How to tax your vehicle without a reminder
You can tax your vehicle using a V10 Vehicle licence application. The documents you have will determine whether you can get your tax disc online, at a Post Office branch or at a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) local office.
When to apply
If your tax is due to run out at the end of the month, you can renew it from thefifth day of the month.
If your vehicle has been untaxed, because youve just bought it, the tax disc has run out or a SORN is in force, you can tax from the first day of the month in which you apply.
If you want the tax disc to start on the first day of the next calendar month, you cannot tax your vehicle more than two days in advance.
Taxing a car, motorcycle or light goods vehicle
You can tax online, by phone, in person or by post.
If you're the registered keeper, you can renew your tax by using the reference number on your Registration Certificate (V5C).
- Apply for a tax disc online or by phone
You can tax in person at any Post Office branch that issues tax discs.
You will need to take:
- Registration Certificate or New Keeper Supplement
- insurance certificate or cover note must be valid when the tax disc comes into force
- valid MOT certificate - if the car or motorcycle is over three years old - must be valid when the tax disc comes into force
- the payment for vehicle tax (not needed if your vehicle is exempt from paying vehicle tax)
You can also taxat a DVLA local office orby postto selected Post Office branches.
You will need:
- Registration Certificate or New Keeper Supplement
- a completed V10 'Vehicle licence application'
- insurance certificate or cover note must be valid when the tax disc comes into force
- valid MOT certificate - if the car or motorcycle is over three years old - must be valid when the tax disc comes into force
- the payment for vehicle tax (not needed if your vehicle is exempt from paying vehicle tax)
The New Keeper Supplement can only be used for taxing for two months from the date you bought your vehicle. If its out of date, youll need to apply for a Registration Certificate in your name please see Taxing without a Registration Certificate or New Keeper Supplement below.
- Insurance and MOT
- The cost of vehicle tax
- Taxing in the disabled tax class
You can download the V10 or V62 or collect them from any Post Office branch or DVLA local office.
- Download Vehicle licence application - form V10 (PDF, 194K)
- Download Application form for a Vehicle Registration Certificate V5C - form V62 (PDF, 192K)
- Help with PDF files
Write the new details or correction in section six of your Registration Certificate; sign it and include it with your tax application.
If youre changing the tax class from private to disabled, provided you have the whole Registration Certificate, you can tax at a Post Office branch.
If you only have the New Keeper Supplement and for other tax class changes eg from disabled to private, youll need to tax at your nearest DVLA local office. Write the new tax class in section seven of your Registration Certificate. If using a New Keeper Supplement, youll also need to fill in a V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate (V5C).
- Taxing in the disabled tax class
Youll need to tax your vehicle at your nearest DVLA local office. Write the new details in section seven of your Registration Certificate.
DVLA will need written evidence of any changes to engine number and cylinder capacity (cc). This can be the receipt for the new engine, or written evidence from the manufacturer, insurance company or garage that carried out the change.
DVLA will need written confirmation of changes to fuel type for vehicles registered after 1 March 2001 if:
- your existing engine is converted - the confirmation must be on headed paper from the garage that carried out the work
- a new engine is fitted -the receipt will be required as confirmation
- Download 'Find your nearest Post Office branch for postal applications' (PDF, 44K)
- Find your nearest DVLA local office
Taxing without a Registration Certificate or New Keeper Supplement
If youre shown as the registered keeper of the vehicle on DVLA records, you can tax in person or by post at your nearest DVLA local office.
Youll need to complete a V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate (V5C) which must be accompanied by 25 (fee for a duplicate Registration Certificate). Include this with a completed V10 Vehicle licence application, MOT, insurance and payment for vehicle tax.
If your address has changed, youll need to provide your driving licence, original bank or building society statement or recent utility bill. If your name has changed, you need to provide your marriage certificate, decree nisi, decree absolute or deed poll.
If youre not shown as the registered keeper on DVLA records you cannot tax the vehicle. Youll need to apply for a Registration Certificate in your name. To get one, fill in form V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate and post to DVLA, Swansea SA99 1DD. You may have to wait up to four weeks for a new certificate to arrive. In the meantime, you should keep your vehicle off the road.
Vehicle is due to be taxed while youre abroad
If youre going to be abroad when your vehicle tax expires, you can tax online, tax in advance or ask someone to tax for you.
- Vehicle tax due to expire while youre abroad
Taxing lorries, buses and other types of vehicles
You can tax your vehicle at your nearest DVLA local office using a V10 Vehicle licence application or V85 Application for a HGV licence.
- How to tax a lorry, bus and other vehicles without a reminder
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