Bought a car and...?

daniel2446

Hey,

I bought my first car, it is second hand <2003> and it is not taxed at the moment. I want to pay tax online but question is, am I renewing tax or is it first time (since I did not pay tax for this car before...). Sorry for silly question, its probably obvious for native speakers, but me being foreign and without knowledge of english, its just wrecking my head.

Thx
DD

phill106

Did you get the vehicle log back back yet? When car changes owners, this is sent to you a few days after. You need this to first tax the car and show that it had not been owned by you before when it was not taxed.

daniel2446

Nope, I didnt get the veh log back yet. Just thought I will go ahead and tax car while waiting for veh log. Is that not ok?

DD

phill106

This should clear it up! Basically you need the book and do it in person the first time, unless you have somehow gotten a reminder about it in the post already.
https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/staticContent.do?page=firstlicensinginfo



FIRST TAXING OF A NEW OR IMPORTED VEHICLE


Taxing a new or imported vehicle is straightforward. You will need to have the following items before starting the process:

Your RF100 form which you should have received either from your Motor Dealer or the Revenue Commissioners. This contains your vehicle registration number and Personal Identification Number (PIN) which are required to login to the service. Please retain the RF100 form carefully.
Your vehicle insurance details (name of insurer, policy number and expiry date).
Your payment card - Laser, MasterCard or Visa (including pre-paid vouchers)

Please note that the motor tax payable online for a new or imported vehicle is calculated from the beginning of the month of registration and online applications may only be made from the next working day after the vehicle has been registered.

If you have recently become the owner of a previously taxed vehicle you cannot use this facility. In these circumstances you can only tax the vehicle online if you have received a motor tax renewal reminder notice incorporating a special PIN for its purpose.
The process is broken down into a series of easy to understand steps:

Login at the foot of this page using the vehicle registration number and the PIN, which is the last six characters of your vehicle's chassis number, as printed on your RF100 form. For example, if your chassis number is KMHUD31LPXU478J27, your PIN is 478J27.
Choose a tax class and confirm details of your vehicle - they will be displayed on the screen for you.
Confirm your name and address - again, these will be shown on screen but you may record a change of address.
Enter your vehicle insurance details.
Select the period of taxation.
Enter your card details for payment.

ValerieR

Once you have received your logbook, you go to the MotorTax.ie's pin retrieval page, fill in the details. The system will send you a pin number by email and you can tax your car from there.

Hope this helps.
V

Ardent

Once you get the log book / vehicle reg cert back by post you can tax the car online. You just need to input the car reg online (ignore the pin field) and you will be presented with an option to tax for first time. WWW.motortax.ie

Edit: Valerie got in before me!

daniel2446

Thx for all the answers! Much appreciated!

DD