To be or not to be "TAX FREE"

April 2016

 

They become tax free in April the following year - so 74 was tax free this April.
76 will become tax free April 2017

 

No we don't have MOTs here. The Police do stop suspect vehicles regularly for a vehicle examination which is done at the cop-shop.
Having said that you do see some real " Bangers " about !

 

I like @Razzyh 's answer better

 

You get the 1st week of the following year as grace.

 

There is some good news, though. If the vehicle was registered between 1-7 January, 1975, the DVLA will let you register it as a historic vehicle, based on the assumption that the vehicle would have been made in the previous year.

 

What no 1st or 31st of jan?

Just jan 76?

 

Remember if you can prove that it was manufactured the previous year you can get exemption.

I used my VW birth certificate.

 

What about your V5?

 

probably 'cos it was imported.
my bay was made 6/3/78 but dvla put 1/1/78 on the v5, i rang to tell them and they said "it's fine it would still be an "s" reg whatever" which is true but it will now become tax free (for the next owner) a year sooner.

 

Birth Certificte arrived today, says left factory November 1975, also says was Senegal Red... though looks orange to be!

 

Correct

 

im looking forward to my first free year , mines a 73

 

You should have started tax free last year then if 73

 

@Baysearcher

I wonder if the people at VW are getting lazy as mine has actual build and left factory dates.



I brought the van 15 June 2011 and according to the certificate it was produced end of July so only 6 week delay

 

You and I started off the same colour

I wonder if you can still manage to get away with getting tax free still next year?