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vrt needed donedeal

  • 02-04-2013 5:46pm
    #1
    coopershels
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭


    Hey there,

    i want to buy an 08 focus 1.6 diesel for the low tax and insurance. almost every second car is imported from england and i would need to pay the vrt myself.

    what i want to know is..... if it's so handy just to go and pay the vrt why don't the dealers pay it then sell them and make a bigger profit. Does anyone know if it's worth buying an english car on english plates or am i just better off getting an irish reg car.

    Thanks all
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  • #2
    seanyleary
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭seanyleary


    Still money to saved importing on newer cars. Not as much as there was.


  • #3
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,751 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    coopershels wrote: »
    Hey there,

    i want to buy an 08 focus 1.6 diesel for the low tax and insurance. almost every second car is imported from england and i would need to pay the vrt myself.

    what i want to know is..... if it's so handy just to go and pay the vrt why don't the dealers pay it then sell them and make a bigger profit. Does anyone know if it's worth buying an english car on english plates or am i just better off getting an irish reg car.

    Thanks all

    ...sorry, are you saying garages are trying to sell you a UK reg Focus, that you have to VRT yourself ?

    Sorry, but that makes no sense at all.

    Registered traders don't have to pay the VRT until they sell the car off the lot: but they still have to pay it. Are you sure you've picking it up right ?

    Private sellers - well, that's a different ball of wax entirely.

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  • #4
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    the dealer is obliged to pay the VRT on selling the car as said. It isn't advisable to buy a car privately without the VRT paid as the seller is not entitled to sell it to you.


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,380 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You'll find that most of these cars are auction fodder bought cheap in the UK and bought by low level traders that don't pay taxes or rates. They dont register them because then they'd be on the radar for revenue.


  • #6
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,256 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    You'll find that most of these cars are auction fodder bought cheap in the UK and bought by low level traders that don't pay taxes or rates. They dont register them because then they'd be on the radar for revenue.

    Yes absolutely. The OP is clearly referring to 'donedeal traders'. These guys are not registered with revenue and dont want any records connecting them to the car trade. They therefore bring in the car from uk and sell it as is. They will also not be offering a warranty so its quick, tax free profit for them and no come back.


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