Transfer car from North to South

lmahoney79 · 05-01-2011 6:15pm #1

This maybe a silly question but ill ask anyway......I am planning on bringing down a car from the North to have its NCT inspection soon. The car up north is off road so has no tax. Is there some kind of temporary tax we can put on the car just to drive it from North to South until it passes the VRT inspection down here and we can tax it properly as a southern car??

lmahoney79 · 05-01-2011 6:41pm

By the way, they cant do it in northern tax office, they only suggest paying for 6 months tax which we obviously dont want to have to do.

Jarren · 05-01-2011 6:53pm

Never heard about temporary tax

I only know the official guidelines

If you purchased the vehicle in Northern Ireland, and the invoice is dated more than 30 days earlier than the date on which you present the vehicle for registration, you must provide details of where the vehicle was stored since the date of purchase. If you purchased the vehicle elsewhere (including the UK), you will need shipping details to confirm the date of arrival of the vehicle in the State. If you are not able to produce satisfactory evidence of the date the vehicle entered the State, an additional charge may be raised by Revenue for the period from the invoice date to the date of registration.

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/purchase-car-abroad.html

lmahoney79 · 05-01-2011 7:19pm

yeah I know the official guidelines. thanks anyway.
just wonder how we are supposed to drive it down if its not taxed.

challengemaster · 05-01-2011 7:21pm

On the back of a trailer would be my guess...

pow wow · 05-01-2011 7:48pm

DVLNI does refund unused months of tax so if you buy 6 months tax in NI and return the disc by post within the first month they refund the remaining 5.

Not ideal I know, but it might solve your problem.

lmahoney79 · 05-01-2011 7:54pm

Thanks, I will defo check that out.

mickdw · 05-01-2011 8:14pm

New unregistered cars can be fitted with export plates which cover tax etc. In your case, you either pay the tax or trailer it down.

rugbyman · 05-01-2011 9:01pm

In thirty years of dealing with the police in the North and in the Uk I have never met one who would not accept your story that the car was on its way out of the Uk for good. its not an issue imo.

i dont know if the NCT will test it on Northern plates

Regards Rugbyman

p.s just looked at jarekis link, car will be re registered before testing.

mickdw · 05-01-2011 9:07pm

rugbyman wrote: »

In thirty years of dealing with the police in the North and in the Uk I have never met one who would not accept your story that the car was on its way out of the Uk for good. its not an issue imo.

Interesting. I thought there was no room for excuses with the uk police.

Transfer car from North to South

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