid this is for O to declare the car SORN on the last day of April (or earlier if neither he nor N want to use it), ensuring it is kept off road. O will not get a rebate for April. However, provided the SORN is not removed until the first day of May, N will only have to pay tax from the 1st of that month.
I've been through all this before. As far as I can see, the only way to avoid losing a month's tax one way or the other without declaring it SORN would be to change the Registered Keeper precisely at midnight on the last/first day of a month. However, “midnight” does not exist for these purposes. It is a fleeting moment in time of no duration which divides two days. When the change is made the DVLA’s clock will either show 23:59 on the 30th April or 00:00 on the 1st May.
Of course the new owner could simply try taxing the car from the 1st May and he may get away with it. But he shouldn’t.
Using April/May as an example, If the Registered Keeper (RK) is changed on the last day of April, the old keeper (O) will not get a refund for that month. The new keeper (N) - having acquired it during April - will have to pay tax from the first of April.
The way to avoid this is for O to declare the car SORN on the last day of April (or earlier if neither he nor N want to use it), ensuring it is kept off road. O will not get a rebate for April. However, provided the SORN is not removed until the first day of May, N will only have to pay tax from the 1st of that month.
I've been through all this before. As far as I can see, the only way to avoid losing a month's tax one way or the other without declaring it SORN would be to change the Registered Keeper precisely at midnight on the last/first day of a month. However, “midnight” does not exist for these purposes. It is a fleeting moment in time of no duration which divides two days. When the change is made the DVLA’s clock will either show 23:59 on the 30th April or 00:00 on the 1st May.
Of course the new owner could simply try taxing the car from the 1st May and he may get away with it. But he shouldn’t.
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