From: roger@hayter.org 
  
 On 30 Aug 2025 at 17:24:51 BST, "AnthonyL"  wrote: 
  
 > On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:46:34 +0100, Fredxx  
 > wrote: 
 > 
 >> On 27/08/2025 08:53, Nick Finnigan wrote: 
 >>> On 26/08/2025 20:57, AnthonyL wrote: 
 >>>> My wife's car is in my name.  This will lead to a complication when I 
 >>>> die so I want to get it into her name.  The current car tax expires on 
 >>>> the 31st August. 
 >>>> 
 >>>> I can't quite follow the procedure which I would want to do on-line. 
 >>>> 
 >>>> Is it as simple as transfer the car on 31st Aug and tax the car in her 
 >>>> name on 1st Sep?  I don't want to end up having to pay August's tax 
 >>>> twice. 
 >>> 
 >>>   You may be able to tax the car in her name on 31st Aug starting in 
 >>> September, but note that you can only do that online between 7am and 7pm. 
 >> 
 >> In which case won't she will pay for August too? 
 >>>> Will SORN be involved?  There is no problem having the car off the 
 >>>> road overnight Mon 31st/Tue 01st? 
 >>> 
 >>>   You should not need to SORN. 
 >> 
 >> The wife goes with the V5 transfer slip dated 1st Oct to a Post Office 
 >> on the 1st Oct to tax the car. 
 >> 
 >> It should be possible for wife to purchase Car Tax on the DVLA website 
 >> from the 1st October but she will need to use the number on the transfer 
 >> slip that is different from the number on the V5 front page? 
 >> 
 >> Obviously the transfer slip and the rest of the V5 must date the 
 >> transfer the 1st Oct. 
 >> 
 >> 
 > 
 > I've lost the flow here.  What has 1st Oct got to do with things? Is 
 > the car to be SORNED for a month? 
 > 
 > The wife is NOT purchasing the car.  Merely a change in registration. 
  
 Unless it is possible for the transfer to be recorded as a day earlier by 
 the 
 transferor than by the transferee (presumably on the last/first day of 
 successive months) I do not see how an overlapping month when both have paid 
 tax can be avoided. If the DVLA allows that, fine, otherwise I agree at 
 least 
 a notional period SORNed is needed. This must be common situation (people 
 could elect to buy cars at the end of a month). 
  
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