Motor tax for mobile drop-in centre truck

transistor

I am road-taxing an imported 2004 mobile library truck which has been converted to a mobile community centre / cafe. ULW: 7400 kg.



Photo of the newly wrapped truck.

I phoned the motor tax office for a price and was told €500 per year.

Q1: I just want to check: does this sound right? Is there a special purpose vehicle category that would save some money?

Q2: I can't find an engine number. Do I need that for the motor tax application? The chassis is a DAF FA LF45.180. Does anyone know where to look for the engine number if I need it?

boardsuser1

Is it Irish registered?

If it is, check this website under motor tax rates and enter the reg.

It will tell you the rate.

https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/

I can see a reg but can’t make it out.

listermint

That's pretty cheap tbh...

colm_mcm

4 to 12 tons commercial is €500.

Isambard

Instal bed, table ,chair, hob and sink , and it's a Motorhome....

colm_mcm

Isambard wrote: »

Instal bed, table ,chair, hob and sink , and it's a Motorhome....

Don’t forget “pay 13.3% VRT on whatever OMSP Revenue pull out of the sky”

transistor

Thanks, chaps. I had looked at the Motor Tax Online site but hadn't got a PIN yet. https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/motortaxinforeg.do let's you check with just the registration number.

The basis of assessment (BOA) is the vehicle detail which facilitates the calculation of the appropriate motor tax fee, e.g. engine capacity or CO2 emissions for private cars, weight for goods vehicles. The BOA for the vehicle details entered is ENGINE CC
The rates of taxation are as follows:


Registration: 04MO10457
Tax Band: 3001 - 15000
Annual: €1809
Half Year: €1003
Quarter Year: €511

That makes it look as though I've been quoted for 3 months only.

Any other ideas?

Guy:Incognito

It's registered for private tax so.

transistor

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

It's registered for private tax so.

I don't understand. Do I have some options here?

The owner is a registered company and is a registered charity. Can I change the registration to some other (cheaper) category?

Isambard

well I'd say yes, if it's a Cafe, it's possibly Commercial and could be taxed as such rather than Private..

colm_mcm

Yes, it may have just been taxed privately for whatever reason before.

Was it regged in Ireland before?

transistor

colm_mcm wrote: »

Was it regged in Ireland before?

No. We imported it last year, I organised CVRT and registration. We've been fitting it out and sorting out insurance (€6k/year!). This is the first registration so it may have been put into the wrong category.

What do I ask for and who do I ask?

colm_mcm

Just tax it in person. Don’t think you can do a first time taxing of a commercial at commercial rate online or something. Had this years ago with a Hilux.

transistor

colm_mcm wrote: »

Just tax it in person.

Do you mean that I should go to the office to sort it out? But what am I asking for? What category / class?

CJhaughey

I wonder if you could apply for a Youth/Community bus tax class?
400pa

transistor

CJhaughey wrote: »

I wonder if you could apply for a Youth/Community bus tax class?
400pa

Me too. I'm looking at https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/motortaxinfotype.do and the possible categories are:

• Goods vehicle standard. €333 - €900.
• Large PSV. €154 - €403.
• Motor caravan. €102.
• Youth or community bus: €154 - €403.

According to the supplementary info on the page for youth or community bus:

The BOA for the vehicle details entered is SEATING CAPACITY
The rates of taxation are as follows:

Tax Band   Annual
0 - 20     154
21 - 40    202
41 - 60    403
61 - 9999  403

This "bus" has only one passenger seat. The cafe seating is not suitable for passenger seating. What does the "Tax Band" mean?

boardsuser1

transistor wrote: »

Thanks, chaps. I had looked at the Motor Tax Online site but hadn't got a PIN yet. https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/motortaxinforeg.do let's you check with just the registration number.

The basis of assessment (BOA) is the vehicle detail which facilitates the calculation of the appropriate motor tax fee, e.g. engine capacity or CO2 emissions for private cars, weight for goods vehicles. The BOA for the vehicle details entered is ENGINE CC
The rates of taxation are as follows:


Registration: 04MO10457
Tax Band: 3001 - 15000
Annual: €1809
Half Year: €1003
Quarter Year: €511

That makes it look as though I've been quoted for 3 months only.

Any other ideas?

I tried it just now with 04MO10467 and it came back as €500.

Has there been an error made in administration?

I don’t know how importing/registering a vehicle works with revenue.

Vic_08

transistor wrote: »

Me too. I'm looking at https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/motortaxinfotype.do and the possible categories are:

• Goods vehicle standard. €333 - €900.
• Large PSV. €154 - €403.
• Motor caravan. €102.
• Youth or community bus: €154 - €403.

According to the supplementary info on the page for youth or community bus:

The BOA for the vehicle details entered is SEATING CAPACITY
The rates of taxation are as follows:

Tax Band   Annual
0 - 20     154
21 - 40    202
41 - 60    403
61 - 9999  403

This "bus" has only one passenger seat. The cafe seating is not suitable for passenger seating. What does the "Tax Band" mean?

The numbers under Tax Band refers to the number of (passenger) seats.

That band is the same as for a normal Bus except the first band is for 0-20 whereas normal bus is 9-20. This would suggest there is a provision for something with 0 passenger capacity to be included in the category.

I would agree with the earlier advice, you really need to go to your local office and talk to them, at least they should be able to tell you what is needed to qualify for the lower categories and you can go from there.