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  • 23-08-2012 10:22am
    #1
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭


    I've to be in galway over the weekend and my tax has ran out. Can I get the tax written off till the date today or tomorrow by a local garda


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  • #2
    giant_midget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭giant_midget


    cena wrote: »
    I've to be in galway over the weekend and my tax has ran out. Can I get the tax written off till the date today or tomorrow by a local garda

    Wait until the 31st, Get it signed off and start fresh in Sept..


  • #3
    giant_midget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭giant_midget


    OSI wrote: »
    Can only do whole months. And I hope for your sake you haven't used any toll roads while the tax has been out.

    The mechanic might have been using it when he was fixing it...:pac:


  • #4
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭cena


    giant_midget wrote: »
    Wait until the 31st, Get it signed off and start fresh in Sept..

    I was thinking that. Is it safe yo head into galway. I have a match to head to with the local club


  • #5
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭cena


    OSI wrote: »
    Can only do whole months. And I hope for your sake you haven't used any toll roads while the tax has been out.

    No toll roads. I haven't driven it much.


  • #6
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,143 ✭✭✭flanzer


    giant_midget wrote: »
    Wait until the 31st, Get it signed off and start fresh in Sept..

    As far as I know the law changed. You now have to sign off the car prior to it being off the road and not post it being off the road.

    In saying that, the tax office allows you to tax the car in the month or the month after it expires. So if expired at the end of July, you have until the end of this month to tax it, so you're cleared for the weekend


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  • #7
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭cena


    flanzer wrote: »
    As far as I know the law changed. You now have to sign off the car prior to it being off the road and not post it being off the road.

    In saying that, the tax office allows you to tax the car in the month or the month after it expires. So if expired at the end of July, you have until the end of this month to tax it, so you're cleared for the weekend

    That is great to know. I could end up getting a lift but just in case I don't


  • #8
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,143 ✭✭✭flanzer


    cena wrote: »
    That is great to know. I could end up getting a lift but just in case I don't

    Just for peace of mind.... You're 100% clear to drive without question until the end of this month
    Motor Tax Online wrote: »
    5Q. How long after my renewal date will I be able to tax my vehicle online?
    5A. One month after your renewal date, motor tax arrears will become due on your vehicle. Arrears on this site cannot be paid in isolation - the renewal amount must also be paid. This site facilitates the payment of up to three months arrears, after which time your PIN will become inactive and your motor tax transaction must be completed through your local motor tax office. In such circumstances owners are required to complete form RF100A and forward it to your local motor tax office. Motor Tax Office contact details can be got on our homepage under the link 'Motor Tax Office Details'.

    In the case of the first taxing of a new or imported vehicles, arrears will become due at the begining of the month following the month of registration. Up to three months arrears can also be paid online. After this period, the vehicle must be taxed at a motor tax office. It should be noted that a subsequent declaration of non-use for any arrears period paid will not be acceptable for a refund of motor tax.


  • #9
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,143 ✭✭✭flanzer


    OSI wrote: »
    Woah there! Please don't go giving false legal info.

    Yes OP, don't click the link below. It's the Official Irish Motor Tax website with their FAQs. As we all know the State talk a load of ambiguous shight and jargon

    https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/staticContent.do?page=faq

    I'll let the OP decide to believe it or not


  • #10
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,143 ✭✭✭flanzer


    OSI wrote: »
    Also, this is crap too, the law hasn't changed yet, it was a proposal, but hasn't been implemented yet.

    I'm fine with that. I knew it was going to be a contentious issue


  • #11
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    This'll probably sound silly, but why not tax it today?


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  • #12
    RustyNut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭RustyNut


    OSI wrote: »
    Woah there! Please don't go giving false legal info.
    Is it possible for the OP to still get fined and points for not having tax? Yes.

    Are ya sure about this? False info and all that.


  • #13
    miller50841
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭miller50841


    Just tax car now then drive as the car will be shown as taxed just that your waiting on it to be posted/ delivered.

    Dont leave it till you have to go into the motor tax office its so slow


  • #14
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,143 ✭✭✭flanzer


    I can't find an image online of the renewal form they send you but have a read of it, if you still have it. The statement is very unambiguous

    Here's a post from a similar discussion back in 2010.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66329981&postcount=20


  • #15
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    flanzer wrote: »
    I can't find an image online of the renewal form they send you but have a read of it, if you still have it. The statement is very unambiguous

    Here's a post from a similar discussion back in 2010.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66329981&postcount=20

    Theres nothing ambiguous about any of it. You can tax it online up to a month after it expired. You cant drive without tax.

    You can leave your car untaxed for 5 months then go in and pay arrears in the tax office. That doesnt allow you to drive untaxed for 5 months. If your stopped the car will be taken off you.


  • #16
    Vertakill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Vertakill


    flanzer wrote: »
    I'm fine with that. I knew it was going to be a contentious issue

    Nothing contentious - just plain and simply not true.


  • #17
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭cena


    I got stopped last weekend at a check point and was to told keep going


  • #18
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    cena wrote: »
    I've to be in galway over the weekend and my tax has ran out. Can I get the tax written off till the date today or tomorrow by a local garda
    No you cannot get it written off by any Garda, they don't have that authority. What you can do is make a legal declaration that you have not used (driven or parked) the car in a public place (road, carpark, etc) at any time during that month. The Garda only signs the form to prove he witnessed you making the declaration.
    Be warned, there are stiff penalties if caught making a false declaration.

    cena wrote: »
    I got stopped last weekend at a check point and was to told keep going
    The Garda using his/her discretion which they're allowed to do.
    You should not assume it's permission to continue driving around untaxed. Just hope it's not the same Garda you want to witness your declaration if you make one, he/she might remember you.


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