Motortax.ie site down (old thread)

darlett · 16-01-2016 3:21pm #1

The motortax.ie website is down all day "Motor Tax Online is currently unavailable due to necessary site maintenance." Any way of knowing when its coming back? There's no further info or contact number on the site that I can see.
I am purchasing an untaxed car this evening, is there any other way of doing this deed quite urgently? I've printed out the above notice from the website but thats probably not going to help me if I get stopped today?

biko · 16-01-2016 3:28pm

Apparently there is site maintenance going on. This stuff needs to be done time to time and is usually done on a weekend to inconvenience as few as possible.
Tbh, there is no telling when it will be available again, probably before end f tomorrow.

You can buy car today and return for it Monday evening with tax disc, or trailer it home.

If you get stopped driving car without tax the excuse "but the site was down!" is probably not going to work. Is car insured?

Mr E · 16-01-2016 3:31pm

It'll be back at 8pm tomorrow night, apparently.

mgbgt1978 · 16-01-2016 4:02pm

OP. You cannot tax a car until the change of ownership has been completed .

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/motor_tax_and_insurance/motor_tax_rates.html

darlett · 16-01-2016 4:49pm

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

OP. You cannot tax a car until the change of ownership has been completed .

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/motor_tax_and_insurance/motor_tax_rates.html

Oh dear! This is getting proper nasty now. I need a car to get to work half the country away this week. My only real option is untaxable for probably a week. Quite the worry.

Not really sure what else I can do but risk it.

James Bond Junior · 16-01-2016 4:52pm

Buy the car, get a receipt to prove you just bought. What Garda is going to do you if you can prove you just bought. Let common sense prevail here. Tax it first thing Monday morning then in your local tax office.

Stheno · 16-01-2016 4:55pm

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Buy the car, get a receipt to prove you just bought. What Garda is going to do you if you can prove you just bought. Let common sense prevail here. Tax it first thing Monday morning then in your local tax office.

You can't tax it until Shannon process the change of ownership

Other than that op should do as you suggest

James Bond Junior · 16-01-2016 4:59pm

I brought the tax book filled up and ready to go into the motor tax office recently and they changed ownership and taxed it on the spot if you the seller would let you take it..

Stheno · 16-01-2016 5:00pm

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I brought the tax book filled up and ready to go into the motor tax office recently and they changed ownership and taxed it on the spot if you the seller would let you take it..

That's handy if you can do that alright.

mgbgt1978 · 16-01-2016 5:42pm

OP, just take a photo on your mobile of the filled-in VLC and show this if you are stopped.

No harm to have a photo of the VLC anyway......

Stheno · 16-01-2016 6:04pm

darlett wrote: »

The motortax.ie website is down all day "Motor Tax Online is currently unavailable due to necessary site maintenance." Any way of knowing when its coming back? There's no further info or contact number on the site that I can see.
I am purchasing an untaxed car this evening, is there any other way of doing this deed quite urgently? I've printed out the above notice from the website but thats probably not going to help me if I get stopped today?

Have you got your insurance sorted?

coylemj · 16-01-2016 6:05pm

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I brought the tax book filled up and ready to go into the motor tax office recently and they changed ownership and taxed it on the spot if you the seller would let you take it..

I did that in Nutgrove when I bought my current (secondhand) car back in 2011. The dealer mislaid the registration cert. for a few days and when it eventually turned up with me (like the OP) desperate to tax it to avoid hassle from the cops and traffic wardens, he gave it to me, told me to go to Nutgrove and chance it so I did. The lady in the tax office who inspects the documents before you go to the counter to pay said it was 'irregular' (should have been posted to Shannon) but let me away with it and I walked out with a new tax disc.

VincePP · 16-01-2016 11:16pm

Gardai can check status of a vehicle in seconds and will be able to confirm it has just been bought.

The important thing is insurance - this can also confirm recent purchase as it will have yesterday's or Monday's date on it.

Also, gardai are human and in 99% of cases very reasonable. Have reasonable proof and you'll have no issue.

darlett · 17-01-2016 12:37am

Stheno wrote: »

Have you got your insurance sorted?

Yeap I do, though took an absolute age. Cross threading it here abit but so many insurance companies blanked me I couldnt quite believe it. The car been an apparently elderly 03 mondeo seemed to be the only factor in several companies not been able to quote me. 123.ie, fbd, boi etc refused to give a quote. AXA embarrassed themselves with a figure of 1250. But eventually Allianz came thru-more or less- for me with 750. My last premium was less than 500 but i knew that they were on the up with recent insurance trends and as my last car was an Ibiza.

Alan_007_ · 17-01-2016 1:11am

You'll be fine to drive it until you get the change of ownership back in the post without tax.
I got caught by an ANPR camera during the summer 3 days after buying the car and it sent the fine automatically. But I appealed it saying that I had just bought the car and the fine was withdrawn.

mgbgt1978 · 17-01-2016 10:33am

VincePP wrote: »

Gardai can check status of a vehicle in seconds and will be able to confirm it has just been bought.

The vehicle will continue to show up as registered to the previous owner until Shannon have processed the change of ownership.

That is the main reason you are always advised to send away the VLC yourself when selling a car. Otherwise the car will remain in your name and all Tolls, GoSafe fines etc. will be sent to you. So the Guards have no way of knowing if the car changed hands until the change of ownership is recorded.

biko · 25-01-2016 1:19pm

http://motortax.ie/ still issues, I get Gateway Timeout.

mgbgt1978 · 25-01-2016 1:41pm

Probably in the midst of a DDoS attack...
A lot of the Government sites seem be targeted in the past week, same as boards the week before.

Cienciano · 25-01-2016 1:44pm

I just got a reminder email from them, guess this means we don't have to pay?

ironclaw · 25-01-2016 4:43pm

biko wrote: »

http://motortax.ie/ still issues, I get Gateway Timeout.

Taxed my car at 9am this morning. DDOS Boys must have slept in today :pac:

draiochtanois · 26-01-2016 12:33pm

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Qprmeath · 26-01-2016 1:42pm

Cant tax me tractor, will the Gardai accept site down as an excuse?

draiochtanois · 26-01-2016 3:26pm

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manta356 · 14-08-2017 3:46pm

Motor Tax Online Site Down Today,Can't Access it Online

muddle84 · 14-08-2017 3:57pm

Same as. Apparently its down with nearly a week now.

muddle84 · 14-08-2017 3:57pm

Same as. Apparently its down with nearly a week now.

biko · 14-08-2017 5:16pm

Yeah I see it too

https://www.motortax.ie/
Thank you for using Motor Tax Online
The resource requested does not exist on the server, please use one of the following links to navigate to the online service:
To go to the Motor Tax Online homepage, please click here.
The site is also available in Irish, please click here.
HTTP Error Code: 404

manta356 · 14-08-2017 5:19pm

Yeah but when you Click the Links Nothing Happens
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Atlantic Dawn · 14-08-2017 6:49pm

The fella/fellaette who looks after it is probably on 2 weeks holidays in Torremolinos and feeling tropic, try next week, it is the public service after all.