Insurance Companies having to report foreign registered cars?

clogher71

Hi All

I read on the editiors notes is this months Irish Vintage Scene that the Insurance Companies have to (or it is coming in the near future) report any 'foreign Registered' vehicles(post 1987) on their books to the revenue.

Can anyone shead any more light on this?.

carchaeologist

Two words 'Nanny state'

manta mad

post 87 !!!!!!!!!!!! yeah right ..
their looking at all of them , but then again the law states that .............

Rules
If you bring a vehicle into Ireland from abroad, you must first of all be able to show proof of ownership of the vehicle, for example, a vehicle registration document or evidence of car insurance. You must also have a Certificate of Permanent Export (or a vehicle registration document as we mention above). It is important to check that the document or certificate is the correct one for your car before bringing it to Ireland.

You must register your car and pay VRT by the end of the next working day following its arrival into Ireland. You must bring it to a Revenue Vehicle Registration Office (VRO) not later than the next working day following its arrival in Ireland - see 'How to apply' below. You pay the VRT charged after your vehicle has been inspected at the VRO.

Once the vehicle has been registered by the Revenue Commissioners and the VRT paid, you (or your motor dealer) will receive:

A receipt for the VRT paid showing the registration number assigned to your car
A Form RF 100 for use when you are applying for motor tax
You must display the registration number within 3 days. Failure to display the new registration number is an offence and you can be fined by An Garda Síochána (the Irish police force). You can obtain vehicle registration plates from any motor dealer. A leaflet showing the correct legal format of the registration plates to be used is available at any VRO. Vanity/personalised registration plates are illegal.

si_guru

It is good to crack down on road tax and VRT dodgers.... or Rally drivers as they like to be known.

But they should really find a way to crack down more heavily on the foreign registered cars that are not insured. You know the ones commrades!

unkel

clogher71 wrote: »

I read on the editiors notes is this months Irish Vintage Scene that the Insurance Companies have to (or it is coming in the near future) report any 'foreign Registered' vehicles(post 1987) on their books to the revenue.

Can anyone shead any more light on this?.

It's true. People living here, importing cars into this country are obliged by law to register the cars here. See manta mad's post for details. People who do not register the car here are evading tax (motor tax and VRT). This measure is aimed to stop people evading tax. Evading tax is making other people pay more tax, so effectively stealing from other people.

kev1.3s

Just remember they're putting there hand in you're pocket and taking you're money.....(B*****d's)

galwaytt

clogher71 wrote: »

Hi All

I read on the editiors notes is this months Irish Vintage Scene that the Insurance Companies have to (or it is coming in the near future) report any 'foreign Registered' vehicles(post 1987) on their books to the revenue.

Can anyone shead any more light on this?.

I can tell you that they are ALREADY doing it.

Ye have been warned, as they say.

furtzy

Yes. All irish insurance companies are now obliged by law to report to revenue all details of foreign reg cars whose policys are more than 42 days old....all details

macplaxton

carchaeologist wrote: »

Two words 'Nanny state'

I've got two too: About time.

Even when I've dealt with the slow coaches down the registration office, I've had a registration number allocated inside 42 days.