subject: The Simple Way To Register Your Vehicle For Tax When Not In The Uk [print this page] Traveling is something that plenty of people do claim to be their hobby. The truth of the matter is that there are so many people who do like to lie about that. However, there are times when you find yourself in a situation whereby you are outside the UK and you need to have your car registered. In such times, you are likely to have a lot of problems because you may not need know what to do about it. The good news however is the fact that you need not worry at all. You have a way out.
The first option that you have is to remember the old adage, "prevention is better than cure." This means that before you travel, you should always make sure that everything is pretty much under control. This will really go a long way in ensuring that you do not face the many problems that are usually associated with taxing your vehicle when you are not in the UK.
However you can go ahead and renew your vehicle even when you re away, but you will only be allowed to do so, so long as the cover will not be more than 2 calendar months.
Now, to send renew your tax through the post office, you will need to provide the registration number of he car, the payment of tax fro the car, and the insurance for the motor vehicle. There is also an issue of a registration certificate and a letter explaining to them why you think it is proper to take an advance tax certificate.
Once you are through with these documents, the tax office will then asses the document and they will then make a decision as to whether or not the application is justifiable. Once they conclude that it is, the next step will be to send you the tax disc to an address that you would have provided them in your application. Having said that, it is extremely important to point out that you will still be required to provide a Great Britain address in you V10 application form.
Sometimes, it can be quite hard to follow up with the tax office if at all you are outside the country. To sort out this problem, you can choose to get someone to help you out. This person might be a friend, or he may be a tax professional who thoroughly understand your tax issues.