Mine was not taxed. It run out on the 31st march. The post office didnt ask for the tax reminder form either.
The forms are now on their way to the dvla and i can still drive my car whilst the process happens (says so on the gov website and i carry the v5 part i was meant to keep along with the receipt the PO gave me in case im stopped). Yours should get changed to historic tax and you will also receive a refund for the 5months tax youve payed from april to august.
As for taxing it each year, yes you have to but you will pay £0.00. Should be able to do that online when you get a tax reminder letter through the post.
The post office should have done some things on their computer one of which is check the car was applicable to historic status. You should also have been given a receipt which shows the date and the sum of £0.00 was paid to tax it for the year. Since you have tax till Aug, i dont know whether you should have been given a receipt. Im sure it has more info on it but i never really looked closely at it.
Ive just checked my status and this is my result...
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