Buying a car in the North whilst living between both the North and South.

troyzer

This is a bit of a weird one. 

I work rotations in my job, currently I work 8 days in the North and I'm given 6 days off which I spend down south.

I hold an Irish license and I've always lived down south but I work in the North, spend a majority of the year here and pay taxes etc. here. 

If I buy a car, do I still have to "import" it considering it'll spend most of its time up North registered to my address there? Or will Revenue consider me resident down South and demand that I pay for the import? It's so much cheaper to buy, insure and tax a car up here. Especially given my demographic (25 and have had my license less than two years). It's usually cheaper for people to import even with VRT and I'm wondering if I'd be playing with fire by just straight up buying one and not importing it. 

I was told before that it would work, but only if I also exchanged my license for a British one which I wouldn't be very keen on doing.

colm_mcm

Just to be clear, you live in ROI. commute 8 out of 14 days to work in NI, and spend days that you don’t work in ROI? Or do you have another address in NI that you live in?

What is meant by "State resident" and "non-resident"?
A "State resident" is a person whose normal residence is in the Republic of Ireland and a "non-resident" is anyone whose normal residence is outside the State. "Normal residence " means the place where a person usually lives (for at least 185 days each year) because of personal or occupational ties.
If a person's occupational ties are in a different country from his/her personal ties, then the country of personal ties is taken as the normal residence

troyzer

Every Monday evening I drive to my house in Northern Ireland. I work there, sleep there, eat there and then I come back down to Dublin every Tuesday evening for six days to my house there. Rinse and repeat. I don't cross the border every day, only once a week.

If you divide it up it's about 208 days I spend in the North a year minus the odd annual leave day I spend down south.

Deadwards.com

From memory, when I lived in the UK for a year, I was asked where I paid my tax (it was through our Irish office). Because I paid my tax in the republic I was not considered to be living abroad. Maybe check with the tax office to see what they say. Hope it's changed for you though

troyzer

Deadwards.com wrote: »

From memory, when I lived in the UK for a year, I was asked where I paid my tax (it was through our Irish office). Because I paid my tax in the republic I was not considered to be living abroad. Maybe check with the tax office to see what they say. Hope it's changed for you though

I pay tax in the UK. I'll ask Revenue when I'm off.