Irish VRT Related Issue

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DJ-B

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Im moving over to The UK for about 6 months to a year for work and I am Thinking about buting a car While over here. I understand that if i have the car registered to my name in the Uk for a period of time that i would not have to pay the VRT if i then returned to Ireland with the car?

Is this correct and if so what is the period of time that the car would have to be registered in the UK?
 
It will have to be registered in your name for at least 6 months.
 
Thanks for that

Do you know what kind of proof that i would ahve to have for living in the Uk or would It being registered in my name be enough?
 
No personal experience (yet) but believe they look for evidence of a bank account, utility bills etc. Believe too that they are fairly rigid in this regard.
 
Ill have those sort of things so ill be covered on that front!

Anything else that they might require?
 
they will give u a right grilling, bear in mind they will expect you to be moving to a new location in ireland s will ask for bank accounts, utility bill, even ask what you moved ie furniture, but if u have all the necessary then u are ok.

noah
 
I cant imagine it will be as easy as i had hoped it would be alright.

Do anybody have any experience of this?

Im basically going to be in the uk until at least early october but hope to buy a car before the end of april so will definatly have it in my name for 6 months! I will have bills in my name in the uk and wages being paid into my uk bank account but when I return I will be going to college and not taking up another job straight away?
 
Once you have settled in and have the time to focus on making your car legal, you will need the following to show that the car was not bought specifically for importing into Ireland.

· Vehicle Registration Certificate / Export Certificate
· Evidence of vehicle’s insurance cover abroad for previous 6 months
· Current Drivers Licence
· Invoice relating to the purchase of the vehicle
· Sailing ticket or other relevant document
· Evidence of the sale of property abroad
· Evidence of a property rental / tenancy agreement abroad
· Evidence of payment of taxes abroad (P45, P60, poll tax etc.)
· Evidence of day-to-day living abroad (e.g. household bills, medical records, work contracts etc.)

Now, the above list, at first glance, seems relatively unassuming. Be warned , the revenue see it as their job to go through all your documents with a fine tooth comb. When they say they want to see evidence of day to day living abroad, they mean they want to see day to day, for at least the previous 6 months that you say you owned the car. It will not do to send them credit card statements for a few of those months, coupled with phone bills for a few others. They expect to see at least 2 utility bills along with other bills like bank statements, credit cards etc. If you have a job that takes you to other countries, or if you visit Ireland frequently and have transactions on you bank or credit card statements, expect to be questioned like someone on the FBI wanted list.
 
That sound a bit more like it alright! Iwasnt expecting it to be easy but at the same time it would be worth a try I think!
 
I relocated from the UK a numbr of years ago and brought a car with me.

Key things already mentioned above - I ended up having to go back to them a second time even though I had everything they had asked for on for on the FORM I needed to fill in.

The focus the second time was day-to-day living expenses - ie visa card statements and ATM cash withdrawals and the like.

So I am basically agreeing with above - my experience of the process was they were thorough - I imagine it might vary by VRT office.
 
Ok thanks for that!

Worst case scenario i have to pay the VRT! Do i have to pay vat aswell? If so what is the vat calculated on? The vrt ot the selling price of the car?
 
As far as I know, this exemption from VRT is a one-off, so buy a nice car.

Also, the VRT exemption also includes a stamp on your Vehicle's Registration Cert which does not permit the owner to sell on the vehicle once registered in Ireland for a minimum of 12 months. Otherwise the full balance of the VRT must be paid.
 
DJ-B said:
Ok thanks for that!

Worst case scenario i have to pay the VRT! Do i have to pay vat aswell? If so what is the vat calculated on? The vrt ot the selling price of the car?
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If the car is 6 months old when imported then no Irish VAT. If you buy new in the UK you will pay UK VAT. Think it is 17%
 
There wont be a VAT charge once the car is coming in from the UK. VAT is only charged when importing from outside the EU.

VRT, you would be advised to have it for a little longer than 6 months but once you are living there and have the vehicle there for 6 months you can return with the vehicle VRT exempt once you dont sell it in the first 12 months.
 
DJ-B said:
Ok thanks for that!

Worst case scenario i have to pay the VRT! Do i have to pay vat aswell? If so what is the vat calculated on? The vrt ot the selling price of the car?
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just a reminder - if you do buy the car in the UK and you want to avail of the VRT relief when you bring it back into Ireland, you have to have paid all the related taxes and charges (eg registration and VAT) in the country where you bought the car (eg UK) - so if you try to get out of paying any registration and VAT in the UK, you'll be caught here (not that i think this is what you are trying to do)

the level of checking of papers by the VRO officers in Ireland has tended in the past to be on a sliding scale of draconian moving up the car chain from budget to super luxury - i.e. if you bring in a micra from the UK, you'll get it registered without too much intervention, if you bring in a maserati, prepare for the rubber glove treatment of your financials for the time you spent in the UK
 
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