VRT

sparkulicous

Hi All
I was wondering if anyone could help. Complete novice at this.

When my girlfriend came home(to wales) from traveling in December her parents had got here a little car(Old car they got of a friend for a few hundred). She taxed and insured it in the uk. She moved back to Dublin in January and has had the car over and back a few time. But it is usually kept in the uk. She was hoping to register it over here so she can keep it here full time.
The car is registered in her name over six months in the uk.
Its currently not taxed in the uk but this can be taxed again.
She has been living and working in Ireland since last January.

Will she have any problems with the VRT process?
If she has problems will the whack us with a big VRT Bill?(the car is only worth a couple of hundred.

Thanks for the help
Sparks

two wheels good

https://www.ros.ie/VRTEnquiryServlet/ShowVRT
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/faqs-vrt.html

An old, cheap car will not attract a lot of VRT. See link above for VRT calculator. If you have been resident abroad for more than a year (AFAIR) you can apply for exemption of tax. See details in FAQs

Driving a car bearing UK reg in ROI will attract the attention of Garda\Customs authorities.

aujopimur

She will need proof of residence in the UK i.e. utility bills ,pay slips bank acc. etc
Minimum VRT on post 1980 vehicles is €560.

Esel

two wheels good wrote: »

An old, cheap car will not attract a lot of VRT.

An old cheap car for which an official CO2 figure cannot be produced/determined will cost €720 in VRT.

OP, read Transfer of Residence carefully to see if your girlfriend can qualify.

Magown3

If the car was in her name for 6 months in another country and she's moving residence to here then she will be exempt from paying vrt.

All she needs is proof that she was a resident in UK for over 6 months with the car.

kildare.17hmr

Magown3 wrote: »

All she needs is proof that she was a resident in UK for over 6 months with the car.

but according to the op she wasn't, she lived here. Unless she had the car longer and had it more than 6 months before she moved over here

two wheels good

esel wrote: »

An old cheap car for which an official CO2 figure cannot be produced/determined will cost €720 in VRT.

Point taken. Much more expensive then I remembered.
To the OP: check the revenue pages mentioned for full details

sparkulicous

Cheers guys, thanks for the help.

She has been working over here since march, but has bank acounts and the like in the uk for years.
Will bank statements sufice as proof of residency or will they go the whole hog and check if she has been working here?

Esel

She will need to be able to prove that she has owned and used the car in Wales for at least 6 months.