V5 & tax confusion?????

Luke_Retrofly · Silly Lesbian Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Karma :

Hi
About a year ago I sold my R6, sent off all the stuff, job jobbedm so i thought.

About 2 months ago recived tax reminder, didnt look at it properly cause i thought it was for the bandit which isnt up till this month.

Woops

Get a letter this moth saying ive got to pay £40 fine for not taxing the R6? They say im still registered Confused

I cant remeber the name of the guy i sold the bike too, nor have any of his details, and he had never got in contact with me asking for the V5?

What do i do, pay the fine declare the bike sorn for the rest of my life, declare it scrapped? or write a letter to the dvla explaing?

The bloke i sold the r6 for said he would probaly use it as a track bike (he basically sold track bikes) so its probably not on the road.

Will i get bollocked by the dvla, i sent off the yellow slip after i sold it, and forgot about it.

Cheers

Luke
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priller · Brolly Dolly Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Karma :

If you send off the slip then send them a letter telling them it was sold.

Barry_M2 · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Karma :

Unless you can prove you sold it, then you are liable for taxing it, or rather not taxing it.

Why didn't you send off the V5 when you sold it? Did the new owner not ask for the V5?

EDIT: Sorry, didn't see the bit about sending off the yellow part. If you sent them that then its their problem.

MarkyPancake · Crazy Courier Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Karma :

When I part exchanged my last bike the dealer sent the yellow part off, once we had both completed the relevant bits, and a few weeks later I received a letter from the DVLA confirming that I was no longer the owner or responsible for said motorcyle and it detailed the registration mark and I think model too.

map · Mr Calendar Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

I would write a letter to the DVLA saying you sold the bike and returned the correct V5 part. You expected the buyer to do the same.

Guess you're just lucky there hasn't been any fun and games with the bike, otherwise you'd have got all the speeding / ticket fines as well.

I know this doesn't help you now but FWIW for the future I did do some 'bill of sale' stuff that others added to - click this link - download examples from the bottom of the thread. At least you'd have some other document to send to the DVLA. As said, for future use, might help others Thumbs Up

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Luke_Retrofly · Silly Lesbian Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Karma :

Hi
Yeah ive done that every other time ive bought and sold a bike, not this time though Sad

. Ill prolly just send them the fine and explaining the circumstances etc.

Luke
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I would try saying that you did send it - I don't know if they can hold you responsible if it got lost in the post etc.

Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Don't send the fine. Old style log book I presume so I would say the old rules apply. As such doubt there is anything they can do.

All the best

Keith
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