paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO

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Sat 24 Sep 2005 23:31
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - matstro
Whenever we need a tax disc for one of our vehicles, I write the cheque and my wife takes it in and comes back with the disc. No card number on the back of the cheque as in every other over the counter purchase.

Question is this; no card number = no guarentee that the cheque will be honoured. What does the Post Office/ DVLC do if your cheque bounces? because you already have the tax disc!!!
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Sun 25 Sep 2005 00:06
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - Robin Reliant
They have your address too, and I think you may get a knock on the door.
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Sun 25 Sep 2005 00:17
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - 9000
you may already have the tax disc but if the cheque is not honoured it will be void and will have been void from date of issue- this is stated on the V10 licence application form- if the vehicle wasn't SORN'd then you'd just get an automatic fine thru' the post.
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Sun 25 Sep 2005 00:35
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - matstro
I hasten to add, its never crossed my mind to bounce a cheque in this way. Its just that its always struck me as odd that they can receive payment in this context.
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Sun 25 Sep 2005 09:17
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - Dwight Van Driver
I seem to recall, other than in a senior moment, that GPO tie up the cheque with either the Licence issued/VRM of the vehicle, with details on the back of the cheque?

They know you know

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Sun 25 Sep 2005 09:42
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - stan_deezy
I can blushingly confirm the following about this subject:

If your cheque bounces you are sent a letter explaining that your tax disc is null and void and asking that you return it or send the full amount immediately to your local DVLA office.
You are also fined for the "gap" in your road tax.
Failure to comply can result in prosecution.

I suspect nowadays that the computer system would be very quickly updated so that the roadside cameras would detect you and a kindly PC would be having a word or three with you at the roadside....

How do I know? Because I was stupid to have a senior moment and used a cheque from an account that I'd closed about a month prior to going to the Post Office for my tax. As usual in a dramatic hurry I grabbed the wrong cheque book and didn't notice my error until the letter from DVLA arrived :(
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Sun 25 Sep 2005 19:47
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - AlastairW
Why bother with a cheque? Most licensing POs accept debit cards these days.
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Sun 25 Sep 2005 20:07
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - Conditional Identity
Paid for mine over t'internet last week - got the disc within 3 days! Very handy....
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Sun 25 Sep 2005 20:11
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - Dwight Van Driver
Road Vehicles (Payment of Duty by Credit Card) (Prescribed Fees) Regs 2005 in force on 14.10.05 means that for that priviledge you will pay an extra £2.50 per vehicle.

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Sun 25 Sep 2005 22:59
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - martint123
Sounds like what the PO gets charged by the credit card companies. (compared to the few pence for debit card use).

ISTR most holiday companies now add a surcharge for CC use.
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Mon 26 Sep 2005 15:37
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - JamesH
Road Vehicles (Payment of Duty by Credit Card) (Prescribed Fees) Regs
2005 in force on 14.10.05 means that for that priviledge you
will pay an extra £2.50 per vehicle.
dvd


Surely only by credit card, which you can't pay with now (at least not online). Aren't debit cards staying free?
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Mon 26 Sep 2005 15:40
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - L'escargot
Paid for mine over t'internet last week - got the disc
within 3 days! Very handy....


Undoubtedly handy, but I'm not sure I trust Royal Mail to deliver. What would one do if the disc got lost in the post?
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Mon 26 Sep 2005 20:18
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - Dynamic Dave
Undoubtedly handy, but I'm not sure I trust Royal Mail to
deliver. What would one do if the disc got lost in
the post?


Do what the owner of a certain yellow 3 wheeled van did - put "tax in post" in the windscreen ;o)
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Tue 27 Sep 2005 08:25
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - L'escargot
>> Paid for mine over t'internet last week - got the
disc
>> within 3 days! Very handy....
>>
Undoubtedly handy, but I'm not sure I trust Royal Mail to
deliver. What would one do if the disc got lost in
the post?



In "lost" include "stolen" ~ I'm sure it will be fairly obvious to any unscrupulous Royal Mail workers which envelopes contain tax discs.
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Tue 27 Sep 2005 08:29
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - Adam {P}
What good would a tax disc with the reg number SN41L be to the postie now though? Especially with it all being centralised?

I agree though - I'm still bitter after my cd changer got "lost" in the post.
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Tue 27 Sep 2005 08:41
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - L'escargot
What good would a tax disc with the reg number SN41L
be to the postie now though? Especially with it all being
centralised?


So why do people steal tax discs out of cars? Why are there tax disc holders available which are theft resistant?
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Tue 27 Sep 2005 08:46
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - Adam {P}
L'es,

I'm not having a go! I was asking!

If someone stole my tax disc, I'd say "hmmm - someone's stolen my tax disc" and then report it. Surely then that stolen tax disc for a Ford Focus when used in a Nissan Micra would flag up if the police ANPR'd it or pulled them over?


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Tue 27 Sep 2005 08:53
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - L'escargot
L'es,
I'm not having a go! I was asking!


The comment wasn't thread specific! Just a joke ~ but barely just apparently!
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Tue 27 Sep 2005 16:19
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - Dwight Van Driver
ANPR will only activate from VRM not what is dispalyed Excise Licence wise.

Ford Focus will show as Licence having been reported as stolen.

Nissan Micra will show as having no Excise Licence. With one displayed, from details of which will show reported stolen. Yabba dabba doo.

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Tue 27 Sep 2005 08:44
paying by cheque for tax disc at the PO - L'escargot
Adam,

I've just read your profile and it says "Not much to say really........"
Who are you trying to kid?!
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