Petition · past parliament
Make Car Tax payments & refunds on a daily basis instead of monthly.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
If you sell and buy car privately you will lose any car tax you have paid in advance and will have to pay a whole months car tax for your new car irrespective of how many days of the month remain. This means you are paying double tax.
For instance a band 'K' car, which covers most cars manufactured before 2006, will cost £315 per year / £26.25 per month to tax. If you sell and buy in the middle of a month you will lose half of the £26.25 you have paid and have to pay a further £26.25 for only 2 weeks tax of your new car, as will the purchaser of your old car and so on. This is double taxation and we propose the tax should be collected & refunded on a pro-rata daily basis which is fair to the tax payer.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 1 May 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 4 May 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
4 May 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.