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Wed 22 Jun 2011 11:33
"Car Tax" - TTToommy

P/exd a car in February and the garage insisted I hand in my car tax disc, I P/exd my other car in March and the dealer there said that I would / should take the disc myself to get a refund - only the person on the V5 could get a refund and that had been the case since the begining of the year.

Can anyone help?

Thanx:)

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Wed 22 Jun 2011 11:54
"Car Tax" - Cris_on_the_gas

All down to negotiation. The tax disc is just money waiting to be claimed, so either you get it or the dealer does.

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Wed 22 Jun 2011 12:40
"Car Tax" - RT

Dealers don't usually say anything in the hope you'll leave it on so they get a nice little earner. Unless it's discussed as part of the negotiations I always take it off and get the refund myself.

One dealer played his face when I did that but readily conceded that he hadn't specified leaving it on.

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Wed 22 Jun 2011 12:38
"Car Tax" - leaseman

If the dealer in February expected to sell the car fairly quickly, or put it in an auction, then he would benefit from an increased return. ( It will be more attractive to a private buyer at an auction with a current tax disc and the dealer may expect a better price from that sector).

As above, it's all part of the negotiation of the part exchange value.

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Wed 22 Jun 2011 12:47
"Car Tax" - Bobbin Threadbare

It's just negotiation. I only got the px offer on my old Focus on the condition I left the new-ish tax disc on. Car I bought didn't have one and I had to sort it ASAP. As leaseman suggested, people buying like to see a car with 'taxed until...'.

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 08:40
"Car Tax" - TTToommy

Sorry my point was the 2nd dealer said only the person on the V5 could get money back as the rules had changed , I know dealers nearly always used to cash these things in wondered if the people at the 1st dealership were doing something croocked as when I asked the dealer principle @ the first place the sales mananger and the salesmen left that very day.

Maybe I was just thinking the worst;-)

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 12:11
"Car Tax" - ifithelps

The dealer is correct, the rules changed two or three years ago.

Only the registered keeper can reclaim the unexpired portion of a road fund licence.

I'm friendly with my local Ford dealer and they told me the change costs them a lot of money over a year.

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowTo...6

Edited by ifithelps on 28/06/2011 at 12:14

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