commercial tax loop hole?

shogunpower

how does this guy get away with taxing this pajero as a commercial with 5 seats in it? he just uses the space where the 3rd row seats are as a boot.
is this legal?


http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2024543

_Conrad_

shogunpower wrote: »

how does this guy get away with taxing this pajero as a commercial with 5 seats in it? he just uses the space where the 3rd row seats are as a boot.
is this legal?


http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2024543

"commercial tax on book" answers it for you.

He's literally just getting away with it. The same way as an eejit youngfella driving a honda civic with a 1.8 integra engine who has it registered as a 1.3 or 1.5, hence seeing "only 1.5 non vtec on book" on ads for them for sale.


I should also add that there are a few "commercial" landcruiser amazons with 5 seats around because peopel welded a big box into the floor to technically give enough space to qualify

shogunpower

_Conrad_ wrote: »

"commercial tax on book" answers it for you.

He's literally just getting away with it. The same way as an eejit youngfella driving a honda civic with a 1.8 integra engine who has it registered as a 1.3 or 1.5, hence seeing "only 1.5 non vtec on book" on ads for them for sale.


I should also add that there are a few "commercial" landcruiser amazons with 5 seats around because peopel welded a big box into the floor to technically give enough space to qualify

i know about registering a car as something its not

but how does he get it through the d.o.e test with out the tester saying, hold on a minute, 1,2,3,4,5 seats?

i see he has the rear sectioned off, so it looks like a perminant job?

Eric Cartman

its pre 2003 , theres a bulkhead behind the 2nd row of seats , the same way landcruiser amazons got away with it , its a crewcab technically

shogunpower

Eric Cartman wrote: »

its pre 2003 , theres a bulkhead behind the 2nd row of seats , the same way landcruiser amazons got away with it , its a crewcab technically

so ya can do this with any pajero thats allready comercially taxed?

doctorchopper

no don't think so, had to be done before 2003 as far as i know

Eric Cartman

doctorchopper wrote: »

no don't think so, had to be done before 2003 as far as i know

correct , otherwise id be driving round in an amazon crewcab right now

dantastic

Um, so If you have a pre 2003 that is currently regd. as commercial. Can you modify it and add in extra seats and still be registered as commercial?
(being a crew cab?)

Not "on books" job but legit?

Eric Cartman

dantastic wrote: »

Um, so If you have a pre 2003 that is currently regd. as commercial. Can you modify it and add in extra seats and still be registered as commercial?
(being a crew cab?)

Not "on books" job but legit?

no , the conversion had to take place before july 2003

colm_mcm

I'm pretty certain the load space isn't big enough in a paj to do this.
This yoke should be avoided.

colm_mcm

That said its registered as having 5 seats
Dodgy vro inspection surely.

DirtyDiesels

moe than likely he moved the 2 front and back seats forward to make up the increased loadspace inth rear. think the loadspace had to be 45% of the vehicle...my mate has an amazon 00 crewcab and the seats were moved forward a few inches..sum yoke