Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Please note that it is not permitted to have referral links posted in your signature. Keep these links contained in the appropriate forum. Thank you.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055940817/signature-rules

Temporary driving UK reg vehicle in Ireland

Options
  • 04-09-2014 3:17pm
    #1
    maxwell smart
    Registered Users Posts: 1,939 ✭✭✭


    My mate started a new job around 3 weeks ago for a UK based company. He has been supplied with a UK registered van while waiting on his one to arrive. He lives in the Republic.
    Is there a chance of him being stopped by AGS / Revenue and having the van taken off him? Or does he need some documentation explaining it is a short term thing?


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    nompere
    Registered Users Posts: 1,677 ✭✭✭nompere


    He or his employer needs to apply for an exemption:

    10. Can a State resident drive a foreign registered vehicle for business use?

    A State resident can not normally drive a foreign registered vehicle for business use. However, there are a number of exceptional circumstances in which this rule does not apply. Those exceptional circumstances are:-

    A State resident who is employed by an employer established in another Member State may, on application to the Revenue Commissioners, be approved to use a Category A vehicle or a motor-cycle registered in another Member State (either owned or leased by the employer) for business/private use in the State provided

    a.the vehicle is provided as part of the contract of the employment, and

    b.it is used principally for business use outside the State.


    Application forms for this temporary exemption are available from any Revenue Office.

    A State resident who is employed by an employer established in another Member State is eligible to use Category B & C vehicles registered in another Member State (either owned or leased by the employer) for business/private use in the State.

    A State resident who is an employee of a car-hire firm established outside the State is allowed to drive a vehicle for the purpose of returning it to the firm after the vehicle was left in the State on expiry of a hire contract.

    In other circumstances where authorised in writing by the Revenue Commissioners.


    http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/leaflets/temporary-exemption-foreign-registered.html

    In the absence of an exemption the van may be confiscated.


Advertisement