AI response about tax from WeBuyAnyCar and MoneySavingExpert:
The Classic Car Fine Trap
If you forget to renew your historic car's £0 tax (and haven't declared a SORN), you face the exact same penalties as any other vehicle.
If an owner forgets to complete this annual paperwork, the DVLA's automated computer sweeps flag the vehicle as untaxed. Historically, data obtained via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests showed that over 34,000 drivers of zero-rated ("nil-tax") vehicles were fined in a single year, funneling over £500,000 into the DVLA for vehicles that were technically free to tax.
(I notice that the single year mentioned was 2017/2018).
