VRT Exemptions

lmahoney79

Hey, can anyone help me!! I have tried to talk to someone in Revenue and VRT helpline and NCT but to no avail!!!:mad:
Does anyone know if you are given a car by a family member in the North, are you exempt from VRT under the rule of inheritance to transfer it down south?
Any help greatly appreciated!

mullingar

IMO, VRT needs to be paid.

You still legally own the car, but the VRT - Vehicle REGISTRATION tax, must be paid to register the car on a new Irish registration.

stephendevlin

Sell it in the North ... Dont give the greedy beggers a penny!

lmahoney79

I dont want to sell it, it is being given to me by a family member who lives up North and I want to transfer it down here so I can use it.
There are exemptions from paying the VRT when you bring it down and one of those circumstances is Inheritance so just wondered if the person who gives you the car needs to be dead or not! :-)

MarkoC

Just keep it in north for 6 months ... ? or was it 1 year. Tax it and put insurance on it and after that time you bring it down to south and you pay NO VRT

lmahoney79

yeah thought of that but cant do it plus I need to use it down here now.

Anan1

lmahoney79 wrote: »

Hey, can anyone help me!! I have tried to talk to someone in Revenue and VRT helpline and NCT but to no avail!!!:mad:
Does anyone know if you are given a car by a family member in the North, are you exempt from VRT under the rule of inheritance to transfer it down south?
Any help greatly appreciated!

No. VRT has nothing to do with how you obtained the car, it's a tax payable to register the car here.

lmahoney79

why do they tell you you can apply for exemptions then??

si_guru

So you have "free" car for the price of the VRT... sounds like a bonus.

Anan1

lmahoney79 wrote: »

why do they tell you you can apply for exemptions then??

Where did you read that you can apply for an exemption from VRT on the basis that you inherited the car?

lmahoney79

On the nct and revenue website.

si_guru

6. Importation of motor vehicles of a deceased person acquired by inheritance, without payment of Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT)

Relief from Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) will be allowed in respect of a motor vehicle which is the personal property of a deceased person which is brought into the State by, or on behalf of, a person resident in the State or a person or body of persons established in the State and engaged in a non-profit making activity, who either acquired the ownership or the beneficial ownership of such property or is the personal representative resident in the State of the deceased person subject to compliance with the provisions in place at the time.

corktina

you can only inherit something from a dead person, so a gift would not be exempt from VRT.

whippet

The exemptions are probably for the likes of cars that are adapted for special needs (disabilities etc)

I will put my neck out and say that 100% you can't legally bring this car in with out paying the VRT.

The main exemption is for someone moving residence to ireland and has previously owned the car outside the juristriction for 6 months or more.

My wife did this a number of years ago after moving home from the UK (where she was for four years). She brought back two cars that she legally owned in the UK and I can tell you the amount of supporting documentation and questions she was asked made it nearly impossible for her to do it .. even though she was 100% legit.

It didn't help that one was a high value car purchased 7 months prior to her moving home and it probably did rouse the suspicions of the VRT office.

Anan1

si_guru wrote: »

6. Importation of motor vehicles of a deceased person acquired by inheritance, without payment of Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT)

Relief from Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) will be allowed in respect of a motor vehicle which is the personal property of a deceased person which is brought into the State by, or on behalf of, a person resident in the State or a person or body of persons established in the State and engaged in a non-profit making activity, who either acquired the ownership or the beneficial ownership of such property or is the personal representative resident in the State of the deceased person subject to compliance with the provisions in place at the time.

Sounds pretty clear that they need to be deceased to me?

si_guru

whippet wrote: »

She brought back two cars that she legally owned in the UK and I can tell you the amount of supporting documentation and questions she was asked made it nearly impossible for her to do it .. even though she was 100% legit.
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This is true.. I lived in the UK for all my life before I came here - never knew I was going to have to prove that some "road tax" guy. It was amazing what they needed to see just so I could bring in my family car! Not that they are funny or rude - they are very professional and stick to the same rules for everyone.

Donkeygonads

lmahoney79 wrote: »

Hey, can anyone help me!! I have tried to talk to someone in Revenue and VRT helpline and NCT but to no avail!!!:mad:
Does anyone know if you are given a car by a family member in the North, are you exempt from VRT under the rule of inheritance to transfer it down south?
Any help greatly appreciated!

Whats the make, model and year of car ???

Esel

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