Van seized by guards

Patrick 1234

My van was seized by guards for being on the English reg they said it was sent to the customs but wouldn't give me a number to contact them told me to get it my self does anyone have a number for customs in Dublin please.

Kristopherus

I think you would be better off posting this in the Motors forum. Ask a Mod to move it for you. Oh, and welcome to Boards.ie.

Patrick 1234

Kristopherus wrote: »

I think you would be better off posting this in the Motors forum. Ask a Mod to move it for you. Oh, and welcome to Boards.ie.

Thanks for helping.

Boards.ie: Niamh

Moved to Motors forum.

biko

Try www.revenue.ie/en/contact/customs-division.html

goochy

good to hear this thing is happening , good job.

MarkR

Patrick 1234 wrote: »

My van was seized by guards for being on the English reg they said it was sent to the customs but wouldn't give me a number to contact them told me to get it my self does anyone have a number for customs in Dublin please.

Did you get any documents from the gardai who seized it?

Patrick 1234

No gave me nothing.

Henry Ford III

Just a matter of interest OP - how long had you been driving the van here whilst on UK plates? Did it have insurance, UK tax, and a valid MOT?

yop

Seems like they are now enforcing the 48 hours strictly or will take it off you. In a way thats fair, too many driving around for weeks on UK plates.

chasm

yop wrote: »

Seems like they are now enforcing the 48 hours strictly or will take it off you. In a way thats fair, too many driving around for weeks on UK plates.

I thought it was 7 days to make the appointment with the NCTS and 30 days to complete the whole process?

infogiver

chasm wrote: »

I thought it was 7 days to make the appointment with the NCTS and 30 days to complete the whole process?

It's still 7 days/30 days.
Here's the contact details
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/contact-details.html

Isambard

How long as it in the country?
VRTing a commercial isn't too expensive and any fines would be based as a percentage of that per day I imagone. Surprised they gave you no paperwork

ohnonotgmail

Isambard wrote: »

How long as it in the country?
VRTing a commercial isn't too expensive and any fines would be based as a percentage of that per day I imagone. Surprised they gave you no paperwork

maybe its different for commercials but for private cars it is 10% of the OMSP.

Isambard

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

maybe its different for commercials but for private cars it is 10% of the OMSP.

i thought it was 0.15% per day of the VRT amount, cumulatively

ohnonotgmail

Isambard wrote: »

i thought it was 0.15% per day of the VRT amount, cumulatively

I'm going by what they said on that Customs tv show. this seems to confirm it http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/revenue-official-responsible-for-vrt-fines-stole-19-350-1.2154704

you might be thinking of the extra charge if you pay the vrt late.

CeilingFly

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Isambard

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I'm going by what they said on that Customs tv show. this seems to confirm it http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/revenue-official-responsible-for-vrt-fines-stole-19-350-1.2154704

you might be thinking of the extra charge if you pay the vrt late.

that's exactly what I was thinking about.

elperello

I'm not condoning people being late paying VRT but if any arm of the State takes your property they should deal with you in a proper manner.
You should be given a receipt and contact details to find your property so you can regularise the situation.