Motor tax

Compton

does anyone know if you need the insurance disc to buy tax or is the policy number sufficient?

thanks

Anan1

You need the cert if doing it in a motor tax office or by post, but only the policy no. if doing it online.

Compton

thanks.. to do it online you need a pin do you?

Our man in Havana

They won't even ask for the cert even if doing it in a tax office, the policy number is sufficient.

si_guru

Haddockman wrote: »

They won't even ask for the cert even if doing it in a tax office, the policy number is sufficient.

This is correct - I was just there today. The "lovely helpful girl with the engaging charming character" didn't even look at me never mind the docs I had.

She grunted..."dat'll be fortee-tree euro den"...

Off I went tax disc in hand.

Anan1

I must look dishonest so - i'm pretty sure they looked for my cert the last time I made a personal appearance!

Stheno

Anan1 wrote: »

I must look dishonest so - i'm pretty sure they looked for my cert the last time I made a personal appearance!

Was it your first time taxing the car? That's the only time they've asked me for the cert

-Corkie-

It will all depend on who you get and what mood there in and you know what mood that is..;)

Compton

Alright cheers lads, it will be my first time taxing this car so im going to wait for the insurance disc to arrive.

A-Trak

And you don't even need the policy number when taxing online.
I lazily used a random bunch of letters and digits in the policy field which the motor tax online site accepted no problem.

Compton

how would i go about getting the pin for taxing online?

OldmanMondeo

both forms, the manual and renewal with pin on it have a section for entering the insurance details. You no longer need to send the insurance cert. The only thing you need to sent is the DOE cert for a commerical.

aujopimur

You can tax on line using the last 6 digits of your cars VIN no.

-Corkie-

aujopimur wrote: »

You can tax on line using the last 6 digits of your cars VIN no.

AFAIK thats for first time taxing only and not for normal renewal. The PIN is on the renewal form that you get from the tax office.

bazz26

You can now request a PIN online from their website:

https://www.motarviews.ie/forgot-pin-ui/faces/getDetails.jspx?lang=en

galwaytt

bazz26 wrote: »

You can now request a PIN online from their website:

https://www.motarviews.ie/forgot-pin-ui/faces/getDetails.jspx?lang=en

motarviews.ie

LOL, they can't spell 'motor' ???

Our man in Havana

Is that site even genuine?

Honey-ec

aujopimur wrote: »

You can tax on line using the last 6 digits of your cars VIN no.

That only applies to the first taxing of a brand new car. If the OP is taxing a used car that he's just bought and transferred the ownership of, it won't work. He will, however, be able to tax it online from the first renewal onwards.

And the Motor Tax online site isn't linked to any insurance database, you can put your policy number as 123456789XX for all the difference it makes.

MidlandsM

Haddockman wrote: »

Is that site even genuine?

+1 , is that dodgy to glean peoples info?

Our man in Havana

http://whois.domaintools.com/motarviews.ie

domain: motarviews.ie
descr: Department of Transport
descr: Statutory Body
descr: Discretionary Name
admin-c: AKQ264-IEDR
tech-c: AKQ264-IEDR
renewal: 16-July-2011
status: Active
nserver: CWEXT.GN.GOV.IE
nserver: GBEXT.GN.GOV.IE
source: IEDR

person: Enda Casey
nic-hdl: AKQ264-IEDR
source: IEDR

Seems genuine but it sure is a strange name.

MidlandsM

Enda needs to go to Specsavers.