How
to apply for a refund on your vehicle tax
You
can claim a refund of vehicle tax if you
sell, scrap, export or take your vehicle
off the road. Refunds can only be paid if
the tax disc has more than one complete
month to run before its expiry.
What
you need to do
To
claim a refund you will need to use
form V14 together with the tax disc.
You
can get the V14 at any licence issuing
Post Office® branches, Driver and Vehicle
Licensing Agency (DVLA) local offices
or by download from our vehicle forms
link below. The completed V14 and the
tax disc should be sent to Vehicle Customer
Services, DVLA, Swansea SA99 1AL. Do
not send it to a Post Office® branch.
Lost
or stolen tax discs and stolen vehicles
You
can apply for a refund even if you have
lost your tax disc or the vehicle has
been stolen. A special application form
V33 is available for this purpose from
DVLA local offices, or by telephoning
0870 240 0010. Please note that an administration
fee is charged where no tax disc is
surrendered. In the event of a stolen
vehicle, you will need to quote the
crime reference number given by the
police. Information on what to do if
your vehicle is stolen can be found
on the link below.
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Taking
your vehicle off the road
If
you are taking your vehicle off the road and keeping it,
you can apply for a refund of vehicle tax and declare
your vehicle off road (SORN) at the same time by completing
the refund form. The notes on the forms will explain what
to do. Send the V14 with the tax disc or the V33 to Vehicle
Customer Services, DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1AL. Do not send
to a Post Office® branch.
How
much refund will I get?
You
can get a refund for each full month left to run on the
tax disc at the time you apply for a refund. To get a
refund for any one month, the tax disc must posted to
DVLA, Swansea or handed into a DVLA local office before
the first day of the month.
The
cost of a six month licence includes a 10 percent handling
charge which DVLA do not include when they work out your
refund.
What
will happen next
The
DVLA aim to deliver a refund within three weeks of receipt
of the application. However, it may take up to six weeks
to deliver a refund where:
- a
vehicle has only recently been registered, taxed,
involved in a transfer of a registration mark or
transferred to a new keeper
- the
vehicle tax class has changed to disabled and the
old disc is surrendered for a refund
- the
refund application is made by a third party
- the
amount of refund is over £150
Please
allow up to six weeks for the refund to arrive before
contacting DVLA.
Further
information
- a
refund cannot be backdated
- no
refund is payable for a disc that has expired or
which expires in less than on complete month
- no
refund is payable in cases when the tax disc surrendered
is void because the cheque used in payment has been
subsequently dishonoured
- you
must not apply for a refund if your vehicle is in
the process of having its registration number transferred
or retained
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