Vehicle tax problems cut term
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• The licence held by St Helens. based John K Phillips Haulage Contractors was renewed for only a year after North Western Traffic Commissioner Martin Albu said he was not satisfied with its explanation of how problems in taxing vehicles arose.
The company was seeking the renewal of its licence for 25 vehi
cies and 20 trailers at a Manchester disciplinary inquiry Managing director John Phillips said he had placed the taxation of vehicles in the hands of the depot manager following a public inquiry The manager overlooked the fact that one vehicle's tax expired, a fixed penalty was paid for the operation of that vehicle without an excise licence for one month.
Four vehicles were taken off the road due to a reduction in work. When the workload increased, the vehicles were put back on the mad the same day the vehicle excise licences were applied for. The vehicles were therefore on the road before the application had been received by the Vehicle Registration Office.
The company's transport manager was now responsible for vehicle excise licences as he had a deeper understanding of the vehicle taxation regulations than had the depot manager, said Albu said the tax matter had cast a shadow over the company's financial standing, but things seemed to be improving slowly. Ile said the company was called to a public inquiry in May 1992 for non-payment of VED and Albu said Phillips should have taken more care.