Taxing Car

smurph10

Hi

Is it still possible to tax your car from this month when its been out since may, or do you now have to backdate it..

Use to be you could go to the garda station , get a stamp on it and ye,d be grand but heard somewhere its not possible anymore.

Anyone??

Its a continuous system so you will still need to get that form stamped by the guards and bring it along with you.

The guards just stamp it and tend not to ask any questions.

RustyNut

Unless you were driving in the mean time and logged by the anpr system.

smurph10

No iv got it stamped before without any hassle, just thought that it had now become law that you had to backdate it regardless....

I got a car signed off the road last week so the old system still applies.

furtzy

When is the SORN system coming in. Supposed to be this year. The sooner the better

MidlandsM

cisk wrote: »

The guards just stamp it and tend not to ask any questions.

they imput reg's into their system these days.......

smurph10

Well ill let you know how i get on..


Why the sooner the better????

furtzy

smurph10 wrote: »

Well ill let you know how i get on..


Why the sooner the better????

Current system is open to abuse. SORN system takes away that ability to abuse

Guy:Incognito

cisk wrote: »

The guards just stamp it and tend not to ask any questions.

Thats because they're just witnessing you declaring it off the road, not confirming it was off the road.

MugMugs

Ummmm, Declare it off the road if it was off the road. Otherwise pay the arrears like you should.

If the Garda takes the incling to go inside and check your plate in Pulse and your reg has been run for whatever reason then you're landing yourself in a whole world of pain.

L-M

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Thats because they're just witnessing you declaring it off the road, not confirming it was off the road.

I've heard of them checking if people had been met at checkpoints etc. and I remember a Garda refusing to sign a fella off the road.

furtzy

furtzy wrote: »

When is the SORN system coming in. Supposed to be this year. The sooner the better

Hopefully never.

smurph10

got it stamped , thanks folks.

CiniO

Just from curiosity, but how does it work.

If you are declaring car off the road, go with a form to garda station, and they discover that car wasn't off the road (f.e. was spotted by one of anpr in the mean time) what will garda do? Could they arrest you on the spot for making false declarations in front of them. What can be the consequences?
Otherwise, if they don't check it, who else checks it? Can motortax office check? Would they have access to any data that could confirm that car was used in public place?

CiniO

CiniO wrote: »

Just from curiosity, but how does it work.

If you are declaring car off the road, go with a form to garda station, and they discover that car wasn't off the road (f.e. was spotted by one of anpr in the mean time) what will garda do? Could they arrest you on the spot for making false declarations in front of them. What can be the consequences?
Otherwise, if they don't check it, who else checks it? Can motortax office check? Would they have access to any data that could confirm that car was used in public place?

From my experience they never check, I've signed my car of the road 2 or 3 times per year for years and it was always just signed and stamped. Ive even sent in other people to do it for me when I hadn't time and even though that's definitely not allowed most guards don't care, only once I can remember did they refuse because I wasnt there to sign it in there presence.

-Chris-

MugMugs wrote: »

Ummmm, Declare it off the road if it was off the road. Otherwise pay the arrears like you should.

This. Any other advice is promoting tax evasion and therefore against the Charter.

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