VRT Exemptions

mandy c

Is there anybody that might have some information on this? A friend of mine has inherited a car from the uk when one of her parents passed away. I have read that for this reason she may be exempt form paying VRT...I've looked online but can't seem to come up with much. Does anybody know what may be needed for this exemption? There was no will left as her parent passed suddenly so I'm not sure if this will affect the exemption. Any help?

smeharg

She needs to contact her local tax office and make an application for the relief. She'll need to provide evidence of death; a statement from a "notary or other competent person" that the vehicle was acquired by her as the beneficiary under intestacy; the vehicle registration certificate.

Gleisweiler

The RTE TV business section has some information on this
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0126/cars-business.html

I'm interested in the mention of the 3 months old bit, as I was fined and in addition made to pay the difference between the UK and Irish price for my 7 month car when I moved here in 2008. The Revenue told me then that it had to be a year old before VRT would not be applied.

In all it cost me over €9K at the time. Perhaps I can claim some of that back, if the EC makes it retrospective....but somehow I doubt it.

smeharg

Gleisweiler wrote: »

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I was fined and in addition made to pay the difference between the UK and Irish price for my 7 month car when I moved here in 2008. The Revenue told me then that it had to be a year old before VRT would not be applied.
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Are you sure you have this right? You must've owned the vehicle for at least 6 months prior to moving to Ireland to avail of relief from VRT - not 1 year.

Gleisweiler

Oh Yes ..... I have got it right. The guy from the Revenue who stopped me made it clear. They also informed me that I should have registered it within 24 hours of taking up residency and hence the fine. This was repeated to me at the Rev office. I bought the car in the UK (where I lived) on 1 April and moved here in August. I'd never heard of VRT before and my many relatives on the continent, all in the EC, buy their cars in whatever country is offering the best price. It is common in the UK for people to go to Europe to buy new cars, usually in Holland, as the speci is similar to the UK versions.
I expect the Gov. here will find another way to charge VRT probably under another name as I can't see it just disappearing.

smeharg

Gleisweiler wrote: »

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my 7 month car when I moved here in 2008. The Revenue told me then that it had to be a year old before VRT would not be applied.
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Gleisweiler wrote: »

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I bought the car in the UK (where I lived) on 1 April and moved here in August.

I'm not disputing that you had to pay the VRT plus penalties. I was merely questioning whether you should have been liable as if you had owned the car for 7 months prior to moving here you wouldn't have had to pay anything.

However, you only had the car for 5 months, so you weren't entitled to the relief.

Gleisweiler wrote: »

I'd never heard of VRT before and my many relatives on the continent, all in the EC, buy their cars in whatever country is offering the best price. It is common in the UK for people to go to Europe to buy new cars

But they still have to register the car in their home country.

The change proposed by the EU isn't going to scrap VRT altogether.

Whiplashy

Gleisweiler wrote: »

Oh Yes ..... I have got it right. The guy from the Revenue who stopped me made it clear. They also informed me that I should have registered it within 24 hours of taking up residency and hence the fine. This was repeated to me at the Rev office. I bought the car in the UK (where I lived) on 1 April and moved here in August. I'd never heard of VRT before and my many relatives on the continent, all in the EC, buy their cars in whatever country is offering the best price. It is common in the UK for people to go to Europe to buy new cars, usually in Holland, as the speci is similar to the UK versions.
I expect the Gov. here will find another way to charge VRT probably under another name as I can't see it just disappearing.

You got screwed! I had to apply for an exemption last summer. You definitely only have to have the car 6 months. Technically they do state that you have to register 24 hours after you get here. I didn't realise this and only started applying for my exemption after being here over a month. There was no issues and certainly no fine. The lady I was dealing with was absolutely lovely. It is a pain how much paperwork is involved though.

OP I'm not sure if there's a difference between bringing in your own car that you purchased and bringing in a car that you inherited. Easiest thing to do is contact revenue directly. They were very helpful to me

Whiplashy

smeharg wrote: »

Gleisweiler wrote: »

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my 7 month car when I moved here in 2008. The Revenue told me then that it had to be a year old before VRT would not be applied.
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Gleisweiler wrote: »

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I bought the car in the UK (where I lived) on 1 April and moved here in August.

I'm not disputing that you had to pay the VRT plus penalties. I was merely questioning whether you should have been liable as if you had owned the car for 7 months prior to moving here you wouldn't have had to pay anything.

However, you only had the car for 5 months, so you weren't entitled to the relief.

Well spotted! I can't believe I missed that!

Gleisweiler

smeharg:
But they still have to register the car in their home country.
Thats true .... but generally it is a lower rate than here.


BTW it was in late October when the Rev stopped, but I was liable.

I seem to remember hearing in the last few months that the 24 hour period for residents to register for VRT has been changed as it was deemed to be too impractiable. Is this so? I didn't bother to investigate as I was (and still am) sick of the whole thing. Are there now more hours in the day to make it easier for them :-) Incidentally, I was charged VAT in the UK and had to pay it again here, this is contrary to EC law which states than VAT can only be paid once. It was the Rev here who told me that, but both countries refused to accept that they were liable to reimburse me the difference. Unless I hire an Irish and a UK solicitor to fight the case for me, I can proceed. I was legally advised that the cost for both of these would probably exceed the difference between €3K + I paid here, and the £2.5K I paid in the UK, as both parties were adamant that it was not their responsibility and it could go on for a long time. :mad:

Thanks to you guys for the replies..........