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When does tax start on an import?

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  • 28-09-2015 11:23am
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    Neffa2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭


    Hi

    About to bring in a car from N.I. Will be buying it tomorrow, collecting Wednesday.

    When do the tax office consider it is liable for Irish tax - I would much rather it started on 1/10? If I stay overnight in Belfast (which I can do for work this week) and show receipts to prove I didn't bring it in until Thurs, will that work for road tax? Or do they take the day I bought it in any case?

    Thanks!
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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You have 30 days to register it either way.
    You only owe tax from when you register it.


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    You have 30 days to register it either way.
    You only owe tax from when you register it.

    ....so don't register it at end-of-month..........you'll be stung for the month past, register it at the beginning of a month......

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    Donnelly117
    Registered Users Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭Donnelly117


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ....so don't register it at end-of-month..........you'll be stung for the month past, register it at the beginning of a month......
    Happened to me, registered the car on the last day of the month thinking I could tax it the next day... 200 euro ill never get back :mad: Lesson learned I guess


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    What car have you that's €200pm to tax :o


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    Donnelly117
    Registered Users Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭Donnelly117


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    What car have you that's €200pm to tax :o
    Oops that should be a 100 :pac: Its a Z4


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Still a pain!


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    Neffa2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭Neffa2


    ok, thanks for the quick reply. NI dealer wants to do deal to hit their month-end, and is dropping price accordingly, so I have to do it before 30/9.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You have to buy it before 30/9 surely?


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    Neffa2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭Neffa2


    yes, buy on [Wednesday] 30/9, then was mulling over staying in Belfast that night and driving it down on 1/10, that's the issue. Sounds like I don't need to.


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    CiniO
    Registered Users Posts: 16,088 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Donnelly117 wrote: »
    Happened to me, registered the car on the last day of the month thinking I could tax it the next day... 200 euro ill never get back :mad: Lesson learned I guess

    So does that mean if you register vehicle on 31st of the month, and pay tax on 1st of next month, you will have to pay arrears for the whole of previous month?
    Is there no way to declare vehicle off the road for previous month?


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    Donnelly117
    Registered Users Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭Donnelly117


    CiniO wrote: »
    So does that mean if you register vehicle on 31st of the month, and pay tax on 1st of next month, you will have to pay arrears for the whole of previous month?
    Is there no way to declare vehicle off the road for previous month?
    No, the car is liable for tax from the day it is registered in the country. A car has to be taxed in order to be declared off the road afaik? Or has to be declared off the road 6 weeks prior to the tax expiring maybe? Unless this is different for an import.
    I just paid it, lesson learned. Wouldn't have killed the guy in the VRT office to tell me to do it tomorrow, you'd swear the money would come out of his wages :rolleyes: But having said that its not his job either


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    5500
    Registered Users Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭5500


    Yes you can declare a newly imported vehicle OTR in the same month it's registered. I've done it myself for a car that was registered a few day's before months end and was parked up untill the following month.

    In the OP's case though they will be fine, just make the booking when you get the car and you should get a date to register at the centre within a week so you wont be loosing much time


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    CiniO
    Registered Users Posts: 16,088 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    5500 wrote: »
    Yes you can declare a newly imported vehicle OTR in the same month it's registered. I've done it myself for a car that was registered a few day's before months end and was parked up untill the following month.

    In the OP's case though they will be fine, just make the booking when you get the car and you should get a date to register at the centre within a week so you wont be loosing much time

    Well in that case OP could go even further.
    Buy it on 29th as he's planning, bring it in to Ireland and hold off with VRT appointment until the end of October (but make it within 30 days).
    Then he can declare it off the road for last few days of October, obstrain from using it, and tax only from November.


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