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Tell DVLA you've sold your vehicle or transferred it to a new registered keeper (owner), or that you've bought a vehicle
Application form and information on registering a vehicle under its original registration number.
Trade licence plates - who can use them, when they can be used and how to get a trade licence
Find out when you can use rebated diesel, biodiesel or kerosene in vehicles and other machinery.
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
Overview of the vehicle operator licensing system.
Find out how to apply VAT if you're in the taxi and private hire car trade.
What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other HGV walkaround check.
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
Tell DVLA if your vehicle has been damaged, written off and then scrapped by your insurance company
Updating your V5C registration certificate (log book) if you make changes to your vehicle
You may not have to pay vehicle tax if you’re a driver with a disability
Information about becoming a goods vehicle operator, getting a goods vehicle licence and complying with regulations
What you need to do to get goods through customs if you’re using a UK port which uses the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing company cars, including fuel
Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
Renew or get vehicle tax if you do not have your reminder letter (V11), email or text message - renew online or at the Post Office with your V5C.
If you sell second-hand vehicles, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718/1).
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim if you are VAT registered in the EU.
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