How to SORN your car with the DVLA

Any car which is being used or parked on a public highway has to have road tax, commonly called Road Fund Licence or Vehicle Excise Duty. If you aren’t using the car for a while and are storing it off the road somewhere, such as in a garage or on your driveway, you need to tell the government or they will automatically fine you.  
Luckily, it’s really easy to do, and is called declaring a vehicle SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification). Once a car is declared SORN there is n