SORN scam 877

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:12:41 GMT, AstraVanMan in message

Nothing at all.

As I said, this will NOT suddenly mean those types of people will now remember.

If you are still in the first month, it usually will, provided you then pay from the start of that month.

Even after that, you will usually only get a pretty low penalty if it is only a few months, and you still have valid MOT & Insurance.

Except that you now have to fill out a separate SORN declaration, not just tick a box on the same form.

But you may well be right, most people who have a gap will not get prosecuted.

I have no idea how much the fines have amounted to.

But I am sure that they don't make all that much profit on each fine, and I would be very surprised if the fines are enough to pay for the cost of the scheme.

I believe they will gain a lot more from lbutt evasion of the tax than they will from fines for not declaring SORN.

Particularly since at the moment, those who claim they did do it seem to be usually given the benefit of the doubt.

That is my belief.

I can't be bothered looking it up in Hansard.

No. In terms of the amount it costs the authorities per vehicle that is either now taxed, or confiscated.

Not necessarily less *successful*. That will depend on your definition of success.

But less *efficient*.

No.

I say it isn't about raking in money from fines.

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