Can I cut my Car TAX

trazix

My car tax is due next month, I am driving a 1.9D Car/Van wnich is taxed Private and will cost about €500 to re tax. I have heard that if i get the car tested (not NCT) like other commercial vehicles and it passes then i will only have to pay the comercial rate which is about half. Is this true and has anybody else here gone through this. any advice on this will be greatly apreciated.

Rabies

I'm not sure if it would work. Do you not need to have proof that the car/van is used for commerical use, company letter and stuff.

mike65

This will only work if you are a commercial business and registered as such I think. Also many insurance policies exclude commercial vehicles...

Mike.

Our man in Havana

Actually it depends.

Some counties want a good vehicle declaration, get it signed at a cop shop.Wicklow is the worst for demanding these, I got one signed in the local cop shop where I am not known no problems at all. Some just dont care, just use the change of class form (yellow)

Insurance shoudnt be a prob as most cover use for business.

Seth Brundle

if you change the tax status from private to commercial then legally you will probably have to notify the insurance company - you will then end up paying them far more that what you are saving in tax.

trazix

I was told by a someone that you dont have to change from Private to Commercial but just take the Test and go to the tax office with the proof that the car/van passed, as you may or may not be aware that a Car/Van does not have to be tested (NCT or Commercial test) at the present time. I will have to ask them when i go there next month

TommyK

If you have a private car (like, say, a VW Golf), it cannot be taxed commercially at all!

If you have a commercial vehicle (like a jeep, or whatever) you have to tax it privately if you can't prove it is for commercial use (like a Goods Only Declaration, commercial insurance, etc.).

If you get a commercial road worthiness test, the garage will probably do it (why would they refuse the money!?) but the Motor Tax Office people will laugh you out of the building! (That's justa figure f speech - They won't really laugh at you - They'll just explain that it is useless for a private vehicle).

"Car Vans" are currently in a kinda grey area - they require neither an NCT nor a DoE but that'll change soon, I believe. I think you can tax these commecially if you can prove it will be used as such (If you have a comercially taxed vehicle, it will prohibit you from using it for ANY private purchase (i.e. you're not supposed to pick the kids up from school or pop up to the shop or pub in it!)).

Hope this helps . . .

Regards
Tommy.

Lardy Croft

I have recently moved to Donegal with my Land Rover 90 Defender. If I remove the seats and seat belts and get a VCT ticket on it can I then get commercial road tax?

Our man in Havana

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unkel

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