Beware car tax scam

Went to pay taxon my car online put in registration and make and model came up click on this is my vechile then on pay then authorise message came from bank so authorised it and they took 50p .WTF Tried to ring dvla no joy . Today checked my account and 7.85 took out bank said it was direct debit from company who took 50p. Cancelled my debit card so that stops it .Paid car tax at post office in the end .

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

I'm lucky here in Norway. We also have an annual road tax/excise duty/whatever you call it. But the government has imposed a duty on the insurers to collect it together with the insurance payments. So now you can't fail to pay it (unless you fail to insure the vehicle) and you can't be scammed into paying it to someone else. It is also more efficient for the government because they never have to remind anyone to pay or handle any individual payments.