tomdfc Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I suspect I’m not the first to be in this situation – 2nd November – fly out of Thailand 24th November – road tax / sticker renewal date 26th November – car insurance renewal date 9th December – estimated return date to Thailand - and so I am trying to work out if and how I can get the vehicle taxed before I go, or after I come back. I know I will need at least the compulsory motor insurance for the year ahead and normally I get that with my full insurance cover. So I suppose I could organise an early insurance renewal to get the necessary bit of paper. But I don’t know how early I can go to the DLT (in Chiang Mai) or whether there is a grace period after the due date. (And I presume I couldn't legally drive an untaxed vehicle to the DLT to renew.) Any advice gratefully appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Don't you have an insurance agent (full insurance) that will do the job for you? I never visited DLT to pay tax in person. All done by the insurance agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinK Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Sticker/road tax can be renewed 1 month before expiry. Insurance can also be renewed at least 1 month before expiry. You can do it when you get back and they back-date the road tax with a small daily penalty (I delayed renewing on a motorbike for almost 1 year since it wasn't being used and I didn't declare it as being off-road and the penalty was about 200 baht). Don't forget you'll need to have the car checked over at a testing station before you can renew the road tax if it's over 5 (?) years old. And some testing stations will also go to collect your road tax for you for a small fee (although you need to leave your blue book with them...which could easily be copied...). Edited September 17, 2015 by GavinK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophon Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 <snipped>Don't forget you'll need to have the car checked over at a testing station before you can renew the road tax if it's over 5 (?) years old.<snipped> It's 7 years. Sophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 The testing stations are the ones that do everything for me. If you have your insurance. A small fee is worth not having to deal with the hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkt83100 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 <snipped>Don't forget you'll need to have the car checked over at a testing station before you can renew the road tax if it's over 5 (?) years old.<snipped> It's 7 years. Sophon 5 years for motorbikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolHustler Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 you can renew tax 3 months prior to finish, get your compulsory insurance before you get the tax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgerking Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 It can all be renewed 3 months before it expires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Well to be pedantic..its 90 days not 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_Elaine Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I was looking for how early one can pay road tax before expiry date (90 days based on this). Thank you. By the way, we also had the situation when insurance due date and road tax was on different dates. We asked the insurance company to make our car insurance (have them handling both compulsory and comprehensive) due dates the same as the road tax date so we could reduce the number of dates we have to remember (making life a little easier). The OP has only 2 days difference so I not to worry, but we had a couple of months difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortenaa Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Pay late, pay a small fine. I paid two years in one time. No problemo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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