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Just bought a car, no motor tax PIN?

  • 21-01-2014 6:01pm
    #1
    romperstomper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭


    hi all,

    I purchased a car and have received the log book. However there is no PIN number with the log book in order to tax the car. Is this normal? Do they 'force' new owners to call into the tax office in person?

    thanks


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  • #2
    GTE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭GTE


    romperstomper wrote: »
    hi all,

    I purchased a car and have received the log book. However there is no PIN number with the log book in order to tax the car. Is this normal? Do they 'force' new owners to call into the tax office in person?

    thanks

    Any tax pin that I got was a letter separate to the logbook that pops up a few weeks before the tax runs out each tax period.


  • #3
    brianwalshcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 611 ✭✭✭brianwalshcork


    Can't you retrieve the online now, or is there security questions? I can't remember exactly...

    I phoned the motor tax office before and they gave me the pin over the phone...


  • #4
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    brianwalshcork wrote: »
    Can't you retrieve the online now, or is there security questions? I can't remember exactly...

    The security question is the address your car is registered to. I've used it to tax my new car twice now, around 5 days after the logbook was sent.


  • #5
    Limbo123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭Limbo123


    I always thought you had to attend tax office to tax a car for the first time as the new owner? The tax renewal pin that is sent out to you is after they have your details and the cars details together on their database???


  • #6
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    I was able to get my pin online and tax it about 5 days before i got the log book


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  • #7
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,631 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Is the car currently taxed?


  • #8
    romperstomper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭romperstomper


    car's tax has been out since september. message on motortax.ie says that 'due to tax out more than 3 months, please contact motor office in person'.

    now the question i have, is why does this appy to me? I only purchased the car last week


  • #9
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,644 ✭✭✭cml387


    Did you get the logbook back from Shannon already?


  • #10
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭testicle


    Limbo123 wrote: »
    I always thought you had to attend tax office to tax a car for the first time as the new owner?

    Or just post it!


  • #11
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    I have never attended the tax office to tax a car but I have rang them to tax it initially.


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  • #12
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,631 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    If its not currently taxed, you need to wait until the logbook comes back. Then, when it does, send off the RF100A form to the tax office. Bobs your anuty and it will appear in your lovely postbox!


  • #13
    Fiona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭Fiona


    Fill on your details via the pin retrieval section and then you will get a pin and you can tax it, worked for me when I bought my last car.

    https://www.motarviews.ie/forgot-pin-ui/faces/getDetails.jspx?lang=en


  • #14
    flanders2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭flanders2006


    If you have the log book then the pin is the last 6 digits of the VIN


  • #15
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭testicle


    flanders2006 wrote: »
    If you have the log book then the pin is the last 6 digits of the VIN

    Only on the first taxing after registration/import.


  • #16
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    If pin retrieval doesn't work, claiming the tax is out of date for three months, then the change of ownership as not been processed yet.


  • #17
    timmy4u2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭timmy4u2


    romperstomper wrote: »
    car's tax has been out since september. message on motortax.ie says that 'due to tax out more than 3 months, please contact motor office in person'.

    now the question i have, is why does this appy to me? I only purchased the car last week
    You should have a good look at the new regulations in case you come unstuck.
    Was the car declared off the road by thecprevious owner? If so that declaration becomes void on sale and you are then left with ten days to either tax it or declare it off the road.


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