Car taxed for the year but now wrote off

Rafa1977 · 10-09-2009 5:36pm #1

I am hoping you lot can help me with something as I am not to sure about. I was told that you can claim tax back on your car if it has been wrote off, where you have tax`d the car for the year, is this true? I tryed to find it on motor tax website but couldnt see.

colm_mcm · 10-09-2009 5:39pm

Yep, you can - but if the car is the subject of an insurance claim, then the tax belongs to the insurance company.

Rafa1977 · 10-09-2009 5:41pm

The car has been deemed beyond economical repair and insurance company has paid out on it.

colm_mcm · 10-09-2009 5:44pm

Who owns the car now?

Rafa1977 · 10-09-2009 5:51pm

I dont know, I would imagine the insurance company. It isnt my car, my friends. But he gave the log book to the insurance company a few weeks back, and he received the end of life cert the other day.

colm_mcm · 10-09-2009 6:00pm

Logbook needs to accompany any application for refund of road tax.

Anan1 · 10-09-2009 6:28pm

I had a car written off last year that had been freshly taxed for a year. The insurance company took the cost of the tax into account when valuing the car.

Our man in Havana · 10-09-2009 7:02pm

You can only claim the tax back if there is more than 3 full months left on it.

Car taxed for the year but now wrote off

Comments