Out of Date Tax

xzanti

I just realized today that my tax is out of date since the end of February... Usually they send me a form in the post and I do it on the net but this month maybe it got lost in the post or something... Anyway.. I got on the phone today on my lunch break to try and get them to send me a form or maybe by some miracle sort it out over the phone :rolleyes: but I was put on hold for the duration of my lunch break...So I shall have to try again tomorrow to alleviate the problem...But.. If I am unlucky enough to be stopped between now and the time I get my up to date disc in my window what is the worst that can happen to me???

kippy

http://oasis.gov.ie/transport/motoring/motor_tax_rates.html

I think the details are in there somewhere.

homah_7ft

It's expensive enough if you are caught. You pay a fine for not displaying a current disc and then you must pay the backtax and a penalty.

spockety

In my experience, if it's up to 2 months out of date, an inspecting Garda at a checkpoint will say, "you know your tax is up?", and you say "yes Garda, I'll get it sorted right away", and that's that.

Up to 5 months out and you'll probably get a ticket or request to get it sorted and present at the station within 5 days. DO THIS! Go over 6, and you probably won't be allowed to carry on driving from the checkpoint.

homah_7ft

Must have been a bad morning for this garda then

rondeco

xzanti wrote:

If I am unlucky enough to be stopped between now and the time I get my up to date disc in my window what is the worst that can happen to me???

Worst case scenario: Summons for no tax.

Probable scenario: Ticket costing approx €60

If you let the car go more than 3 months out of tax it can be seized off you and you can only reclaim it when you have back taxed it and also pay the release fee.

colm_mcm

you can get a form in the tax office, or you can download it from your county's council website.

Barr

do you get penalty points for not displaying a current tax disc ?

johnnyrotten

Barr wrote:

do you get penalty points for not displaying a current tax disc ?

NO!

vector

Barr wrote:

do you get penalty points for not displaying a current tax disc ?

no*, just a fine, but traffic wardens now have the power to iniate such a fine, so use a multi-storey os some other non "public place", and at home park you car on your driveway within the "curtilage" of your house

*well if you are pedantic, possible yes as "Failure to act in accordance with a Garda signal" attract 1 penalty point, so if you were given an informal warning by a garda and told to fix your tax situation this could be a verbal "signal"! pedantic yes but could happen because the language is sufficiently vague...