Not in anyway knocking DVLA , The new on line system is great , works very well, no hassle , retentions on line all good but no wonder so many cars are getting caught with ' no tax' when they are taxed.
Here's an example :
This morning we MOT'd a car and taxed it on line at about 9.30 ish , printed the confirmation for tax like I do every time.
Just curious I checked the status on line to see what it said according to DVLA ' Check if car is taxed' ( See Attached)
Not Taxed & No MOT !
Now I thought it all updated ' instantly' obviously not ( Although it says if MOT'd within last 5 days it may not show ? why not? ) but then if it hadn't updated the MOT side I couldn't have taxed the car as it had expired !
I guess I could easily get caught out ( or my customer) if they drove down the road .