You will be aware that it is a legal requirement to insure your car unless it is declared SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) and kept off the public road system. It is also, in most cases, a requirement that a car must have road tax here in the UK.
There are some exceptions such as historic cars, electric cars and if you are taking your car to have an MOT as long as you have already booked an appointment at a testing station.
Do you have any idea roughly how many vehicles are on our roads here in the UK without road tax? Well, you may be surprised to read that without including motorbikes there are in the region of 719,000. We are sure that you will agree that is a huge number and must be costing the government many millions of pounds in lost revenue.
So, what is the penalty if you do not tax your car when you should actually have done so? Well, you may be surprised to learn that you could face a significant fine. The fine could amount to as much as £2,500 – no small sum of money.
You will be pleased to hear that if you do not tax your car when in fact you should have done so, you will not receive penalty points on your driving license.
Nevertheless, as you can see, we are sure that you will agree the prospect of being fined up to £2,500 is something that you could no doubt do without especially in the current economic climate here in the UK. That £2,500 would be better spent on other things.
So, do make sure that you arrange road tax on your car. You can even pay for it on a monthly basis by direct debit if you find having to pay for it all in one go a problem.
We trust that you found the above of some interest.
