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A few Vrt Questions

  • 13-01-2010 10:32pm
    #1
    m.j.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭


    I just bought a car in the north and its taxed and moted up until november 2010. If I change the car over do I have to pay tax straight away and will it have to go through an nct straight away. I actually have an address up the north so dont know wether to change it or not.


Comments

  • #2
    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    Yes must be taxed straight away. NCT is required if it is 4 years old or older. If you are resident in the North why register it down here? As a resident in the North you pay zero VRT if you have owned it there for 6 months.


  • #3
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,230 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Having an address is not the same as being resident (especially since residency rules for taxation became stricter).
    You need to prove that you actually lived at the address in NI


  • #4
    m.j.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭m.j.w


    Tipsy Mac wrote: »
    Yes must be taxed straight away. NCT is required if it is 4 years old or older. If you are resident in the North why register it down here? As a resident in the North you pay zero VRT if you have owned it there for 6 months.

    Im living in the south now so not to sure what to do. Such a waste having to tax it and nct after it just being through mot


  • #5
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,230 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Why did you tax and MoT it if you live down here?


  • #6
    m.j.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭m.j.w


    I just bought it today and it is taxed and mot'd


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  • #7
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,230 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    ah, ok.
    The MoT pass means nothing from an NCT perspective but in theory it should get the NCT easily.
    IIRC, you can claim back the unused UK tax


  • #8
    m.j.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭m.j.w


    kbannon wrote: »
    ah, ok.
    The MoT pass means nothing from an NCT perspective but in theory it should get the NCT easily.
    IIRC, you can claim back the unused UK tax

    Yea I heard that you could claim it back alright but would it make a difference that I did not pay for it


  • #9
    m.j.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭m.j.w


    tbh my orginal plan was to get my test and then swap my Licence for an N.Irish Licence using my northern ireland address to get it and then if I was ever stopped id have the northern licence and there would be nothing said but i dont know wether to do that or not


  • #10
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,230 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    None that I'm aware of
    http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_4022582
    and
    http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012526


  • #11
    m.j.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭m.j.w


    kbannon wrote: »
    None that I'm aware of
    http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_4022582
    and
    http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012526


    thanks for the help


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  • #12
    si_guru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    m.j.w wrote: »
    Yea I heard that you could claim it back alright but would it make a difference that I did not pay for it


    No.. you just return the tax with a form from the Post Office.. tax belongs to the car.. not the owner... if you see what I mean


  • #13
    m.j.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭m.j.w


    its not even the price of tax or the hassle of the nct that makes me not want to change it. its the joke prices quoted by irish insurance companies, on a provisonal in the south im getting quoted 1850 and on a full im getting quoted 1315. in the north (with the same company) on a provisonal im getting quoted 850 so even if you convert that to euro its cheaper to be insured on a provisonal up there that it is on a full down here. absolute DISGRACE!!


  • #14
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    m.j.w wrote: »
    tbh my orginal plan was to get my test and then swap my Licence for an N.Irish Licence using my northern ireland address to get it and then if I was ever stopped id have the northern licence and there would be nothing said but i dont know wether to do that or not
    Since nobody else pointed it out, what you are talking about there could easily be considered fraud. If you were ever caught you could face serious fines, criminal convictions etc. And you could very easily be caught, if you were in a crash, being caught on speeding cameras, going through tolls etc.


  • #15
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    m.j.w wrote: »
    its not even the price of tax or the hassle of the nct that makes me not want to change it. its the joke prices quoted by irish insurance companies, on a provisonal in the south im getting quoted 1850 and on a full im getting quoted 1315. in the north (with the same company) on a provisonal im getting quoted 850 so even if you convert that to euro its cheaper to be insured on a provisonal up there that it is on a full down here. absolute DISGRACE!!
    Just in case you haven't, make sure you try quotes from every company out there, I was just looking at some and they ranged from €500 with one company to €1800 with another. Guess which company I'll be going with :)


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