A taxing question

Vladidim

If I am was an Irish student with an Irish registered car, and I went to college with my car in England for 10 months of the year, would I have to pay my motortax to the Irish government or to the English government ?

TestTransmission

Irish

Guy:Incognito

You cant tax a car in a country unless it's registered there.

chillin_penguin

As others have said it should be taxed in Ireland, I has the same set up and while i was over in England my tax ran out. I ran into two check points where they asked me a few questions and let me off so if that happens dont worry about it too much

ivegotonetoo

I'm in the same boat, what's the story with insurance then. My insurance company said I would have to insure over there. But then would I have to re-register my car over there? Any help at all would be great. I'm moving over next Tues and my insurance runs out on the 6th.

djimi

I think you can only have a car in the UK for up to 6 months before you must reregister it as a UK car. Youll need to check this out.

zapata

Sell your irish reg car now. Buy and insure a better spec and newer english reg car. Then import it here after a year over there and avoid VRT.

Seth Brundle

zapata wrote: »

Sell your irish reg car now. Buy and insure a better spec and newer english reg car. Then import it here after a year over there and avoid VRT.

Students cannot use thier time away to avoid VRT.

Mycroft H

kbannon wrote: »

Students cannot use thier time away to avoid VRT.

who says? :P


seems like an excellent idea

Seth Brundle

The law!

You do not qualify for relief from VRT
if you went to live abroad primarily for the purpose of pursuing a course of studies
if you were working abroad on a task of duration of less than one year and your personal ties remained in the State
if you were working abroad on a task of duration of more than one year and you have been granted tax relief in respect of another vehicle in the previous 5 years.

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/leaflets/tax-relief-transfer-residence.html

Lemming

djimi wrote: »

I think you can only have a car in the UK for up to 6 months before you must reregister it as a UK car. Youll need to check this out.

Yup.

DVLA, specifically this section on importing into the UK