car vrt for old cars?

thesoulfulldude

with the new vrt coming in im wondering if you import a second hand car do you still have to pay the new vrt or are old cars exempt? it seems to be only for new cars?? cant find much info about this on revenue.ie........

Cmar-Ireland

It's been discussed at lenght on this forum, do a search.

The gist of it is that pre 08 imports will be vrt'd on the new system and taxed on the old (cc). 08 upwards cars will be vrt'd and taxed on the new CO2 rates.

Max_Damage

Cmar-Ireland wrote: »

The gist of it is that pre 08 imports will be vrt'd on the new system and taxed on the old (cc). 08 upwards cars will be vrt'd and taxed on the new CO2 rates.

Ah I see. I always a bit confused about the whole system. So say for example I import a '88 Ford Sierra 2.0L after July, while i'll be raped for the VRT, it still will be taxed as a 2 litre, and not on CO2 grounds? (which there would be no figures for on a car that old anyway)

skyhighflyer

Max_Damage wrote: »

Ah I see. I always a bit confused about the whole system. So say for example I import a '88 Ford Sierra 2.0L after July, while i'll be raped for the VRT, it still will be taxed as a 2 litre, and not on CO2 grounds? (which there would be no figures for on a car that old anyway)

Yes. Although really it'd make little difference on a car that old, from 30% to 36% on a car with a very low OMSP anyway.

Cmar-Ireland

Yeah, the vrt on that should come to €315. Thats the current minimum charge.

Esel

See http://www.revenue.ie/leaflets/vrt-new-tax-regime.htm

Note minimum VRT charges from July. Highest minimum will be €720!

OP wrote:

cant find much info about this on revenue.ie........

Mustn't have looked too hard - the link is on the homepage!