Nah, can't be...... must have been a scam site to take yer money that quick :-)

genuine dvla website!

But yes, they do love to take our money!

I received my "vehicle tax" notification this morning,

Nice to see they acually call it a tax....

2 minutes online and paid...

Presumably since this was posted on January 6th the reminder is for VED due on Feb 1st.

My previous experience of the DVLA site is when you try to pay the tax before a certain date of the month it will not start from the date it expires but from the 1st of the previous month.

Nearly caught me out a few years ago, off on holiday for 2 weeks on about 12th September and having the reminder in my hand decided to pay up so I did not forget on my return. But I spotted just in time that it would start on the 1st September, to get it to start on the 1st October I could not pay until the start of the 3rd week or later.

Hope you have not been caught out.

Or have the rules changed?

Edited by skidpan on 06/01/2017 at 18:50

if you pay by credit card it's a £2.50 surcharge for the priviledge ....

better this tax be scrapped and added to the cost of fuel instead!

Not difficult to make it one of the few payments made on debit card.

if you pay by credit card it's a £2.50 surcharge for the priviledge ....

This reflects the commission charged by the card company.

Should the taxpayer take the hit becuase some folks want the convenience of a credit card?

Set it up as annual DD and you don't have to do anything; it just renews. And if you sell the jalopy it automatically issues the refund direct to account (I think; not tried that bit yet!).