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10/03/2004
Car tax evaders face £80 fine, says Minister
Motorists who fail to tax their car from this month onwards face an £80 fine, the Government warned today.
From March, Driver Vehicle Licensing NI will issue the first notices to tax defaulters, NIO Minister Angela Smith confirmed today.
"The message is simple and the choice is clear," the Minister said. "Motorists must pay their car tax or they will receive an £80 penalty in the post. The Government is determined to cut the number of untaxed vehicles on the road. Using the DVLNI database, we will identify motorists who have failed to pay their car tax and this will be an effective way of ridding our roads of untaxed and often unsafe vehicles."
Brendan Magee, Chief Executive of DVLNI added: "DVLNI has been running a major communications campaign to inform motorists of the new vehicle tax rules and what they mean for them. If you’re one of those motorists who have not yet paid your vehicle tax you still have time to do something about it or face the inevitable penalty."
For the first time, the law makes a specified person, the registered keeper of the vehicle responsible for licensing it. The registered keeper must advise DVLNI if the vehicle has been sold, scrapped, stolen or exported – otherwise the keeper remains liable for the vehicle’s tax.
Similarly, if a car is kept "off road", owners must make a SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) declaration to DVLNI and therefore won’t need to pay vehicle tax during the period the car is not used on the road.
The Government announced the changes to the vehicle tax rules last May with effect throughout the UK from 1 January 2004.
The changes in the law have been introduced to reduce the number of untaxed vehicles on local road. In Northern Ireland the vehicle tax evasion rate is running at 10%, equivalent to £13 million in lost revenue each year.
(MB)
From March, Driver Vehicle Licensing NI will issue the first notices to tax defaulters, NIO Minister Angela Smith confirmed today.
"The message is simple and the choice is clear," the Minister said. "Motorists must pay their car tax or they will receive an £80 penalty in the post. The Government is determined to cut the number of untaxed vehicles on the road. Using the DVLNI database, we will identify motorists who have failed to pay their car tax and this will be an effective way of ridding our roads of untaxed and often unsafe vehicles."
Brendan Magee, Chief Executive of DVLNI added: "DVLNI has been running a major communications campaign to inform motorists of the new vehicle tax rules and what they mean for them. If you’re one of those motorists who have not yet paid your vehicle tax you still have time to do something about it or face the inevitable penalty."
For the first time, the law makes a specified person, the registered keeper of the vehicle responsible for licensing it. The registered keeper must advise DVLNI if the vehicle has been sold, scrapped, stolen or exported – otherwise the keeper remains liable for the vehicle’s tax.
Similarly, if a car is kept "off road", owners must make a SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) declaration to DVLNI and therefore won’t need to pay vehicle tax during the period the car is not used on the road.
The Government announced the changes to the vehicle tax rules last May with effect throughout the UK from 1 January 2004.
The changes in the law have been introduced to reduce the number of untaxed vehicles on local road. In Northern Ireland the vehicle tax evasion rate is running at 10%, equivalent to £13 million in lost revenue each year.
(MB)
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