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Car Tax in Budget Question

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  • 13-10-2008 6:05pm
    #1
    Bandara
    Registered Users Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭


    My car is due to be taxed this month (ie it expires Oct 08), I got my renewal thing in the post, if the budget has a road tax increase in it will it be implemented from midnight tomorrow night.

    Seeing as i'm paying about 1300 a year now, should I renew for the year tomorrow before it goes up even more, or will they implement it from the start of November ???

    Any ideas?


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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    May as well tag along with this

    I'm STILL awaiting a log book for my new car, meaning its as yet untaxed. I'll have to tax it back to August when it comes through.

    If (hah! when...) my range goes up are they going to attempt to get me for the increase, seeing as I'll want a year from August - when it had the old rates.

    (I only had the car for about 2 days in August before anyone thinks Shannon are taking 10 weeks to send out log books - its only 6...)


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    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,329 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    my tax is also due. Thanks to the op I'll do it tonight as one thing is for sure - it isn't coming down.


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    MYOB wrote: »
    May as well tag along with this

    I'm STILL awaiting a log book for my new car, meaning its as yet untaxed. I'll have to tax it back to August when it comes through.

    If (hah! when...) my range goes up are they going to attempt to get me for the increase, seeing as I'll want a year from August - when it had the old rates.

    (I only had the car for about 2 days in August before anyone thinks Shannon are taking 10 weeks to send out log books - its only 6...)

    If you are taxing it from a year, say tomrorow, do you not get a year from now? ie till end spt 09 and they charge you for aug and sept this year as arrears? So you pay 14 months now for a disc till end sept 09.


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    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    Normally a road tax increase is done from a date in the future, possibly January, it won't be from midnight tomorrow.


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    robbie99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭robbie99


    The motor tax increases at last December's budget were effective from February. I'd expect a similar 2 month lead in.


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,114 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Chances are any increases will not come into effect until 1st January 2009 at the earliest.


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    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Chances are any increases will not come into effect until 1st January 2009 at the earliest.

    I'd tend to agree seeing as it Budget 2009, but there's a possibiltiy that all measures could be implemented from Nov 1 in the national interest.


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    L1011
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    Stekelly wrote: »
    If you are taxing it from a year, say tomrorow, do you not get a year from now? ie till end spt 09 and they charge you for aug and sept this year as arrears? So you pay 14 months now for a disc till end sept 09.

    Its been a very long time since I did anything other than just use the online renewal so you're very probably right...


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    NewApproach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭NewApproach


    The only things that tend to be implemented as of midnight are the likes of cigarrettes I think.


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    Heroditas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    MYOB wrote: »
    May as well tag along with this

    I'm STILL awaiting a log book for my new car, meaning its as yet untaxed. I'll have to tax it back to August when it comes through.

    If (hah! when...) my range goes up are they going to attempt to get me for the increase, seeing as I'll want a year from August - when it had the old rates.

    (I only had the car for about 2 days in August before anyone thinks Shannon are taking 10 weeks to send out log books - its only 6...)


    I changed car 5 weeks ago and rang Shannon on Friday asking where the hell my logbook was because I also need to get it taxed (it's been out of date since May!!!!!) - they posted it out in the middle of September ...... to my previous home. :rolleyes:

    My old car was registered to that address but I had changed it with the relevant forms 18 months ago when I left there to move to my current address. The tax disc for the old car even got sent there earlier this year.

    So I had to get a form signed in the Garda station and they're sending me out the replacement book.

    I also decided feck it I'll also tax the new car so have sent off the form to the local motor tax office. No doubt they'll send it to the wrong address again. I'm just waiting to get pulled over in a checkpoint for out of date tax. :mad:


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,002 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Have every document you can with you in the car. Gardaí can seize the car if tax is more than two months out of date....

    Not your ornery onager



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