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I don't know what the Australian requirements pertaining to a foreign registered vehicle (temporarily imported into Australia for tourism) are.

But, a quick look at the Government of the United Kingdom website finds very definitive statements about the UK's position on vehicles that are operated outside of the country.

For UK registered vehicles that will be outside of the UK for less than 12 months, see here: Taking a vehicle out of the UK - less than 12 months. The UK government's position on this is quite clear: "A UK-registered vehicle exported temporarily remains subject to UK law. That means that you need to make sure it is taxed in the UK while it’s abroad."

For UK registered vehicles that will be outside of the UK for morethan 12 months, see here: Taking a vehicle out of the UK - more than 12 months.

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For Gods sake no one follow that piece of advice on that government website. Thats for PERMANENT export to another country!!

You won't be able to bring it home again without importing it!

Who cares what the UK governments position is, when the vehicle is not on UK roads, of course they will tell you to tax it!!
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Liammons:

I provided two links. The first link explains the UK government's position for temporary export (up to 12 months absence). The second link addresses permanent export.

The way that government website is constructed is a bit confusing, which is why you may not have noticed that I provided two different links that lead to two different pages. But, if you go to this link:

Taking a vehicle out of the UK - less than 12 months

and look at point 2, which has the header "For less than 12 months", you will see the policy about temporary export that I described above.

What I can gather from this is that for UK registered vehicles, the UK government clearly wants to collect the tax due if the vehicle is temporarily exported from the country, and they state that explicitly.

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For Gods sake no one follow that piece of advice on that government website. Thats for PERMANENT export to another country!!

You won't be able to bring it home again without importing it!

Who cares what the UK governments position is, when the vehicle is not on UK roads, of course they will tell you to tax it!!
Sorry but posters like these deserve all they get when they are caught and the way technology is now working throughout the world it won't be long. They are also the cause of the costs of taking our vehicles abroad escalating and becoming undoable for us ordinary law abiding travellers.

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Sorry but posters like these deserve all they get when they are caught and the way technology is now working throughout the world it won't be long. They are also the cause of the costs of taking our vehicles abroad escalating and becoming undoable for us ordinary law abiding travellers.

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Margaret, 'posters like that'?

What logical reason is there to pay an excise duty for something that your not using? (the roads, when your not in the country). On pure blind principle, why would you do that. I've paid enough of my sweat and labor over to governments and got precious little in return. When I find an occasion where they can't actually break my arm to do it, I'll take it.
I was actually thinking of taking on another employee at the end of last year and I can't afford to do it, not because my business isn't viable, but because I pay so much tax and assorted other 'contributions'. If we all paid (a lot) less tax and people were left to fend for themselves a bit more, there would be less unemployed and less morbidly obese people!

Of course the government WANTS you to pay it, that's what governments do, collect tax.

But on this occasion, they can't enforce it.

By all means prosecute people who drive untaxed vehicles IN the country, though even that is a little bit moot because every time you drain your fuel tank and fill it, the government also gets its bottomless pockets filled up

Thankfully, I not longer reside in the UK. The next step is to get out of the damn EU permanently, and move to a country where the state doesn't control and tax your every movement.
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