Chancellor George Osborne announced in today’s Autumn Statement that cars discs as a traditional way of tax submission will be discontinued from October 2014. It will be replaced by an electronic system.
Advantages of the new system include cost-reduction and ease of use. Motorists will, for example, be able to pay for their car tax by monthly direct debit.
Car discs have been in service since 1921, but are growing obsolete because of the multiple electronic means now in place for paying tax that are used by the Police and DVLA. Reports suggest that this change will be cost-effective to businesses too, as they will be able to save administrative costs of up to £7 million.
The new plan reflects the government’s entrance into “the modern age’,’ according to the treasury.
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