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Motor tax question

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  • 17-08-2016 1:51pm
    #1
    Carbon125
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭


    If I buy a car that is out of tax from a motor dealer, on the last day of the month - will I have to pay motor tax for the whole month?


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Yes.


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    #3
    Carbon125
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭Carbon125


    Thanks. Just as I had imagined. Will buy the car a few days later so...


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    As clarification for future viewers.

    As buyer you pay tax from the first day of the month you purchase car in.
    So if you buy it on 25th September you still have to pay tax from 1st September.

    So if you insist on buying a car without current tax, wait until the first of the month to buy it.


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    #5
    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    or declare it off the road immediately and pay for tax from the first of next month


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    savagethegoat wrote: »
    or declare it off the road immediately and pay for tax from the first of next month

    Isn't SORN 3 months min?


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    grogi
    Registered Users Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭grogi


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Isn't SORN 3 months min?

    Yes, but ...

    "You can cancel the declaration at any time by renewing your tax in your local motor tax office – the validity of the tax disc will commence from the first day of the month in which you tax the vehicle."


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    mcgiggles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭mcgiggles


    Yes, as I learned the hard way! :(


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