VRT on a car 6 months after bringing into the country?

madmax100

I brought a car back from England last August, I bought it while I was living there. I couldn't afford to VRT it when I brought it back initially, now I can. It's just been sitting gathering dust since getting here.

I can't seem to find a really detailed description of the penalties for not paying VRT in the prescribed 30 days? Other than "Any delay in registering your vehicle or paying Vehicle Registration Tax will make you liable to substantial penalties - including forfeiture of your vehicle and prosecution." Does anyone have experience of this? Because if it's the case that the vehicle will just be seized then clearly I'm better off just bringing it straight back to UK/NI?

Also, will I be asked to produce my ferry ticket receipt etc. when I go to have the vehicle inspected for the VRT? I'm just wondering how it works if you have brought a car in from NI. How would they know when you brought it over in that case?

Cheers

mullingar

If you lived in UK for 6+ months and have bills to prove and can prove car ownership during that time, you may be entitled to vrt it at €0.

bazz26

Yes, they will look for evidence of entry into the country ie ferry ticket receipt. If you don't have that then they will go off the last time the UK tax expired to my knowledge. VRT penalties I think is something like 0.15% of the VRT amount for every day over the initial 30 day period.

Might be easier to just sell it up in the North or back in the UK.

osarusan

mullingar wrote: »

If you lived in UK for 6+ months and have bills to prove and can prove car ownership during that time, you may be entitled to vrt it at €0.

This would suggest they have missed the chance to apply for a TOR exemption from VRT:

Application

If you are transferring residence from within the EU, you must apply to your Revenue office within seven days of the vehicle arriving in the State.
If you are transferring residence from outside the EU, you must apply at the customs office at the point of arrival in the State.
If approved, you will be registering the vehicle at a National Car Testing Service(NCTS) centre.
Regardless of whether or not your claim is approved, the vehicle must be registered within 30 days of the date it entered the State.

homewardbound11

If you brought it in within 6 months of ownership and have a genuine case for doing so ie loss of job and returning home they may well accept your situation .

Happened to me many years ago .

madmax100

mullingar wrote: »

If you lived in UK for 6+ months and have bills to prove and can prove car ownership during that time, you may be entitled to vrt it at €0.

I lived in the UK for a year as a student though and students are not granted the exemption