jimtaylor wrote on Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:05am:
Car tax is chargeable to the person who owned the car on Jan 1st, so you won't yourself get a bill this year.
Our bills came out a couple of weeks ago and the direct debits were taken 10th April, but the payment period may differ between different areas.
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Your problem is ensuring the bill is paid. That might well not be due by the dealer, but the original owner, as dealers don't normally transfer to their own ownership because of the transfer tax involved.
As Jim says it would not be yourself who is due to pay the Tax, you can check at the Suma Office if it has been paid and if not go back to the dealership and ask that they get it sorted either by paying it themselves or by the former owner.