Bringing UK registered car in Ireland which was previously registered in Ireland

Cam2012

Hello,
MY query seems somewhat similar like previous threads but there is a bit of twist in it.

I moved to UK for work in July 2010 along with my family and two Irish registered cars. As we planned to stay here for around two years, we converted Irish registration of those two cars via DVLa to UK registration with in one month ( Aug 2010).

Now we are coming back to Ireland in August 2012 and my query is that although seemingly if I have a prof of address, my pay slips etc of past two years available will my cars be exempted from VRT . But since then they have changed the system quiet a bit, so I am bit confused. For example its written on their web site that I need to book NCT with in seven days of my arrival plus to show proof of sailing tickets. Fair enough ! But then now I have to book an appointment with VRT to inspect my vehicle?

In the past I used to go to Dublin office to pay VRT for my car I bought from abroad but now they did not mention that option. Moreover I will be moving to County Kerry, there is no VRT near by with in 50 miles anyway.

so my question is what are my options and what docs do I need in order to exempt my VRT. The cars are not new by all means. One is hybrid and one is an economical seven seater with engince size of 1.6 CC. Again this new CO2 emission thing was never there at the time I bought those cards in 2008 in Dub.

colm_mcm

Vrt only needs to be paid on a car once.

bazz26

They will even re-issue the previous Irish number plate to it.

Cam2012

colm_mcm wrote: »

Vrt only needs to be paid on a car once.

Thanks but I bought one of my car in Dub so VRT was never paid on that car ever.

where as other car was bought in London in 2008 and then VRT was paid for that car (even though I dont have any receipt but I presume their record can tell them all about it).

so what about the first car?

Cam2012

bazz26 wrote: »

They will even re-issue the previous Irish number plate to it.

Thats what they did here for the second car which I initially bought from UK and then took it to Dublin and did pay VRT there. Issue is about the first one which was never been in UK before.

colm_mcm

Cam2012 wrote: »

Thanks but I bought one of my car in Dub so VRT was never paid on that car ever.

where as other car was bought in London in 2008 and then VRT was paid for that car (even though I dont have any receipt but I presume their record can tell them all about it).

so what about the first car?

If they were on Irish plates at some stage, then vrt would have been paid and won't need to be paid again

Cam2012

colm_mcm wrote: »

If they were on Irish plates at some stage, then vrt would have been paid and won't need to be paid again

Thanks a mill... (couldnt find a thanks or like button in this blog for any answer of my query!!)

mickdw

Just cause you bought a car in Ireland doesn't mean vrt wasn't paid. Vet is charged on all new car sales here. You just don't see it as its part of retail price.

In your situation, once the cars were on Irish plates previously, there is no vrt payable. You don't even need to prove that you qualify for the vrt exemption.

Cam2012

mickdw wrote: »

Just cause you bought a car in Ireland doesn't mean vrt wasn't paid. Vet is charged on all new car sales here. You just don't see it as its part of retail price.

In your situation, once the cars were on Irish plates previously, there is no vrt payable. You don't even need to prove that you qualify for the vrt exemption.

Thanks Mick, really appreciate it.

So basically all I need is to get the NCT done of both cars after my return with in 7 days as per law and then call motor tax office or VRT folks (which one btw) in order to inform them about previous Irish reg no as I have kept a copy of my Irish reg cert of both cars.