Declare car off the road form

eth0

I want to declare a car off the road for an impending period of non-use. Is this still possible? and is there a form I can use. Car is stored in a shed, tax is nearly gone

No can do, just declare it off road for how long it was when you put it back on the road.

carchaeologist

RoverJames wrote: »

No can do, just declare it off road for how long it was when you put it back on the road.

And long may this continue!

alias no.9

Does the reminder form you get about your tax when its about 6 weeks expired have an 'off the road' option?

rebel.ranter

In this country we do it backwards. We only tell authorities that the car is off the road when we want to put them back on the road. Crackers but there you go.

alias no.9

alias no.9 wrote: »

Does the reminder form you get about your tax when its about 6 weeks expired have an 'off the road' option?

The last one I got did but that was over 2 years ago iirc.

Etnies

Didn't wanna start a new topic so will just bump this, Someone told me they have done away with declaring your car as off the road now?

and you have to provide proof if the car was not in use, that you were out of the country or whatever. Is this bull**** or what? I've had my car sitting in my front garden for 5 months now and don't fancy paying the back tax for a car I didn't use.

Gary ITR

Etnies wrote: »

Didn't wanna start a new topic so will just bump this, Someone told me they have done away with declaring your car as off the road now?

and you have to provide proof if the car was not in use, that you were out of the country or whatever. Is this bull**** or what? I've had my car sitting in my front garden for 5 months now and don't fancy paying the back tax for a car I didn't use.

I did this on Monday for my Fathers car, yje Guard just asked why it was off the road, I told him and he happily stamped it. There was a chap in front of me doing the same thing and he got asked too.

Previously the Guards never asked, they just stamped

Vertakill

Gary ITR wrote: »

I did this on Monday for my Fathers car, yje Guard just asked why it was off the road, I told him and he happily stamped it. There was a chap in front of me doing the same thing and he got asked too.

Previously the Guards never asked, they just stamped

They've always asked me. I think they were always meant to but just never did for the most part.

I'm usually asked why was it off the road and to specifically state when it was off the road and once I've done that, the Garda goes off to check on the pulse or whatever to see if you're lying.

cpoh1

Its none of the Gardas business why the car was off the road. The form is signed and stamped by the garda to verify that you have signed the declaration for the car being off the road. They are witnessing your declaration thats all.

Theres a massive difference between this and what a lot of people think the gardas job in stamping the form is. Their job is not to verify that your car was off the road, simply to witness the fact that you are declaring if off the road.

Anyhow, this syste wont change for at least the next 18-24 months if at all. One politician makes a silly comment in the press and its flavour of the month. It'll die away soon enough and those of us that drive tiny mileage on big engined cars can continue to exact a bit of justice on the system.

corktina

i rather think it is the gards business if he wants to make it so. Some of them check their computer to see if it has had any reports lately.

Etnies

Phoned Tallaght Garda Station and asked they said there is new laws but they arent in effect until end of Jan so you can still declare it as off the road until then.. I'm not to sure what the actual changes are.

IncognitoMan

Just on this subject. I took my car off the road last year and I am putting it back on in the next few weeks.

Last year before I took it off the road it was out of tax for the last 6 weeks so will the garda know if I had it on the road when it wasn't taxed? (checking insurance or something) Will I just declare it off the road from the date the tax ran out?

mullingar

I've heard rumours of people transferring ownership to their partner/spouse, taxing it and transferring ownership back which will avoid all back tax and the possibility of being caught making false off the road declartions

I've no idea if this is a legal loophole or not

Matt Simis

Etnies wrote: »

Phoned Tallaght Garda Station and asked they said there is new laws but they arent in effect until end of Jan so you can still declare it as off the road until then.. I'm not to sure what the actual changes are.

That doesnt sound right at all. I would think even our government would give many months of pre-warning as such a drastic change is flat out unworkable for a variety of people.

henryporter

Have a look at this:

http://www.herald.ie/news/predict-car-breakdown-to-avoid-tax-2967492.html

Our man in Havana

More rubbish in a rubbish paper.

Vikings

Our man in Havana wrote: »

More rubbish in a rubbish paper.

Not rubbish, a guess more like. But certainly not rubbish. There is changes coming that can not be denied but nobody knows what shape or form it is coming in.

http://cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2012/01/20120111legislative.pdf

See "Bill 67"

Richard tea

Hello all,

Just wondering how thing stand at the moment regarding car tax.
Im buying my brothers car off him. He never used the car really ( possibly 3 hrs in total ) The tax ran out last Oct 2011.

Is it just a case of buying the car, then I receive the log book & then get a Garda to stamp the relevant form stating that it was off the road since well before last Oct?

Or is it easier for my bro to declare it off the road first before I take the car?

aujopimur

Use form RF100 witnessed at any Garda stn., tax it from the begining of the month of purchase.

corktina

you dont need to go near the Gards...the non-tax period is nothing to do with you if you are buying it, even if its off your brother.

Just apply for tax from the first of the month you buy it in

Richard tea

corktina wrote: »

you dont need to go near the Gards...the non-tax period is nothing to do with you if you are buying it, even if its off your brother.

Just apply for tax from the first of the month you buy it in

Surely they will look for tax from last Oct till now?

corktina

not from you they wont, not the buyers responsibilty. AFAIK , they don't go looking for back tax from the seller either , which is odd.

aujopimur

corktina wrote: »

you dont need to go near the Gards...the non-tax period is nothing to do with you if you are buying it, even if its off your brother.

Just apply for tax from the first of the month you buy it in

You're right, I stand corrected.

Dublinstiofán

Anybody know if you declare your car off the road for x months (due to injury) and its currently taxed.
Will you be credited x months back when it comes time for renewal and its back on the road?

colm_mcm

These are the circumstances where you can get a refund


The vehicle has been scrapped/destroyed or sent permanently out of the State,
The vehicle has been stolen and has not been recovered by the owner,
The vehicle has not been taken out or used in a public place at any time since the issue of the current disc,
The owner of the vehicle has ceased, because of illness, injury or other physical disability, to use the vehicle,
The owner of the vehicle has ceased, because of absence from the state for business or educational purposes, to use the vehicle,
The owner of the vehicle has ceased, because of service overseas with the Defence Forces, to use the vehicle.