can you get a road tax refund on old car when you part x it with dealer??

[andykram]

Depends on the dealer I suppose.

Mine gave me a cheque for the outstanding amount as I picked the GTi up. The tax disx was still in my old car. Quality service in my opinion that is!!

[p3asa]

I forgot all about mine when I traded my old car in. Thankfully my dealer went and got it for me to get my £70 back.  As he said my car was just going straight to the auctions.
He mentioned something about regulations changing and garages can no longer cash them in. Anyone know if this is correct?

[rjwojcik]

If you haven't agreed to leave the road tax than I would get the refund.

The likes of webuyanycar ask how much road tax is left on the car when they value it.  And when I've bought second hand cars I've always had to buy the road tax.

[maksta]

yeah that would be good if dealer would give me a cheque, but i doubt that very much!

i have not specifically agreed to leave the road tax in there, so im taking it with me! think i might get about 4 months worth and cost maybe 170ish, so thats around £56 

[gossa]

It's a well known money spinner for the dealers, they cash them in as soon as the PX's come in as they will invariably not be sold straight away and the new purchaser has to pony up for the tax.

I always take mine out.

[jaydubveedub]

I cashed mine in from my old Passay when I bought my GTI, but only because I had just renewed it.

The DVLA really d*cked me around to be honest and it took over 2 months of writing letters and phoning to get them to send the cheque. There were multiple mistakes made at their end.

Got it in the end though.

[JC]

He mentioned something about regulations changing and garages can no longer cash them in. Anyone know if this is correct?

Correct - dealers can only leave it in the car for the next owner so cash it in yasen 

[percymon]

Bigger dealers can register cars themselves rather than having to trek to the local DVLA office, they can also apply for the refund on the tax disc within minutes of you leaving the dealership, and they dont have to send the disc back either. You only find this out when you fill in the V14, attach your disc and weeks later the DVLA tell you its already been encashed !