Car tax

newrecruit2

Hi,

I just bought a car and the tax is out on it. What I’m wondering is, can I go to the local tax office and send off the log book and tax it at the same time?

Anyone have any experience of this?

the_syco

newrecruit2 wrote: »

I just bought a car and the tax is out on it. What I’m wondering is, can I go to the local tax office and send off the log book and tax it at the same time?

How much is the tax out on it, and how much tax be per year/quarter for it?

endacl

the_syco wrote: »

How much is the tax out on it, and how much tax be per year/quarter for it?

If he's just bought it, the tax due to the time he owned it is zero. Second question is just irrelevant.

wonski

endacl wrote: »

If he's just bought it, the tax due to the time he owned it is zero. Second question is just irrelevant.

He still has the logbook so the question is very relevant. If the tax expired end of January then the op can pay it there and then and post the logbook to Shannon.

If however there are arrears due then he has to send the logbook first. Unless he wants to pay somebody else's arrears.

He shouldn't have the logbook in the first place, but that's just seller's mistake.

Isambard

if you're going to the tax office, they'll do it all there and then. You'll have to pay tax from 1st of month you bought it, unless you've declared it off the road.

newrecruit2

Isambard wrote: »

if you're going to the tax office, they'll do it all there and then. You'll have to pay tax from 1st of month you bought it, unless you've declared it off the road.

This is what I thought also.

I know the person that I bought the car off, the tax is out since December. They told me that if I brought the log book and change of ownership forms to the tax office that they would send whatever documents necessary to Shannon and I could pay from the 1st Feb.

Isambard

that would be the case in Cork certainly.

w211

Never buy the car on end of the month, because you need to pay full month tax.

colm_mcm

w211 wrote: »

Never buy the car on end of the month, because you need to pay full month tax.

That’s not actually true. You can declare the car off the road. I wouldn’t pass up the perfect car because of the price of a months tax either.

w211

colm_mcm wrote: »

That’s not actually true. You can declare the car off the road. I wouldn’t pass up the perfect car because of the price of a months tax either.

Yes you can declare off but there is minium 3 months. So 3 months you like to walk? Is it really worth? And if I remember right, this works only by full months. So you need to pay anyway for that full month money, only after 3 months walking...

Pops_20

w211 wrote: »

Yes you can declare off but there is minium 3 months. So 3 months you like to walk? Is it really worth? And if I remember right, this works only by full months. So you need to pay anyway for that full month money, only after 3 months walking...

That's not how it works. You can declare it off the road for a minimum of 3 months, but you can tax it at any time during that period and then it is no longer off the road.

Del2005

w211 wrote: »

Yes you can declare off but there is minium 3 months. So 3 months you like to walk? Is it really worth? And if I remember right, this works only by full months. So you need to pay anyway for that full month money, only after 3 months walking...

You can tax it at any point after it's declared off the road.

w211

Pops_20 wrote: »

That's not how it works. You can declare it off the road for a minimum of 3 months, but you can tax it at any time during that period and then it is no longer off the road.

Is it really worth it? If you do not drive a 3 months, you end up by big repair bill or worst case blown engine. The timing belt does not like to be on same position by 3 months. Soon as you start the engine after 3 months walking, it can just snap.



Here is another tip, do not buy the car what is out from tax, nct or previous owner insurance. These cars did not run many months and can cause a serious problems. The timing chain are different beast and works perfectly even after 10 years. Of course it need too checking but no big deal.

Tacitus Kilgore

w211 wrote: »

Is it really worth it? If you do not drive a 3 months, you end up by big repair bill or worst case blown engine. The timing belt does not like to be on same position by 3 months. Soon as you start the engine after 3 months walking, it can just snap.



Here is another tip, do not buy the car what is out from tax, nct or previous owner insurance. These cars did not run many months and can cause a serious problems. The timing chain are different beast and works perfectly even after 10 years. Of course it need too checking but no big deal.

That's some mighty fine slobber there.



OP if the car isn't in your name on the book yet you will only owe tax from date of transfer of ownership to you - if that was today - you'll owe tax from February.

You probably could tax it before doing the change of ownership (but you'll be paying tax and arrears that you are not liable for)

Del2005

w211 wrote: »

Is it really worth it? If you do not drive a 3 months, you end up by big repair bill or worst case blown engine. The timing belt does not like to be on same position by 3 months. Soon as you start the engine after 3 months walking, it can just snap.

This is BS.

w211 wrote: »

Here is another tip, do not buy the car what is out from tax, nct or previous owner insurance. These cars did not run many months and can cause a serious problems.

I think you'll find that very few cars with no tax, NCT or insurance are parked up, unfortunately.

w211

Obviously you do not know anything about cars. Here (somewhere) was short time ago thread where husband starts using the car what was not driven by long time. After short time the belt snaps and engine was toast.

Tacitus Kilgore

w211 wrote: »

Obviously you do not know anything about cars. Here (somewhere) was short time ago thread where husband starts using the car what was not driven by long time. After short time the belt snaps and engine was toast.

Yeah... because as you said, its an absolute guarantee that a timing belt will snap if a car is not used for 3 months....

It's also an absolute guarantee that all engines are interference and will definitely be toast if the belt snaps...

Will ya just get up the yard, there's so much wrong in what you're saying that i can barely even take the piss out of it.

the_syco

w211 wrote: »

Obviously you do not know anything about cars. Here (somewhere) was short time ago thread where husband starts using the car what was not driven by long time. After short time the belt snaps and engine was toast.

Current car wasn't driven for 7-8 months before I got it. It passed the NCT (deal was I'd only buy it if it passed), and has been fine since.

Regarding the belt snapping; how old was the belt do you even know?

FDave

w211 wrote: »

Here is another tip, do not buy the car what is out from tax, nct or previous owner insurance. These cars did not run many months and can cause a serious problems. The timing chain are different beast and works perfectly even after 10 years. Of course it need too checking but no big deal.

Plenty cars get sold without tax as its not the owners responsibility to pay the car tax of any potential buyer. That is for the new owner to sort out themself. And most people selling a car will have already transferred their insurance to another car. As for no NCT thats "buyer beware" and "sold as seen" assuming they are happy to buy a car without nct.