Off road declaration

Sabre Man

My car's been off the road since August but it's about time to get her back on the road for the summer.

Does anyone know if the off road declaration form can be dated from 31 August until 1 May if I go to the tax office after 1 May (as I will be paying tax for the whole month anyway), or must the end date on the form be the same as the date you're actually going to the tax office?

Mac 3

My understanding is that you are declaring it off the road, the last day off the road was the last day of April, so your tax will start today on the 01-5, so no problem there. I got mine back on the road on the 01-4.

You'd be declaring non use up to the and including the last day of April.

(I think)

ash_18x

i'd say put it off the road until may 1st because if you say april 30th will you not be liable for back tax for April, I know my bother got stung this way a while ago.
check it out first, open to correction!

Mac 3

If I recall correctly the form asks for the exact time period of non use, Ie first day of month x up to last day of month y.

Then it asks for what month you want your tax disc to commence from which should be the next consecutive month from "y".

Sabre Man

ash_18x wrote: »

i'd say put it off the road until may 1st because if you say april 30th will you not be liable for back tax for April, I know my bother got stung this way a while ago.
check it out first, open to correction!

Good point.

I'm just worried that if I say May 1 and get it stamped today at the Garda station, that if I go to the tax office tomorrow or next week they will tell me I need a new form stamped and declared until that date even though I will not have been using my car between May 1 and the date I pay the tax.

peasant

Why not lobby the powers that be for something like this:



This is a system they have in Germany where the numbers on the plate declare when it is legal to have the vehicle on the road ...in this case from 04 -10 i.e. April to October.

You'd still have to look after your valid tax disk and insurance for the period but it would be an automatic "off the road" declaration, logged in the central database somewhere.

corktina

it doesnt matter what date you go to the tax office....get it stamped on or after 30 04 and you will pay tax from 1 05 irrespective of when you tax it....
(why not do it by post anyway, save going in to the office....

Sabre Man

corktina wrote: »

it doesnt matter what date you go to the tax office....get it stamped on or after 30 04 and you will pay tax from 1 05 irrespective of when you tax it....
(why not do it by post anyway, save going in to the office....

That's an option. Where can I get the relevant forms?

corktina

you should have one with your last renewal notice...otherwise I think you can download them and gety them at Gards baracks....(handy...fill it in there and then get them to stamp it...)