hi all need advice for a friend

Hi all need a bit of advice for my friend her car run out of tax the 28th of feb she has been in hospital so been unable to tax it she has the tax reminder letter the v11 but we are unsure how far back she can back date her tax disk she cant tax the car until the 21st march how long can you use these reminders for i havent a clue as i do mine online thanks

Can't drive so know help there. Hope your friends ok though

if you cant tax your car you must sorn it straight away as if you dont the dvla see it as having a car on the road without tax and will come and clamp and fine your freind(clamp the car not your friend lol)they give you a couple ov weeks grace before they start looking for untaxed vehicles so if they do it now they should be ok then you use the sorn notice to re tax your car

thanks for advice its parked in her garage at the mo she does not get paid until 21 of march andi i cant really afford to lend her the money so she was asking me how long you can use a reminder for any one any ideas lmao at clamping my mate lol

You can use the reminder whenever you want, but the dvla will have a record of the fact that the tax has not been renewed. She must declare it off road immediately - there's a bit on the form that allows for this (sorn). Then she can tax it whenever she wants as long as the car is not parked or driven on a public area. She MUST SORN it though, straight away.

thanks guys she is taxing it monday at post office, will the post office back date the tax 3 weeks to the first of the month tho thanks again

yes they can backdate it to the 1st of the month