BVRLA members interact with DVLA on a daily basis to tax, register and dispose of their vehicles. The below advice assists with this somewhat complex area
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency plays an integral role in all members businesses as the administrators of the vehicle keeper database. From a vehicle first being registered to renewing the tax and to notifying that the vehicle has been sold the DVLA is involved at every stage.
Your DVLA
The DVLA has produced a newsletter in response to requests from its stakeholders for more information on the various initiatives being taken forward at DVLA. The focus of the newsletter is corporate customers, such as BVRLA members, and the services the DVLA deliver to this important customer group.
The newsletter will be issued on a quarterly basis and the DVLA would be delighted to receive any suggestions that you may have for articles to be included in future editions. There is also a facility on each page of the newsletter which allows feedback to be offered on any suggestions for improvement. Send your suggestions for articles to Amanda Brandon at the BVRLA, amanda@bvrla.co.uk and the newsletter is available from the links below:
Background
The BVRLA estimates that our members handle in excess of 5 million paper transactions from the DVLA each year. This causes a huge administration burden and the BVRLA is working to hard improve these processes and move them where possible to being an electronic transaction.
In the meantime the following information will help members when dealing with the DVLA.
DVLA Fleet scheme
The DVLA offers two fleet schemes for re-licensing.
The Manual Fleet Re-licensing scheme is open to fleets who operate more than 250 vehicles and has the following features:
- Covers any taxation class and any age vehicle
- V11s sent out four weeks in advance, earlier than to general motoring public, so that they may be taken to the Post Office to have licences issued by the 15th day of the month of expiry
- Access to the fleet team at DVLA for queries
The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) scheme is open to fleets who operate more than 1,000 vehicles which are less than 3 years old (no MOT testing requirement) at date of liability and licensed in PLG tax classes and has the following features:
- Payment is by direct debit
- Companies receive an electronic message eight working days before end of the month that is prior to the month of expiry i.e. receiving message on 19/2 for date of liability 1/4
- Access to the fleet team at DVLA for queries
To access the services mentioned above members will need to be registered with the DVLA as a fleet. More information on what this means and how to register is available here.
If members would like to register for the DVLA fleet scheme and they meet the criteria set out in the above letter contact the Fleets Help Desk, fleetshd@dvla.gsi.gov.uk.
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