Mot exemption
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Ok so i understand that u need a v112 form and you just sign that when you get tax from the post office BUT my problem is i already have tax... so now the mots out but i dont need one how will i be declared mot exempt until next year when i come to tax it?

Cheers in advance

I don't understand.

The government website says,
"You do not need to get an MOT if the vehicle was built or first registered more than 40 years ago"
and
"You do not need to pay vehicle tax if your vehicle was built on or before 31 December 1977"
So if, as of today, you no longer need an MOT its age must be 40+ so it must have been made before October 1978 so to still have/need tax are you in the no mans land of built between 31st Dec 1977 and October 1978 ???

If so, I think the line at the bottom of the government page which says
"You do not have to apply to stop getting an MOT for your vehicle each year. However, you must still keep it in a roadworthy condition"
is your get out. ie, you do nothing until you need to get a V112 to change it to "historic" vehicle for tax purposes.

I'm just wondering the same as I'm about to put my Series 3 Land Rover back on the road (potential bad winter) but mine has long since been changed to "historic vehicle" so my reading of the rules is the "You do not have to apply to stop getting an MOT" is that I don't have to do anything to "tax" it.

The trouble is I can't test out that theory because I haven't re-insured it yet so I can't apply for its free tax disc (and hence force the system to check its MOT status) because it will show as no insurance and block me.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

SORN it on 31/10 then tax it online on 1/11.

When you go to tax it online it will recognise the car as historic and you will need to make a declaration, same as on the V112, that it is not substantially modified or something like that.

When I did mine it did not check for insurance, just gave me tax at the cost of £0.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Do as Paul says.

When you tax it online it will take you through the process.

Ive finally found what ive been looking for... it says that if the mot runs out after the tax then i do not have to declare anything yet and it will be understood as mot exempt on database but i shall then declare it october next year... handy

P.s becareful taxing your landrover without insurance. You will get a fine as in there eyes your saying its on the road with tax (no longer sorn) so they view it as its being used on road without insurance...

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???