[depadz]

Anyone know how sticky they are with this.
Am bringing in a car which will have ~ 5500KM by the time I get it to dublin.
I can put the other 500KM on if it means avoiding VAT.

[kceire]

Originally Posted by depadz

Anyone know how sticky there are with this.
Am bringing in a car which will have ~ 5500KM by the time I get it to dublin.
I can put the other 500KM on it it means avoiding VAT.

do a few dyno runs

[Beer Baron]

Buy the car on a Friday meaning you have till Monday afternoon to VRT it and by then you can easily do 500km.

[bazz26]

They are pretty anal on this rule as it means additional revenue for the VAT man.

[robtri]

take the long way home..... seriously not worth it,
if you dont be prepared for them to give you a large tub of vaseline and ask you to bend over... as they look for more money from you

[rebel.ranter]

I would not take any chances or trust any response on an internet forum. 500km would be an easy number to knock up over a weekend as suggested, make the purchase trip for the car into a mini holiday.

[depadz]

thanks all.. will ensure its over the 6000KM mark.

[CarMuppet]

Originally Posted by depadz

Anyone know how sticky they are with this.
Am bringing in a car which will have ~ 5500KM by the time I get it to dublin.
I can put the other 500KM on if it means avoiding VAT.

...and the car must be over 6 months old too...

Best of luck with your new car,
CarMuppet

[depadz]

had the 6mths covered alright (is 9 mths old), just learned of the 6000KM now..

[CarMuppet]

Excellent.... great to hear Vatman won't get more cash off another motorist!

[Gophur]

Revenue have been known to ask for a copy of the invoice for the car to see the mileage on it. Be prepared for a shafting!

[depadz]

would they have the milage on the invoice?

[knifey_spoonie]

Sorry scrap what i said, i was wrong. (deleted)

Your other option is if you are exporting the car the dealer has the option to charge you the ex vat figure and then you pay irish vat.

[Shane732]

Originally Posted by Gophur

Revenue have been known to ask for a copy of the invoice for the car to see the mileage on it. Be prepared for a shafting!

Shouldn't really matter though as the legislation is in relation to when the car is imported but bought.... The additional mileage could have been done up the North/UK and the car towed back to Ireland.

If they got that ratty I'd go for the line "well I'll have to contact the ombudsman about this - there was over 6K on the car when I imported it".

[Shane732]

Originally Posted by knifey_spoonie

The rule is 6 month OR 6000 km you dont need to reach the two.

I'm afraid not my son.