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VRT Question

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  • 01-12-2009 5:49pm
    #1
    jamieh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I'm working on a job in the UK for 6 months starting next January.

    I'll be staying in a hotel for the 6 months.

    If I bought a car over there could I avoid VRT when I bring it back, as technically I would have been resident in the UK for 6 months?


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Will you be paying UK tax?


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    djayforza
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭djayforza


    yeah im pretty sure thats the way it works
    there are a few conditions
    be there for at least 6 months
    not being a student

    my advice is keep all your bills and payslips and anything addressed to you while your living in the UK.
    just to let you know when or if you get it imported vrt free you have to own if for a year before you can sell it.
    hope this helps


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    jamieh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭jamieh


    Anan1 wrote: »
    Will you be paying UK tax?

    No I'll be paying Irish tax.
    djayforza wrote: »
    yeah im pretty sure thats the way it works
    there are a few conditions
    be there for at least 6 months
    not being a student

    my advice is keep all your bills and payslips and anything addressed to you while your living in the UK.
    just to let you know when or if you get it imported vrt free you have to own if for a year before you can sell it.
    hope this helps

    Thanks for the advice. I'd be buying a car for my own use - wouldn't intend on selling it so that wouldn't be a problem.

    Off to autotrader I go :D


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    ardmacha
    Registered Users Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    You cannot. If you were normally resident abroad then you could import a car which you had owned for 6 months. But being out of Ireland for only 6 months while paying Irish tax on a task of definite duration means that you remain normally resident here and so the question of moving from abroad does not arise.


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    I'm also inclined to think a hotel would not be acceptable as a place of "residence" for VRT purposes.


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    jamieh wrote: »
    No I'll be paying Irish tax.
    In that case I would think you'll still be seen as an ROI resident. Best ring the VRO to be sure, though.


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    lynchie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭lynchie


    jamieh wrote: »
    No I'll be paying Irish tax.

    Your residence status for tax purposes is determined by the number of days that you are present in Ireland in a tax year. You will be resident in Ireland for a tax year in either of the following circumstances:

    * If you spend 183 days or more in Ireland during a tax year or,
    * If you spend 280 days or more in Ireland over a period of two consecutive tax years, you will be regarded as resident for the second tax year. For example, if you spend 140 days here in Year 1 and 150 days here in Year 2, you will be resident in Ireland for Year 2.


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    Stingray
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭Stingray


    When I brought back a car, many years ago (1997) they were pretty indepth in checking all the documents. I had different circumstances in that I lived for 18mths and had an address etc. But they looked for payslips, P60's, letter from employer in Ireland that I was starting, letter from employer in the UK that I was leaving etc. Back in 1997 VRT was pretty new, so I would imagine they have refined it a lot now, for instance they can 'look you up' using your RSI number, so they would know if you were on 'the books of your employer' here. I would say 2 things:-

    1) You need an address in the UK
    2) You need to be paying taxes over there from employment.


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