How to make a VRT Appeal?

logie101

Anyone any advice on how to make a VRT appeal?

I bought a car (VW Passat estate) on the basis of the vrt site quoting €1,900 vrt but1 week later when I went to pay the vrt had increased to €3,900!!!

Despite having the paperwork printed from the vrt site saying €1900 the revenue did not accept this in my first appeal.

So I am going to appeal again on the basis that they have the car overvalued.

So how best to prove the vehicle was overvalued???

Do you have to get an independent valuation from a dealer or do you send in copies of advertisements of similar cars?

Any advice from anyone who has any experience would be greatly appreciated.

Henry Ford III

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=vrt+appeal

skeg16

Henry Ford III wrote: »

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=vrt+appeal

I hate these smart arses...if you don't have advice for the guy don't bother

BTW I'm aware of the irony of the post, I have completed a VTR before but I don't no anything about the appeal...mine rose by only €50 so I was happy.

Best of luck

Henry Ford III

skeg16 wrote: »

I hate these smart arses...if you don't have advice for the guy don't bother..

It's a simple answer to a simple question.

GavMan

You said you appealed once? why do u need to know how to appeal?

discombobulate

These are the two things you can use according to Revenue:

Signed dealer/valuer opinions of the price, including VRT and VAT, that a dealer in the Republic of Ireland might have been expected to achieve for the vehicle in an arm's length sale at the time the VRT was charged

Copies of VRT and VAT inclusive advertisements by dealers in the Republic of Ireland for similar vehicles relevant to the time that the VRT was charged.

So either signed dealer opinions or copies of adverts from dealers online

ZV Yoda

I'm very interested to hear more about this since I'm importing a car from NI myself this week.

OP, was the model listed on the VRT website exactly the same as the model you imported? If so, how can they ask you for double the VRT? That seems crazy.

The exact model of the car I'm importing is quoted on the ROS VRT website, so I've (naturally) been assuming all along that this is VRT quote is exactly what I will have to pay. I can understand there may be a small % difference to the value listed on the website, but doubling the VRT doesn't make any sense.

galwaytt

...in-law in Cork got 'stung' by Revenue for a Galaxy Ghia a while ago - quote on line was €800 -and they promptly asked him for ..... €2200.

Quoted all manner of things, especially the spec: leather, auto etc etc.

Some difference I could tolerate, but a factor of nearly 300% is just pulling the salty water imho

Yakuza

I'd have thought some Carzone ads of cars with similar specs would be sufficient proof of the value of the car, if their "OM"SP is a tad inflated.

mickdw

galwaytt wrote: »

...in-law in Cork got 'stung' by Revenue for a Galaxy Ghia a while ago - quote on line was €800 -and they promptly asked him for ..... €2200.

Quoted all manner of things, especially the spec: leather, auto etc etc.

Some difference I could tolerate, but a factor of nearly 300% is just pulling the salty water imho

Surely with very at that low figure, the galaxy was more than 4 years old. That being the case, extras shouldn't be adding anything. I do believe that different versions can still add to the valuation when over 4 years old so perhaps that was where they were coming from. If that was the case, it would mean the initial quote wasnt for a ghia model at all.

logie101

ZV Yoda wrote: »

I'm very interested to hear more about this since I'm importing a car from NI myself this week.

OP, was the model listed on the VRT website exactly the same as the model you imported? If so, how can they ask you for double the VRT? That seems crazy.

The exact model of the car I'm importing is quoted on the ROS VRT website, so I've (naturally) been assuming all along that this is VRT quote is exactly what I will have to pay. I can understand there may be a small % difference to the value listed on the website, but doubling the VRT doesn't make any sense.

Yes it was the exact model. The revenue response was that the "amount payable is that payable on the date of enquiry".
So irrespective of the fact it was 2k cheaper a few days earlier it didn't matter.
Crazy.

The Pontiac

What's wrong with the VRT calculator website? It's won't allow me to select 'Transmission Type', so I can't go past page 1.

Chris_Heilong

The Pontiac wrote: »

What's wrong with the VRT calculator website? It's won't allow me to select 'Transmission Type', so I can't go past page 1.

Then they might not really have your model in their data base, I would call them up on the phone and get them to quote you, after this ask them to give you a Statistical Code, this code is what they use to identify your exact car on their data base, bring this code with you when you bring the car to the NCTS center.

The Pontiac

Cheers Chris, it's working for me now.

billybunter

logie101 wrote: »

Anyone any advice on how to make a VRT appeal?

I bought a car (VW Passat estate) on the basis of the vrt site quoting €1,900 vrt but1 week later when I went to pay the vrt had increased to €3,900!!!

Despite having the paperwork printed from the vrt site saying €1900 the revenue did not accept this in my first appeal.

So I am going to appeal again on the basis that they have the car overvalued.

So how best to prove the vehicle was overvalued???

Do you have to get an independent valuation from a dealer or do you send in copies of advertisements of similar cars?

Any advice from anyone who has any experience would be greatly appreciated.

i was quoted 125 euro for 99 vauxhall astra car derived van so a commercial and just ended up paying 299 euro