TAX car without cover note?

[Stanley]

my re-test is today so dependent on the outcome, il be taxing AND insuring my car today

however, i cant tax it without a cover note from insurance company

if i insure it first then i will not have a cover note until 5 working days

any way around this???

cheers

[Lee]

if you buy your insurance from a high street broker, 9 times out of 10 they will issue you with a cover note over the counter when you hand over your readies. Be warned though that A plan and Bennets etc.. will probably be more expensive than admiral or direct line etc...

You could also ask your insurer to fax you a cover note if you have access to one, but im not sure if the PO will take a fax to issue a tax disc.

Good luck with the test!

[Stanley]

if you buy your insurance from a high street broker, 9 times out of 10 they will issue you with a cover note over the counter when you hand over your readies. Be warned though that A plan and Bennets etc.. will probably be more expensive than admiral or direct line etc...

You could also ask your insurer to fax you a cover note if you have access to one, but im not sure if the PO will take a fax to issue a tax disc.

Good luck with the test!

cheers!

im gonna try either print off a cover note (going wit adrian flux so cant get a physical cover note today) or get one faxed thru (surely th P.O. will check all details before issuing tax disc?

[Stuart]

you cant get cover notes faxed through. ive tried several times.

Why not do it online? that way the dvla should have your insurance details to "hand" so to speak.. that is assuming that you ahve a new electronic MOT

[Stanley]

im gonna try that too after ive done the insurance bit

spoke to the lovely woman at adrian flux who said she wil email thru a cover note that looks identical to the one i get in the post.

so id imagine ive got it sorted

what othe info do i need to TAx a car again??
its been a while lol

[Wilson]

All you need is the logbook, insureance certificate and an mot cerificate.

[Adam]

They wont accept a fax/scan/copy.
It has the be the 100% original document.

You need MOT, and insurance, to tax the car. And you need to fill in a Tax form.

[Stanley]

They wont accept a fax/scan/copy.
It has the be the 100% original document.

You need MOT, and insurance, to tax the car. And you need to fill in a Tax form.

whos to say that it wont be the original document?

theres no holograms etc on it so no difference.

im gonn atry it and see anyway

cars MOT'd so that one off thelist

needed:
V5 (logbook)
insurance cover note


anything else?

[Adam]

How can it be original if its being emailed to you????
It will be printed out off your pc so its not original.

They wouldn't accept a copy of my insurance policy that looked 100% the same as the original, but some of the text looked photocopied.
I didn't even know it was a photocopy till the post office bloke told me,Lol.

[Stanley]

what im saying is, how are THEY (the post office staff) to know that its not the original?

if i say it is, and it looks like it, tthen surely they have to go ahead with it?

its an email copy so there will be no photocopy marks on it

[Welsh Dan]

Do you have an inkjet printer stan or a laser?

[richardsneddon]

ive heard you can tax your car online now You dont need proof of insurance they check it on insurance database, why they cant do that in the post office i dont know

[Adam]

Yeah you can/\
Only if you have a new style computerised MOT tho.

[richardsneddon]

You can only get the new style ones now tho cant you? I would do that

[Adam]

Ye i think so.
I have an old certificate, my MOT was done last November.

Think everywhere has the new system now tho.

[RJM25R]

Get someone who's a trader to tax it on their insurance policy.

[mikey14sr]

When I insured mine on-line last year I waas told to print out the cover note, the P.O. accepted it with no problems the very next day.

[Stanley]

i got it taxed no bother in the end

got a cover note emailed through

just to cover my ****, i phoned the police to ask about the whole internet-tax thing and they said it is an offence not to display a tax-disc

im on the road at midnight!! thats when insurance starts hehe

[Jack]

just to cover my ****, i phoned the police to ask about the whole internet-tax thing and they said it is an offence not to display a tax-disc
Thats true. Hence why the online tax thingy is no good for people who want tax NOW as you still need to wait 4-5 days for it to come thru the post - might as well wait for the insurance documentation/cover note to come through and do it in person.

[novalovingned]

rite so they will take a copy off the cover note>if they dont can i get them to phone the insurance company


ned

[Adam]

If they dont know its a copy ye.
But they seemed to inspect mine thoroughly, for some reason, perhaps the bloke didn't like me... Lol