Importing a car from Northern Ireland… change of legislation !!

[Dogsout91]

You want your friend to lie on official forms and get involved in your tax evasion? On top of the person you bought it from failing to register it in the state within 30 days as required?

I'm just trying to buy a car nothing more nothing less.

 

[Leo]

I'm just trying to buy a car nothing more nothing less.

Well, advice #1 is don't buy a foreign registered vehicle from a private seller within the state, and certainly not one that has been here for so long unless you want to risk additional fines or confiscation. They can and do look for evidence showing when you brought the car in, most people will show a corresponding ferry ticket.

Advice #2 is don't try involve your friends in tax evasion. Having someone else front the documentation is illegal.

 

[sonas93]

Has anyone actually tried this with a UK to NI import post Brexit? I am looking at a 2020 car that was imported to NI in 2021 and has been in private NI ownership since..

 

[georgeJ6]

In this context can anyone clarify what "proof of customs declaration" refers to? Is a customs declaration required to move cars from GB to NI? I am mainly thinking about NI dealers who source their stock of new cars from GB. Does the NI dealer "import" the vehicle from the main GB distributor and if so, do they make a customs declaration which could be used to satisfy Revenue Comms that the vehicle is indeed a NI good?

I'm also very interested in the answer to this. Does anyone here know, by experience, link to a resource or otherwise?

My v limited understanding & possibly incorrect interpretation from Revenue's site [1] (which is somewhat vague) & from the below site's [2] interpretation of it is that under the Windsor Framework an NI dealer can import a car from GB to NI, declare & register it with NI customs as a good for sale on on the NI market, therefore not paying NI VAT, get a copy of the Customs Declaration, put it up for sale on the NI market & that an ROI individual can buy the car from the NI dealer, get a copy of the NI Customs Declaration from the dealer & (only!) have to pay VRT (not ROI customs or VAT).

Is this correct does anyone here know?

[1]

Registering vehicles from Northern Ireland (NI)

This page outlines the process for registering vehicles from Northern Ireland (NI)

www.revenue.ie

[2]

Guide to importing a car from Northern Ireland - a feature by CompleteCar.ie

CompleteCar.ie feature: Guide to importing a car from Northern Ireland

www.completecar.ie

 

[landlord]

Has anyone actually tried this with a UK to NI import post Brexit? I am looking at a 2020 car that was imported to NI in 2021 and has been in private NI ownership since..

If the car has been registered in NI for more than 3 months (to an Individuals name with a NI address) regardless of where it came from this is acceptable.