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VRT question

  • 02-10-2014 8:05pm
    #1
    ldusoswa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭


    I have a question regarding VRT payment on a car which has already been in the country for a significant time (2 years).

    My friend bought a car from an Irish dealership in 2012.
    The car is UK registered (have UK reg number). Cartell verified that the chassis number matches the registration.
    He has been chasing the dealer for the documents for the car for the past 2 years with no joy.
    He has the form from the UK DVLA to apply for the export documents. (v765)
    He wants to drive the car on irish roads.

    His main concern is whether he'll be liable for any fines regarding the import of the car, even though he didn't technically import it. He also didn't find out that the car wasn't registered in Ireland until AFTER the sale had been agreed.

    He has hand written and signed documents from the dealer with promises that he would receive the log book from the dealer, but this never materialised and the dealer is not contactable.

    Anybody have experience with this? The last thing he wants is a hefty fine for late VRT payment but he only found out recently that he could claim ownership directly from the DVLA in swansea.


Comments

  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,528 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    When you say dealer, do you mean a guy selling out of a phonebox, or an actual trader registered as motor dealer?


  • #3
    ldusoswa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭ldusoswa


    i mean the dealer had a premises and advertised and all that. bought and sold lots of used japanese cars, as well as working on them. Whether he was registered in any way, i didn't look into and wouldn't know how to go about checking. Either way, correspondence (and receipt) with him is on headed paper with his company logo on it.


  • #4
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,915 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    afaik, Irish dealers are not allowed to sell a UK car.

    But I may be wrong.


  • #5
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    well, I suppose the situation is that that Dealer must be well dodgy as it isn't legal to sell on a car on UK plates. This is born out by him not coming up with the documents and not being contactable anymore.
    There must be a possibility that this is a stolen car and I think that should be concerning him more at this time than a possible VRT late payment fine.


  • #6
    ldusoswa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭ldusoswa


    honestly, if it's a stolen car we'd rather know about it to be honest. do cartell checks say whether a car is stolen?


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  • #7
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,312 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    NIMAN wrote: »
    afaik, Irish dealers are not allowed to sell a UK car.

    But I may be wrong.
    They are but only if they have a TAN number from Revenue.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #8
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Esel wrote: »
    They are but only if they have a TAN number from Revenue.

    no, they have to re-reg it before sale, TAN number notwithstanding (I suppose they could sell to someone else with a TAN number...)


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