I'm just trying to buy a car nothing more nothing less.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.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?
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.I'm just trying to buy a car nothing more nothing less.
I'm also very interested in the answer to this. Does anyone here know, by experience, link to a resource or otherwise?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?
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.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..
I'm looking at a NI registered car that has been used as a courtesy car by a NI dealer for the last 15 months. In other words it was a legitimately working car for the dealer. The V5C document shows the registered owner is the dealer, and has been since new.Yes that is exactly how I bought my car from the Mercedes dealer in Portadown a few months ago.
The logbook remains in the previous (NI) owners name and address untill the dealer sells it on.
This will not work, unfortunately they are very strict on this. The logbook must be in an individuals name and not in a company name.I'm looking at a NI registered car that has been used as a courtesy car by a NI dealer for the last 15 months. In other words it was a legitimately working car for the dealer. The V5C document shows the registered owner is the dealer, and has been since new.
So I'm wondering if this situation is enough to get around the "owned by a prividual individual" issue, or are all company cars (even if company has nothing to do with the motor trade) subject to VRT/Customs charges.
Any thoughts? Thanks - Richard
I'll answer my own question: It is fine...I'm looking at a NI registered car that has been used as a courtesy car by a NI dealer for the last 15 months. In other words it was a legitimately working car for the dealer. The V5C document shows the registered owner is the dealer, and has been since new.
So I'm wondering if this situation is enough to get around the "owned by a prividual individual" issue, or are all company cars (even if company has nothing to do with the motor trade) subject to VRT/Customs charges.
Any thoughts? Thanks - Richard
Ah. Just noticed your reply. Thanks. I also replied .This will not work, unfortunately they are very strict on this. The logbook must be in an individuals name and not in a company name.
FWIW I imported a demo car from NI post-Brexit but before the 2024 changes. It was in the name of the dealer from new and this was no issue.
I have not looked into it, but I thought the ‘in an individual’s name’ requirement applied to a car that was brought from mainland UK to NI and then imported to Ireland but would not be relevant to a car initially registered in NI, for example a dealer demo car.
Successfully re registered the NI car at the VRT office today. The fact that it was owned by/in the name of a dealer was not even mentioned. I avoided customs fees, tariffs, VAT and VRT. Quite happy about all that.Ah. Just noticed your reply. Thanks. I also replied .
I talked with the VRT office directly (face to face an actual human) and they confirmed it would be fine. I showed them the details on the V5C document and they were content that it met the requirements.
I did think that it would be strange that NI (eg Coca Cola) companies trying to offload company cars would be subject to these restrictions.