Taxing a van

canhefixit

Been looking on net for these answers and not getting solid answer, I'm buying a van caddy or similar and looming to see how much to tax it, is it still a flat rate of 333 for vans? Also is it straight forward to tax a van on a private insurance policy as I remember people having difficulty a whole back with the tax office looking for vat numbers!

canhefixit

mossy50 wrote: »

you cant tax a van commercially on private insurance has to be commercial tax commercial insurance or private tax private insurance

Is this defo the case now?
I only ask because I've had a couple of vans over the years which were always insured privately and I always taxed them per the commerical rate of around 300 or so but I remember bout a year ago they clamped down this and was wondering if it is still possible to tax it at the commerical rate while insured privately
Cheers

GTDolanator

Yes you can,Ive a berlingo thats taxed commercially and insured privatley

ShaunieVW

mossy50 wrote: »

you cant tax a van commercially on private insurance has to be commercial tax commercial insurance or private tax private insurance

Untrue, you can have commercial tax with private insurance no bother. Problem is you need either a vat no. Or a herd no. for commercial tax.

Try to get the person you are buying it off to tax it for the year, then you can worry about renewing it down the line.

canhefixit

GTDolanator wrote: »

Yes you can,Ive a berlingo thats taxed commercially and insured privatley

Did you have to show anything like vat number or anything to tax it commercially?

Charlie19

I had to get a form signed by the gardai saying that I was using the van for goods.

I just put my prsi number in where the vat number goes.

I have a separate policy for the van insurance and a private one for the car.

Flood

ShaunieVW wrote: »

Problem is you need either a vat no. Or a herd no. for commercial tax.

Not true.

SeaFields

My retired father has a van for fishing / the dogs etc. It suits him better than a car. Tried to tax it privately - "computer says no" basically in the tax office. He explained at the counter his predicament when taxing for the first time and the girl just said it's fine, tax it commercial. Is it a case that the system just doesn't get that people may have vans for social and domestic?

GTDolanator

canhefixit wrote: »

Did you have to show anything like vat number or anything to tax it commercially?

Yes im VAT registered

canhefixit

Wanted to know for sure so went into tax office yesterday, girl said if van insured privately it would be taxed privately it would only be taxed commercially if being used for commerical purposes and for that proof would need to be shown I.e vat number/herd number/some ce insurance number? and it has been like that for a good while she said

But then there are people saying they are defo insured privately and taxed at the commerical rate no problem so there must be a way around it?

savagethegoat

yup,

they lied

or

have had it continuously taxed from before the regulations were tightened up

porsche boy

Go to the tax office and hand in your paperwork. When they question it say yu are a sole trader and offer your pps number. If they refuse claim discrimination of minorities with a thick traveler accent. Get your tax disc and leave.

icanmunch

what about if you insure commercially, can you then tax privately?

R.O.R

icanmunch wrote: »

what about if you insure commercially, can you then tax privately?

Yes, and that's technically how it should be done, if the van is mainly used commercially, but has some private usage as well.

Flood

canhefixit wrote: »

But then there are people saying they are defo insured privately and taxed at the commerical rate no problem so there must be a way around it?

What county council did you try?