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VRT question

  • 15-02-2009 4:41pm
    #1
    in the pub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭


    If you are a UK resident and you move to Ireland, is the VRT on your first car waived? But if I then decide to sell-is it true you have to wait a year?

    What documents do you need to do this? Where can I read about the terms and conditions?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    phishcakes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭phishcakes


    Check this out mate --> http://www.vrt.ie/


  • #3
    lifer_sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭lifer_sean


    http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/leaflets/tax-relief-transfer-residence.html

    Rough summary:
    - you have to be resident outside Ireland for over 12 months
    - you have to have owned the car for six months or more
    - you cannot sell it for 12 months afterwards
    - you have to prove you meet the criteria (typically you are interviewed in the vehicle registration office to ensure you meet all criteria

    They are fairly strict on this. For example, only you (and possibly your partner) are allowed drive the car for the 12 months afterwards.


  • #4
    in the pub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭in the pub


    Thanks for the replys,

    So if someone has just moved over from UK to Ireland, and they buy a car from the UK...can they just wait 6 months and get the VRT exemption?


  • #5
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,165 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    No, if they've already moved here they cannot. They have to have owned the car while resident in the UK.


  • #6
    lifer_sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭lifer_sean


    in the pub wrote: »
    Thanks for the replys,

    So if someone has just moved over from UK to Ireland, and they buy a car from the UK...can they just wait 6 months and get the VRT exemption?

    Please read the link that was provided ... the answer is there.

    You have to prove you owned and were using the car in UK for six months before you moved here. If you are already here then it's too late to bring in a car VRT free.


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  • #7
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,598 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    lifer_sean wrote: »
    Please read the link that was provided ... the answer is there.
    No, the answers are here.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #8
    lifer_sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭lifer_sean


    esel wrote: »
    No, the answers are here.

    That's exactly the same link as the one I posted ??? !!!!


  • #9
    rebel.ranter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭rebel.ranter


    lifer_sean wrote: »

    - you cannot sell it for 12 months afterwards


    I think this can be waived if you come upon hard times within the 12 months.


  • #10
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,598 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    lifer_sean wrote: »
    That's exactly the same link as the one I posted ??? !!!!
    My mistake - I was thinking of the link that phishcakes posted. :o

    Not your ornery onager



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