Vehicle tax collected fell £200m after paper discs axed - BBC News

BBC News reports that vehicle excise duty collection has fallen by £200 million since the abolition of the paper tax disc, which was not the idea. No doubt it will all come right in due course, but for the time being the change doesn't look like a great success: and that's without even thinking about all the controversy there has been about losing paid-up tax when a vehicle is transferred, or even just when the registered keeper changes - and we are always told that the registered keeper is not necessarily the owner ...