Basically, it costs nothing to tax it but you still need to go through the motions. If you're putting it on the road, go to www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax and hopefully you should be able to sort it out there and then, using information from the V5c.

Location: Herefordshire

When a vehicle changes hands now the tax is cancelled and the new owner has to apply to tax it.

Quote from the DVLA tax check page:-

"If you have just purchased this vehicle, you must tax it even if it shows as taxed above. Vehicle tax cannot be transferred from keeper to keeper."

Hi dave,yes I understand the tax situation with newer cars,but my question is about historic where no tax is needed,so how and why do you tax it.so if you are pulled over by the police,they would know as a historic vehicle it doesent need to be taxed,I put its reg into dvla page,and all the car details came up and in the tax box it just said not taxed,so that's ok then because I don't need it to be,right or wrong ?

Location: 51.9000*N ,0.4333*W (LUTON)

No, you absolutely MUST tax your car.

Online process takes less than 10 mins and is the same as for moderns except that no payment is required.

Peter

Ok Peter , got no problem doing it,just wasn't sure whether it already was,I need a box that just says historic to tick and it would be done,I guess that's to easy for dvla !,

Location: 51.9000*N ,0.4333*W (LUTON)

Just bin trying to do it on line,won't process,so I guess I will have to ring them,good luck to me !,

Location: 51.9000*N ,0.4333*W (LUTON)

Worth doing, no point getting fined for something that costs nowt...also methinks your insurance wouldn't pay out in the event of a claim if your car is on the road untaxed.

Let us know how it goes Cliff.

Steve V

Location: Polegate, East Sussex, United Kingdom

I think the problem is that people think because you don't pay for it you don't have to tax it. WRONG. A better description would be (and this what I should have said before) You have to tax it but there is no charge if it is classed as historic.

John Mason

Location: Nottinghamshire

I have never seen an insurance policy that mentioned the car being taxed.

But by law it must be taxed to use on the road - even though the tax is free.

And by law if it is taxed it must be insured even if not used on the road. So if you lay it up in the winter and save the cost of insurance you must sorn it, cancel the tax, then re-tax it before it goes back on the road.

Even though it seems my car is not taxed ,I have had it insured since last March and have just renewed it again with RH .

Location: 51.9000*N ,0.4333*W (LUTON)

Evening people,so an update,went to main post office with forms downloaded and filled in,told lady of my position,she checked on her computer and said all I have to do is fill in section for change of class,I put in heritage,she checked it,kept relevant side of v5 to send to Swansea and gave me a receipt to say the car is now taxed for a year with no charge and will get a new log book in the post.so hopefully that's it.

Thanks to all

Cliff

Location: 51.9000*N ,0.4333*W (LUTON)

I'm not entirely sure youd get fined. I once managed to forget to tax both the Austin and the modern. 3months later I noticed. Taxed both. BUT only got fined for the modern. Plus the back tax. Got away scott free with the Austin.