Asked to pay a fine of £0 by DVLA
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Asked to pay a fine of £0 by DVLA
I have been asked to pay a fine of £0.00 on a 1970 TVR which I had omitted to obtain a current Tax disc for.
The vehicle is historic (rather like its owner) and therefore exempt.
The fine of £0.00 covers a period of two months!
Who should I complain to?
The vehicle is historic (rather like its owner) and therefore exempt.
The fine of £0.00 covers a period of two months!
Who should I complain to?
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Re: Asked to pay a fine of £0 by DVLA
You could send them a cheque for £0.
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IM Jack Rudd wrote:You could send them a cheque for £0.
I was minded to do it via a BACS transfer or postal order. I guess a PO for £0 would cost more.
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Re: Asked to pay a fine of £0 by DVLA
Just make sure you date it 0/0/0000.IM Jack Rudd wrote:You could send them a cheque for £0.
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Re: Asked to pay a fine of £0 by DVLA
This must be a bad joke by someone in the DVLA or a really funny blunder by their systems programmer. It harks back toJohn Upham wrote:I have been asked to pay a fine of £0.00 on a 1970 TVR which I had omitted to obtain a current Tax disc for.
The vehicle is historic (rather like its owner) and therefore exempt.
The fine of £0.00 covers a period of two months!
Who should I complain to?
the early days (1950s and '60s) of electronic automation of billing and records with those large scale computers that used
reels of tape. Unless you find someone with some common sense in the DVLA, you might well have to go through with the
payment of the zero amount like some people had to do in the old days!
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Re: Asked to pay a fine of £0 by DVLA
Going slightly off-topic, what is the rationale behind not paying road tax on an older vehicle?
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Re: Asked to pay a fine of £0 by DVLA
I wasn't given a choice. I was forced not to pay. Appropriate vehicles registered prior to 1974 are designated as being "Historic Vehicles" and are therefore exempt.Phil Neatherway wrote:Going slightly off-topic, what is the rationale behind not paying road tax on an older vehicle?
It has done around 300 miles in four years.
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Re: Asked to pay a fine of £0 by DVLA
I meant, why would older vehicles be exempt? Is it ebcause they won't do much mileage?