Back Tax on car

Brinimartini

Is there any way to avoid having to pay back tax
on a car that has been off the road.
Once upon a time all you had to do was get the Gardai
to sign a form and bobs yer uncle.
Any ideas?

huskerdu

THis may be stating the obvious but here is the relevant section from
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/motor_tax_and_insurance/motor_tax_rates.html

Vehicle off the road

New procedures have been introduced for declaring a vehicle is temporarily off the road so that you do not have to pay motor tax for that period. Since 1 October 2013 you are required to declare in advance that your vehicle will be off the road and not in use for a period of between 3 and 12 months using Declaration of Non-Use of a Motor Vehicle Form RF150 (pdf), which you submit to your motor tax office. The declaration of non-use must be made in the same month that your current motor tax disc expires. If arrears in motor tax are due these must be paid in full and you must also pay a minimum of 3 months motor tax, before a declaration of non-use can be made.

kerry4sam

Brinimartini wrote: »

Is there any way to avoid having to pay back tax
on a car that has been off the road.
Once upon a time all you had to do was get the Gardai
to sign a form and bobs yer uncle.
Any ideas?

Thread moved from our Travel forum over into the Motors forum where it would be better suited.

Thanks,
kerry4sam

bazz26

Brinimartini wrote: »

Is there any way to avoid having to pay back tax
on a car that has been off the road.
Once upon a time all you had to do was get the Gardai
to sign a form and bobs yer uncle.
Any ideas?

Assuming the car was not actually used on a public road during the given time just change the ownership over to a relative which is the same as selling the car to them. Any arrears will disappear. Then in a few weeks time transfer ownership back to yourself as your insurance company do insist on the registered owner being the policy holder.

CiniO

bazz26 wrote: »

Assuming the car was not actually used on a public road during the given time just change the ownership over to a relative which is the same as selling the car to them. Any arrears will disappear. Then in a few weeks time transfer ownership back to yourself as your insurance company do insist on the registered owner being the policy holder.

Well it hardly matters now.
If vehicle was used on public roads, it was done illegally. Whether OP pays arrears now or not, it won't change the fact that law was broken (assuming it was in the first place).

bazz26

CiniO wrote: »

Well it hardly matters now.
If vehicle was used on public roads, it was done illegally. Whether OP pays arrears now or not, it won't change the fact that law was broken (assuming it was in the first place).

My point was that there is a way to do it but if the car was not actually off the road, doing what I suggested would be not be the correct thing to do. If the OP used the car then he/she should just pay the tax arrears.

You sometimes seem to search for holes in posts where there aren't any.

mgbgt1978

Brinimartini wrote: »

Is there any way to avoid having to pay back tax
on a car that has been off the road.

CiniO wrote: »

Well it hardly matters now.
If vehicle was used on public roads, it was done illegally. Whether OP pays arrears now or not, it won't change the fact that law was broken (assuming it was in the first place).

You'll have to go looking for the 'Assumption Statute' now Cinio....and don't come back until you find it

Tigger

bazz26 wrote: »

My point was that there is a way to do it but if the car was not actually off the road, doing what I suggested would be not be the correct thing to do. If the OP used the car then he/she should just pay the tax arrears.

You sometimes seem to search for holes in posts where there aren't any.

sometimes?

colm_mcm

thats all folks