New DVLA Road Tax Reminder System

[Kremmen]

Starting from the 2nd August 2023 the DVLA have introduced a new road tax reminder system.

This new system, if you decide to use it, requires you to create an account with the DVLA, more information here :

https://www.gov.uk/driver-vehicles-account

[Jocko]

A lot of use that is. You have to have a current, or expired in the last 12 months, passport. Mine expired about 30 years ago and I have no intentions of renewing it.

[olduser1]

I would avoid giving Swansea anymore info - they have a track record of selling off UK driver data.

[embee]

I took one of my cars for MOT the other day and realised  the tax was due from Aug 1st having not had a reminder. I might suspect the wonderful DVLA have just decided to abandon the process anyway.
Because I have several vehicles I guess it'll be best for me to register for this new arrangement.
Thanks for the heads-up, as usual there seems to have been no official publicity, they assume it gets around by osmosis.

[Jocko]

Osmosis. Is that like Whistl?

[Kremmen]

I normally get my reminder in the first week of the prior month.

When it hadn't arrived I looked it up and found a few posts on MoneySavingExpert about the new system so I followed it up.

Then my reminder arrived yesterday in the post so hopefully just a delay rather than no reminder

[Kremmen]

All signed up for the new service

I did mention in the feedback that not everyone has a passport

[embee]

Signed up for this. I registered several vehicles,  some needed the V5C reference number entering,  some didn't.  I think it’s either because my address is shown slightly differently or the last change of owner and issue of the V5C was a long time ago.
Everything went fine though,  easy website to use.