VRT Related Question

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nfitzger

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I am considering returning to Ireland from the UK.
Before I return however, I am looking to buy a car and return to Ireland with it.
I am aware that I must be the owner of the car for at least 6 months to avoid paying vrt, but if I do not meet this criteria are there any other ways around it.
For instance, I will be retaining my property in the uk. If the car remains registered to my name out of the uk, can I drive it for several months under my uk insurance (up 90 days in one period) unitl I satisfy the 6 month criteria before applying for VRT relief ?

Many thanks.
 
you need to check with your insurers - Irish insurers allow 30 days in another EU country - depends what your UK insurer allows
 
Be careful on this I am sure VRT people have seen all this before.

Make sure and compare prices on www.carzone.ie on used cars to see what will give the best return.

something 2.0 plus engine size and diesel. above 1.9 is 30% vrt
BMW 530D or the like.

Make the most of it.

VRT really gets on my wick.
 
Revenue will look for proof of when you entered the country to take up residence here. So, say, you bought the car in UK on 1 July. You now return to Ireland on 25 Oct to take up a new job starting 1 Nov.

Revenue will ask for proof of returning to IRL, such as a job contract. It will be difficult, as well as illegal, for you to show to Revenue that you didn't return till after 1 Jan to avail of the 6 month period.
 
Yip, this vrt thing is such a rip off. You end up paying stacks of cash for a modest family car. To tell you the truth only for family I would never come back to this country, it really is a rip off.
 
the VRT of 30% for anything over a 2 litre

is the vrt of 30% the price on the car you bought in the UK or the price of the car when it was new e.g rrp in ireland?
 
Persius said:
Revenue will look for proof of when you entered the country to take up residence here. So, say, you bought the car in UK on 1 July. You now return to Ireland on 25 Oct to take up a new job starting 1 Nov.

Revenue will ask for proof of returning to IRL, such as a job contract. It will be difficult, as well as illegal, for you to show to Revenue that you didn't return till after 1 Jan to avail of the 6 month period.
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Yes Persius is correct. That is exactly what will happen. Be careful, but if you meet the criteria, do it.
 
griffin said:
the VRT of 30% for anything over a 2 litre

is the vrt of 30% the price on the car you bought in the UK or the price of the car when it was new e.g rrp in ireland?
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The VRT is 30% of the open market selling price in Ireland ie 30% of what revenue estimate the imported vehicle would cost to purchase in ireland.
 
I came to Ireland for six months from Scotland to see how I liked it before deciding to stay permanently or not. Had only owned my car 19 days short of 6 months. Phoned VRO in Dublin before coming over and was told to keep ferry ticket when I first came over and that if I decided to stay permanently to go to local office and register car, but would not have to pay VRT as I would have owned car more than six months, but to keep work receipts etc to prove I was out of the country working.
Love Ireland and after being here 6 months (during which time I made frequent trips back to Scotland for work (self employed) I decided to stay for good. Trotted off to local office with my docs, receipts etc, and handed over everything. A couple of days later they got back to me demanding almost 4000 euro for VRT!!! Their excuse, I had not owned the car 6 months before coming to the country.
I have since appealed this decision and got the same reply. I handed over phone bills, electric bills from Scotland dated 5 months after I first came over, invoices for work carried out in Scotland and Bank statements showing that I had paid money in at the same time the work was carried out. also, forms from Tax office I had to submit to let them know I was leaving the country permanently dated 8 months after I first came over and tax returns up until then also, so plenty of proof I was officially still resident in UK, but they are just not interested, so now I am looking to find a solicitor in the Clare area who specialises in EU law as apparently they are breaking several rulings.
The thing that really got my back up was the fact that they would not let me pay this VRT by instalments but demanded it within 28 days or told me to "Get the car out of the country". I don't have the money, have given up my house in Scotland so can't go back, need the car to carry on working, so in effect they are going to force me to have to give up work (have a lot of equipment I need to take with me) and sign on, which will cost them more than the VRT.
Anyone offer any solutions?
 
sell your car -either back in Scotland or to a dealer in Ireland and buy one here - perhaps a dealer will do you some sort of swop

pm me with the details of your car
 
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