UK tax disc abolished

[SGWilko]

The MOT system is all electronic now too. This is how one can tax a car online now - MOT and Insurance databases are checked. This info is also accessed by the Police using their ANPR camera's......

[henners88]

My tax disc serves as a reminder to me to update my tax along with the letter that comes through the door. Not having a tax disc on my car will more than likely mean I will forget as its something I glance at regularly. It saves the paperwork for the DVLA but no doubt the prices will increase slowly.

[SGWilko]

Once the car tax is renewed, I completely forget it's there, and only remember to renew when the brown envelope arrives.

[Mark]

Once the car tax is renewed, I completely forget it's there, and only remember to renew when the brown envelope arrives.

Same, I never look at it. But I do have a vague idea that it's due in the back end of the year, sometime. Mostly I get reminded by the letter through the door, which then sits on the table for ages and then I remember about 3 days before it's due to expire. At least now I can forget until the actual day and not have to worry about getting the disc in the post.

[Dave B]

Even though it's enforced by ANPR these days there are still many many evaders. Why not dispense with all the admin and stick it on petrol? I know nobody likes high fuel prices (even though they'll happily pay £1.49 for a 500ml bottle of Coke while they're topping up), but if you paid via the pump you couldn't evade unless you got handy with a syphon; and it would be truly fair as the more you used you car, or the less efficient your driving, the more you'd pay.

[Mark]

Because it would end up costing me a lot more than the £20 a year I currently pay

[D-Type]

Even though it's enforced by ANPR these days there are still many many evaders. Why not dispense with all the admin and stick it on petrol? I know nobody likes high fuel prices (even though they'll happily pay £1.49 for a 500ml bottle of Coke while they're topping up), but if you paid via the pump you couldn't evade unless you got handy with a syphon; and it would be truly fair as the more you used you car, or the less efficient your driving, the more you'd pay.

It's not that easy to use a syphon nowadays.Most cars have baffles, bends or gauze in the filler pipe to prevent a syphon hose being used. I'm told it is better to get underneath and stick a spike into the bottom of the tank. If you do that to my car, I hope your mate is smoking a cigarette!

[henners88]

Because it would end up costing me a lot more than the £20 a year I currently pay

One of our cars is £30 a year tax and the other £120ish.. It's always nice when the lowest priced one comes up as it just seems like a bonus. Not as good as some people I know with zero tax cars like the Fiesta Eco.

[janneppi]

In Finland we have this great extra diesel tax, it's basically collected to offset the lower price of diesel, For my civic it's a tad over 400 EUR/year.

[Mark]

Strange. Here the tax for petrol and diesel is identical however diesel is always more expensive.