| What the government haven't made much of is the fact that the seller of a car loses the money for any spare weeks/days of a month's tax left at the time of sale, but the new buyer also has to pay for that whole month. So the DVLA get double bubble for that intervening time. And although you can pay the road tax by direct debit you will pay for the privilege, whereas with other bills you get a small discount for paying by DD. It has been estimated that this is going to bring in millions more for the Treasury. |