Private tax on a van

iamthest1g

hi all

im looking to bring in a citroen berlingo LPG van from the uk in a month or 2
the last van i had, i got harassed by the fuzz for having goods tax driving to the shops and it started to annoy me a bit so im looking at taxing this one privately so i can use it without any hassles from the taxman/garda. Since shes only a 1400 ther isnt much road tax difference.

has anyone ever gone through the import procedure for something like this before? will the same insurance company insure me because its now a private vehicle?

Renegade Mechanic

Can't offer advice I'm sorry to say but I'll definitely be watching this thread as I would be *very* interested in whether it's possible to tax a commercial vehicle privately and how to go abput it. Thanks for starting this thread.

Nissan doctor

Of course its possible to tax a commercial vehicle privately. All you need to do is hand your log book into the tax office when you go to tax it, tell them you want to tax it privately, they charge you the appropriate tax for the engine cc and then you get the log book back in a couple of weeks with 'Private' instead of Own goods or commercial or whatever it says.

When a commercial is taxed privately it is insured as a commercial with social/domestic/pleasure added on and still has to have a DOE test every year.


That's the case with my Astra van anyway.

Stella Virgo

get the old fashioned white tax form in the motor tax office:D,fill it out and tick the box where it says "private" give it to yer wan behind the counter:D,she may request the reg document as well.
after a few days/weeks ? u will get new reg book in post:D stating the van is classed as private.

wexie

iamthest1g wrote: »

hi all

im looking to bring in a citroen berlingo LPG van from the uk in a month or 2
the last van i had, i got harassed by the fuzz for having goods tax driving to the shops and it started to annoy me a bit so im looking at taxing this one privately so i can use it without any hassles from the taxman/garda. Since shes only a 1400 ther isnt much road tax difference.

has anyone ever gone through the import procedure for something like this before? will the same insurance company insure me because its now a private vehicle?

Won't you then also be liable for 'private VRT' instead of the flat rate for a commercial vehicle?

CiniO

wexie wrote: »

Won't you then also be liable for 'private VRT' instead of the flat rate for a commercial vehicle?

VRT is assessed based on vehicle type.

Fact that someone intends to tax privately, doesn't mean that a vehicles becomes a passenger vehicle.
It still is a goods vehicle.

It's just motortax issue. If goods vehicle is not being used for carrying goods for business purposes, then it can't be taxed as goods vehicle, so only other option is taxing it based on CC system.
But it definitely doesn't mean vehicle becomes a passenger vehicle, so passenger vehicle VRT should apply.

CiniO

Stella Virgo wrote: »

after a few days/weeks ? u will get new reg book in post:D stating the van is classed as private.

I'd say it should state that van is taxed as private (taxation class), but in vehicle type category it should still say goods vehicle, as van is still goods vehicle no matter under which category it's taxed.

eire1

Stella Virgo wrote: »

get the old fashioned white tax form in the motor tax office:D,fill it out and tick the box where it says "private" give it to yer wan behind the counter:D,she may request the reg document as well.
after a few days/weeks ? u will get new reg book in post:D stating the van is classed as private.

Just bought a van yesterday, have the commercial insurance set up on it. So I fill out the RF100 and tick a box for private?

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/forms/rf100-vehicle.pdf

corktina

CiniO wrote: »

VRT is assessed based on vehicle type.

Fact that someone intends to tax privately, doesn't mean that a vehicles becomes a passenger vehicle.
It still is a goods vehicle.

It's just motortax issue. If goods vehicle is not being used for carrying goods for business purposes, then it can't be taxed as goods vehicle, so only other option is taxing it based on CC system.
But it definitely doesn't mean vehicle becomes a passenger vehicle, so passenger vehicle VRT should apply.

I'd agree provided you don't alter the vehicle by adding side windows and back seats, in which case extra VRT would be payable I assume.

new2me

well my friend had a 1.9 megane van and was told that it should be privately taxed as he was not using it for work purposes and payed it so, think it was up near €600 that time and was expensive...now he has just got a corsa van 1.3cdti and looking to get the private tax on it as would be much cheaper, he taxing it at end of the month

CiniO

corktina wrote: »

I'd agree provided you don't alter the vehicle by adding side windows and back seats, in which case extra VRT would be payable I assume.

Oh sure.
If you physically convert a goods vehicle to passenger vehicle, then extra VRT should be liable.

But some people just seem to mix changing motor taxation type on vehicle, from physically changing vehicle type.