SORNing your vehicle whilst on a campsite.

Interesting on the sites that don't allow vehicles with no tax. Since the requirement to display has gone - how will they check? I know I can go on the net, but it says you are only allowed to check vehicles you own.
 
I hope so, the more people who are obliged to pay their due taxes the less I will have to pay, though perhaps there would be more of a return if the likes of Starbucks and Amazon were obliged to cough up their share
 
Obviously possible, and I'd like to think it will happen ( for the tax due reasons maxi mentions), is the offence being committed here of in the other country? I'm not sure who would prosecute?
 
yes david i have a code as a dealer as somtimes people trade in m/bikes for outboard engines and i dont want my co/name on logbook.
 
David, as you well know, they haven't the foggiest idea which individuals comes into the country or who leave it. They have no chance of knowing the status of a motorbike :bow:
 
dont see many hanging onto the back axal of a motorbike.:scared::lol-049::lol-049::lol-053::lol-053:
 
Dealers do not have to SORN vehicles in their keeping.
They send in the Dealer portion of the V5 doc and keep the main portion for transfer to new owner. All registered dealers have a traders number that allows them to have trade plates that covers the RFL on the vehicles they demonstrate/keep/sell
 
st3v3 said:
Ah, always used to have a tick box to confirm you owned the vehicle.
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Did you notice the little box that tells you how to report an untaxed vehicle? Not only can anybody check any vehicle now but they want us to police the system as well! Mind you, I've no objection to making sure that all vehicles on the road are taxed - it might keep the cost down for the rest of us.
 
John H said:
Thus, anyone considering SORNing their vehicle on a campsite - either in the UK or elsewhere - would be well-advised to talk to their Insurance company.
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Safeguard are perfectly happy to keep my van insured whilst it is under a SORN.
 
As I have said before in this thread, the definition of a 'road' can vary immensely. My camper is SORN'd on it's allocated plot within a CaSSOA secure facility and if anyone wants to call that a road they are most welcome. I think as far as the DVLA are concerned it is off the highway and that is all that matters, if it was parked in a street outside my house that would be a different matter altogether.
 
Polar Bear said:
Sorry, you can not tax a vehicle monthly. What you can do is pay for it monthly if paid for on direct debit.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vehicle-tax-changes
If you SORN a vehicle then whatever tax is left on the vehicle will be refunded. When you want to use it on the road again you will have to re-tax it again.
So to do what you are suggesting . SORN vehicle on last day of month, DVLA will refund any tax that's left to run. T
Make new application to tax vehicle on the first of month in which you intend to use it.
Only by SORNing for full months will you get any benefit!
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I taxed the camper at the end of December on the new monthly direct debit system, to use (unexpectedly) over Christmas in France. When we got back on 28th December I put the camper in it's storage facility and immediately SORN'd it and the direct debit was cancelled. We will next use the camper in February and I will go through the process of taxing it again. It only takes a few minutes anyway. So I suppose that could be construed as taxing it for a month at a time...
However, curiously, when you do this online the web page states that the SORN will begin from the month you are in, in my case December. But the £20 and a bit for Decembers 'rent' remains paid, and not refunded and therefore I consider that to imply that it was taxed for the month of December. But was it taxed AND SORN'd (?) now there's a question.
 
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