Paying UK car tax

Kopkillers

Folks,
I'm importing a car from the UK from a dealer next week. The car is not taxed. I want to get it taxed. Seems to be complicated due to the fact that I obviously have a Irish address. I really don't want to drive it to the ferry untaxed. I also know some folks that were nabbed at Holyhead by the UK police for untaxed cars..even though they were leaving the UK and heading for Ireland.
Anyone been in this situation and can offer me some advice??

alo1587

Ask the dealer to stick 6 months tax on it for you.If he wants to make a sale he'll do it.

kilasser

Dealer will do it for you.

Johnboy Mac

alo1587 wrote: »

Ask the dealer to stick 6 months tax on it for you.If he wants to make a sale he'll do it.

The dealer can also claim a refund on the road tax. But for him to tax it the car will need to be in his name.

Tipsy Mac

Once you have a receipt, proof of insurance, your drivers license, the v5 and the dealer has kept the piece to send off to the dvla the vehicle has left the UK fleet and the police while they might stop you to check why tax is out they will let you go without a problem.

Kopkillers

OK, thanks folks.
Dealer says he will pay it once I send/bring over the transferred insurance cert and then I can claim this back once home again in Ireland.
I'm still a little suspicious though...reckon there may be a problem since my address is not a UK one...we'll se..at least I'm trying!!!

Our man in Havana

The dealer should be able to tax it on the basis of his fleet/garage insurance. Also the DVLA will not accept an Irish insurance cert to obtain road tax in the UK.

Kopkillers

You sure about this bond?
I rang the DVLA this morning and they seemed to think it would not be a problem to tax the car, even though I live in Ireland and have Irish insurance.
But I still suspect the guy at the DVLA could be wong since he didn't sound very convincing. Looks like I'll find out next week the true story..simple little thing but hard to get a definitive answer..that's the problem with importing...lots of little obstacles and challenges..good fun at times but starting to wear me down!!

testicle

Kopkillers wrote: »

You sure about this bond?
I rang the DVLA this morning and they seemed to think it would not be a problem to tax the car, even though I live in Ireland and have Irish insurance.
But I still suspect the guy at the DVLA could be wong since he didn't sound very convincing. Looks like I'll find out next week the true story..simple little thing but hard to get a definitive answer..that's the problem with importing...lots of little obstacles and challenges..good fun at times but starting to wear me down!!

Did you make it clear that Ireland was a different country?

Swansea residents are not known for their intelligence.

Our man in Havana

I have come across some very obstructive DVLA clerks that have refused to tax cars on Irish insurance. They would only accept a cert issued in the UK.

Beware that both Dyfed-Powys and North Wales Police have ANPR checks approaching the 3 main ports.

Kopkillers

The guy at the DVLA did mention NI but I told him it was the Republic so maybe he didn't understand..
I tried to get temporary UK insurance as suggested by the dealer since it was free for 7 days...but of course I could't because I live in ROI. Dealer reckons just turn up on purchase day with Irish insurance cert and they will bring it to the local post office, pay the tax, give me the disc and off I go...sounds too good to be true.
Sounds like you have some experience in these matters.
I'll have the car in the UK for two days so want to be fully legit...lots of people tell me just to ignore the tax but this ain't my style..

Our man in Havana

Ignoring the tax could cost you dear. If you get clamped by the DVLA it will cost you £200 to get unclamped.
I simply asked the dealer to go down and tax it. He used his own insurance. Not a bother.

getz

testicle wrote: »

Did you make it clear that Ireland was a different country?

Swansea residents are not known for their intelligence.

not a lot of people in the dvla have been born within the british isles so there is a good chance they think all ireland is one country for inst when my wife renewed her driving licence she was refused because they saw gibraltar on her birth cirt -they dident know gib was british ,at the end of the day they sent her a full apology and this is a british goverment department

Kopkillers

I suspect when the dealer goes to the local post office with my ins cert he'll have a problem but he thinks all will be fine. if this does happen, I presume he can just pay the tax using the dealers insurance. The dealer has agreed to pay the tax and give me the refund..i don't even car about the bloody refund, I just want to be legit!!
Ah well, just hope this messing doesn't hold me up too much on the day or i'll be really annoyed...

Voodoomelon

I wouldn't be slightly worried about english tax, you'd want to get a right b*stard of a customs officer to pick you up on that.

Our man in Havana

It is not the customs you need to worry about, it is the cops and DVLA with their ANPR vans.
I have witnessed cars being seized by the DVLA only 200m from the entrance to Fishguard port.

I'm not saying they have or have not siezed cars just before the ferry, but itfany police officer that would do that when the car is leaving the country would be one of the worlds greatest w****rs and I would wish extreme bad luck on he/she.

Personally OP I would risk driving without the tax I drove for 4 months around London without an mot and never heard a word about it and the way people talk you would be caught in a matter of hours.

If you do want to tax it, bring your insurance cert and the post office will accept the Irish insurance cert.