New car - tax

Lara_Croft.ie

Hi guys,

i'm picking up a new car next week and i'm just wondering how i can get it taxed? can i do this online? I've always had a PIN number for my old car and i could tax it online....

punisher5112

Lara_Croft.ie wrote: »

Hi guys,

i'm picking up a new car next week and i'm just wondering how i can get it taxed? can i do this online? I've always had a PIN number for my old car and i could tax it online....

Yes you will.

Its last 6 digits of vin or if you get logbook last 6 digits on front top of page.

bazz26

Is it brand new?

Lara_Croft.ie

punisher5112 wrote: »

Yes you will.

Its last 6 digits of vin or if you get logbook last 6 digits on front top of page.

That is great, cheers

Lara_Croft.ie

bazz26 wrote: »

Is it brand new?

Yes it is, 2017

bazz26

It takes a few days for the new reg to go up on the system. Once up then you should be able to tax it online using the last 6 digits of the car's VIN as the PIN for the motor tax website. Dealer really should be explaining this to you.

Lara_Croft.ie

bazz26 wrote: »

It takes a few days for the new reg to go up on the system. Once up then you should be able to tax it online using the last 6 digits of the car's VIN as the PIN for the motor tax website. Dealer really should be explaining this to you.

Thank you, well i said i won't pick the car up until tomorrow and the Tax for it can start on that month, as opposed to be paying for April when there was only a few days left in that month.

R.O.R

Check when it was registered as tax is due from then and not when you collect it.

If it was registered in April you can declare it off the road online, then tax it from the first of the month. Dealer may have needed the reg for April figures.

ml100

R.O.R wrote: »

Dealer may have needed the reg for April figures.

Dealer did this on mine back in 2014, I didn't know it could be declared off the road, not surprised they didn't tell me though the whole experience with them was bad, went to pick the car up in January and it was the wrong engine and spec then had to wait 3 months for car to be reordered and then they pulled the registration crap, didn't even tell me it was in until first week in May after registering it in the last week of April, I have never and will never darken their door again, all servicing done by a new main dealer setup in the area who have been fine to deal with.

uck51js9zml2yt

No log book will be issued until you tax the car for the first time.
Use the last 6 digits of the VIN or a RF100 form.
If doing it online, make sure everything is correct including your address
Shanon have a habit of putting all Dublin cars as County Dublin.
Tax is liable from date of registration.

D Trent

Lilliana Broad Skier wrote: »

No log book will be issued until you tax the car for the first time.
Use the last 6 digits of the VIN or a RF100 form.
If doing it online, make sure everything is correct including your address
Shanon have a habit of putting all Dublin cars as County Dublin.
Tax is liable from date of registration.

not the biggest deal in the world is it ?

colm_mcm

It's the dealer that inputs the address rather than us Clare folk getting one over on the Dubs.

uck51js9zml2yt

D Trent wrote: »

not the biggest deal in the world is it ?

It is when an post don't deliver the log book saying there is no rathfarnham in Co Dublin.
It happens more often than u would think!

Lara_Croft.ie

Lilliana Broad Skier wrote: »

No log book will be issued until you tax the car for the first time.
Use the last 6 digits of the VIN or a RF100 form.
If doing it online, make sure everything is correct including your address
Shanon have a habit of putting all Dublin cars as County Dublin.
Tax is liable from date of registration.

Thanks for your reply. I will be collecting the car tomorrow, It will have it's registration applied tomorrow prior to me collecting it. I'm hoping that i can sort out Tax then and there via internet, so that i can take it home...

colm_mcm

And insurance, that's more important.

punisher5112

Lara_Croft.ie wrote: »

Thanks for your reply. I will be collecting the car tomorrow, It will have it's registration applied tomorrow prior to me collecting it. I'm hoping that i can sort out Tax then and there via internet, so that i can take it home...

You should be OK as most cops will allow a bit of discretion.

If you want to be real technical about it you legally can't drive till tax disc is in window.

The fine is small and not punishable by points so don't be worrying.

As said above get them to be clear of when car was registered and if last month you have over 20 days to sign off the road.

Then just tax from tomorrow when you collect or get it home.

Lara_Croft.ie

colm_mcm wrote: »

And insurance, that's more important.

yes...i'll be getting that sorted before i collect the car, thanks

Lara_Croft.ie

punisher5112 wrote: »

You should be OK as most cops will allow a bit of discretion.

If you want to be real technical about it you legally can't drive till tax disc is in window.

The fine is small and not punishable by points so don't be worrying.

As said above get them to be clear of when car was registered and if last month you have over 20 days to sign off the road.

Then just tax from tomorrow when you collect or get it home.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, i spoke with them last week and i asked them not to register it until May, because i don't want to be paying for whole month of April, it made more financial sense that i get the full month out of the tax paid..so it will be registered tomorrow and then i'll get it taxed.

colm_mcm

Im not usually a betting man, but I'd put the house on it being registered in April.

bazz26

The salesman will have wanted it included in his end of month/quarter figures my guess.

colm_mcm

It's only €20 worth of tax anyway