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VAT definition of new car for import ???

  • 28-01-2009 5:30pm
    #1
    yaeger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 139 ✭✭


    Hey people

    Query regards the definition of "NEW" according to a google search on topic...

    " A new car means a car that has been in service for 6 months or less, or has been driven for 6000 kilometers or less. "

    Maybe i just getting my head in a spin over something very simple...
    I have sourced a car in the UK with a registered date so that its now older then 6months, however its just under the 6000 kilometer mark... Literally by 500KM or so, I would clock that up on the journey home !!! by the time its in ireland at the VRO its just over 6k..good enough??

    From my reading of the defintion its either one OR the other prequisite regards avoiding tax and not both... or am i reading it wrong must it be both over 6000km and 6months in order to be excluded from VAT on import.

    Worst case scenario i buy the car and rag it around the UK for a couple hundred miles, or is this faulted ! will they look at the mileage as written on the documentation when buying or is it assessed on the day as presented outside the VRT office ????? maybe the dealer will add a few pre-emptive miles on the documentation to ensure the hoop is jumped.

    Incidentally WOW the savings I am making in the UK including vrt payment..


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  • #2
    McSpud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 612 ✭✭✭McSpud


    Maye the dealer would allow you buy the car & drive it 500mls at the weekend & then come back to sign the papers at new mileage?


  • #3
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Not sure if it has to be over 6000 miles AND more than 6 months old.
    Either way, if the car is regarded as new you dont pay the VAT in UK if bought for export so you would then just pay it here (costing a little more) and if its not classed as new, you will have to pay uk vat so one way or the other you must pay VAT once and only once.


  • #4
    Brewster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Brewster


    OP you can buy the car VAT free if you like, and then pay VAT in Ireland. Revenue will use mileage on invoice when assessing if VAT is due. If its less than 6000Km then you are liable for VAT in Ireland. You dont want to be paying VAT twice!


  • #5
    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    A mate is buying a VAT qualifying car in the UK, but it is 8 months old, if he does not have to pay the UK VAT does he have to pay it here, even though it is older than 6 months and has more than 6000km? It almost sounds like he could get away with maying no VAT whatsoever, not that I would condone that kind of thing.


  • #6
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,091 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    yaeger wrote: »
    " A new car means a car that has been in service for 6 months or less, or has been driven for 6000 kilometers or less.
    The big 'or' in your quote is the important one. So, a two year old car with less than 6000km would be liable for VAT.

    The following statement would also apply: "You will not have to pay VAT if the car was first registered more than 6 months ago and has more than 6000km on the clock."

    Not your ornery onager



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  • #7
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    it's 6k kms.

    Tell them to leave mileage off paperwork, and don't VRT it until you do...6xxx kms.

    If they insist on putting it on the invoice, etc, get them to put the 6xxx figure on, and wait 'til your past that before VRT-ing.

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  • #8
    yaeger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 139 ✭✭yaeger


    Thanks guys for replies

    Its a second hand car, so and registered in july and by the time i present it will have have just over 6000km on it.. so i expect to only be paying VRT only which i have planned for... UK VAT would have been paid by original owner of uk vehicle, irish vat i should be eligible to avoid...


  • #9
    Brewster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Brewster


    yaeger wrote: »
    Thanks guys for replies

    Its a second hand car, so and registered in july and by the time i present it will have have just over 6000km on it.. so i expect to only be paying VRT only which i have planned for... UK VAT would have been paid by original owner of uk vehicle, irish vat i should be eligible to avoid...

    Is it a private sale or you buying from garage? Simpliest and most effective way of buying car is getting a few more kms on clock, or at least put down on invoice!


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