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[Its Me]

can anyone shed light onto the law for this situation?.
you buy a car, and go to the tax office to tax it they tell you that you are responsible for all the unpaid tax on that car, even though you have only just purchased the car.

they insist that all backdated tax due on that car is your resposibility.

surely this is wrong?

[GJS]

Its wrong, but this is CYPRUS after all. I would not pay it

[Z4]

This sounds wrong to me. Surely the person you spoke to doesn't understand you?

[B25]

can anyone shed light onto the law for this situation?.
you buy a car, and go to the tax office to tax it they tell you that you are responsible for all the unpaid tax on that car, even though you have only just purchased the car.

they insist that all backdated tax due on that car is your resposibility.

surely this is wrong?

perhaps you should have checked the tax disc BEFORE you bought it!

But yes, I agree it is wrong, they should chase the previous owner.

[Milo]

Its up to the buyer to check that road tax is upto date before you buy, as the new buyer WILL be liable to pay the tax upto date, but IF the road tax is scrapped by next year then this will all become irrelevant. As the price of petrol will be going up instead, making it easier for the govt to reclaim road tax off everyone

If you have a gas guzzling 4x4 that uses rivers of petrol, then you will pay dearly. That, I assume is the idea

[CBBB]

Its up to the buyer to check that road tax is upto date before you buy, as the new buyer WILL be liable to pay the tax upto date, but IF the road tax is scrapped by next year then this will all become irrelevant. As the price of petrol will be going up instead, making it easier for the govt to reclaim road tax off everyone

If you have a gas guzzling 4x4 that uses rivers of petrol, then you will pay dearly. That, I assume is the idea

Be clever, don't transfer the vehicle into your name and then the previous owner gets nicked for everything (speeding, parking tickets, unpaid Road Tax, etc.)!