Importing a Business (Commercial) Edition VW Touareg

54and56

Hi guys,

My VAT registered company wants to import a VW Touareg Busniess Edition from the UK similar to this - http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/volkswagen/touareg/used-2015-151-volkswagen-touareg-3-0t-louth-fpa-201114459455233290. It will be used exclusively for business purposes.

Anyone know how to go about

1) Finding a business edition VW Touareg in the UK? (All I can find on AutoTrader etc are private versions)

2) Ensuring I can buy the car ex VAT from a UK dealer? (My company is VAT registered so once I quote my companies VAT number to the UK dealer they should be able to sell to me ex vat??)

3) Ensuring the car is registered as a category B vehicle i.e. a "Car derived and jeep derived van" attracting VRT at the rate of 13.3% of the OMSP.

This will be my first time to do something like this so looking for a good steer, I don't want to make a ball$ of it!!

This 2103 Touareg http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201511118620865/sort/default/postcode/sw1x9bl/onesearchad/used/radius/1501/maximum-age/up_to_4_years_old/model/touareg/keywords/Business/fuel-type/diesel/make/volkswagen/advert-type/featured-listing/dealer-id/2500087/usedcars is described as an "R Line" which I believe means it's a business edition. If I run the details of that car through the VRT calculator it pop's out €5,041 as the amount of VRT payable.

This UK Govt website https://www.gov.uk/vat-vehicle-sales has a handy calculator for determining whether or not the dealer has to charge VAT on the sale of the vehicle and in the case of a VAT registered EU company it says they don't. Is that is correct and there is 20% VAT included in the £26,450 selling price the total cost of acquiring the car (excluding the cost of flying over and driving home) would be £26,450 X 80% = £21,160 converted to Euro = €29,140 + €5,041 VRT = €34,181.

Did I get any of that right?

Atlantic Dawn

There would be no business version in the UK, they are all same categorization as private car.

I would think buying one new in Ireland would work out cheaper and simpler.

54and56

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

There would be no business version in the UK, they are all same categorization as private car.

I would think buying one new in Ireland would work out cheaper and simpler.

Thanks AD, appreciate the info. That would explain why I can't find "business/commercial" versions of the Touareg in the UK. Does that mean there are no vehicle classifications in the UK for tax purposes? All cars, vans and jeps etc are just "vehicles" regardless of whether they are privately registered or registered by businesses?

I suppose the thing I really need to figure out is how do I ensure a VW Touareg I import is registered as a category B vehicle i.e. a "Car derived and jeep derived van" attracting VRT at the rate of 13.3% of the OMSP? Is it just a matter of calling the VRT office and talking to them about it?

R.O.R

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Thanks AD, appreciate the info. That would explain why I can't find "business/commercial" versions of the Touareg in the UK. Does that mean there are no vehicle classifications in the UK for tax purposes? All cars, vans and jeps etc are just "vehicles" regardless of whether they are privately registered or registered by businesses?

I suppose the thing I really need to figure out is how do I ensure a VW Touareg I import is registered as a category B vehicle i.e. a "Car derived and jeep derived van" attracting VRT at the rate of 13.3% of the OMSP? Is it just a matter of calling the VRT office and talking to them about it?

You'll need to ensure it meets the very complicated set of criteria, laid out by the NSAI, for a Category N1 Commercial.

The UK doesn't have separate classifications for Passenger and Commercial vehicles as far as VAT goes, and they don't have VRT, so they don't sell the "Commercial" versions a lot cheaper than the "Passenger" versions - hence why you can't find them for sale.

What the difference is between a Category A (Passenger) Toureg and a Category B (N1 Commercial) Toureg is, I haven't a clue, but to get the 13.3% VRT when registering in Ireland, it will have to meet N1 classification.

54and56

Thnaks ROR, I assume (always a dangerous thing to do) that as there are N1 classified Touaregs being sold by VW dealers here it must be possible to get a Touareg in the UK which will satisfy the N1 criteria.

AFAIK the R-Line models are the commercial spec a la http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/volkswagen/touareg/used-2016-161-volkswagen-touareg-comm-westmeath-fpa-200714454233924480 and there are R-Line models available in the UK like this identical looking one - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201509016512580?page=1&model=touareg&make=volkswagen&keywords=R-line&maximum-age=up_to_4_years_old&postcode=sw1x9bl&sort=default&radius=1500&onesearchad=used&search-target=usedcars&logcode=p

It's not straightforward is it???

Johnny Lamp

Did you ever get to the bottom of this?

54and56

Johnny Lamp wrote: »

Did you ever get to the bottom of this?

I sure did. Imported a 5 seat UK Touareg and got it classified as an N1 commercial literally days before they amended the rules ref using laser measurements etc.

I don't think you can do it anymore but I'm not 100% sure if that as there's a well known 4X4 dealer on the N11 between Dublin and Bray who recently had some 171 Range Rovers and even a Bentley (or some other €200,000 type super luxury car) for sale which were N1 registered commercials!!