VRT exemption

smctralee

Hello, I am moving back to Ireland from the UK and will need to VRT my car which i have more than 12 months. My questions are: If I get my VRT exemption and sell my car soon after must I pay back the VRT? If so, Is there any way of avoiding having to repay this?

Atlantic Dawn

If you sell it within a year you must pay back the entire vrt you were exempt for.

colm_mcm

1) yes

2) legally, no.

Marcusm

smctralee wrote: »

Hello, I am moving back to Ireland from the UK and will need to VRT my car which i have more than 12 months. My questions are: If I get my VRT exemption and sell my car soon after must I pay back the VRT? If so, Is there any way of avoiding having to repay this?

The VLC/log book is endorsed with a restriction preventing the reregistration of the vehicle within 12 months without permission.

smctralee

Thanks everyone for the replies. That is good to know. I had hoped to bring the car back and use it for 3-4 months and then sell it and avoid paying back the VRT as I intend to move abroad again. But if the log book has a restriction that prevents me from reregistering the vehicle in someone else's name then it obviously doesn't seem possible.

bazz26

If you get the VRT exemption and ownership changes hands within 12 months then it gets flagged with Revenue who will require you to pay the VRT that you were originally exempt from paying. To avoid this you either need to forfeit the VRT exemption when you move home or keep the car for 12 months from when it's registered in Ireland and the VRT exemption is issued.

Marcusm

smctralee wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the replies. That is good to know. I had hoped to bring the car back and use it for 3-4 months and then sell it and avoid paying back the VRT as I intend to move abroad again. But if the log book has a restriction that prevents me from reregistering the vehicle in someone else's name then it obviously doesn't seem possible.

If you are only moving to Ireland for 3-4 months you probably don’t meet the terms anyway as you are not transferring your residence here. If you intend to be in Ireland only for that short period, you should be able to do a temporary importation VRT free meaning you leave it on U.K. plates and then when you move abroad again, bring it to the U.K. (perhaps NI) and sell it there.

CBear1993

Hi all/

I’ve read the original post on here.

I’m living in Dublin now since May 2019. I did have a job down here in 2018 for 4 months but I was travelling from the north.
My car is a northern reg, private registration which I will miss dearly! But understand I have to get an Irish reg to comply with living here.

I’ve did the various VRT calculation checks online. I’ve always bought cars from England, and imported them home to Tyrone for £250.00 - great saving.
I’m not on here to bitch about the amount of money ireland charges for me to bring my northern car down and re register , VRT , NCT bla bla whatever.

I found a document online on revenue - exemption from paying VRT on an imported vehicle - however I’ve refrained from filling this form out and taking a gamble. It says you must do this within 30 days of entering the state- which I’ve obviously now passed, I was going to chance it anyway, but figured that they’d just look up the M50 toll system and probably pick me up from there. Then I HAVE to pay full VRT, which is an unnecessary cost.

At the minute the way I look at it - (touch wood) I haven’t been bothered about it or stopped, so I’ll keep going in my MK6 2013 CW Golf until I’m stopped. Why should I fork up a small fortune when thousands of other northern cars drive around Dublin undetected ?

But I am also conscious that I’ve heard rumors about customs starting to follow northern cars to places of work etc and impounding the vehicle until a fine is paid.
I have my own apartment down here now as a homeowner and Irish citizen from birth am I able for any exemption?

What is the cheapest way to get an English car into the south and just put a southern reg on it right away?

You couldn’t buy a car in Ireland. Ridiculous market. The north is expensive enough too compared with England.

Thanks in advance.

colm_mcm

What’s the question? How do you get a VRT exemption if you live and work in the South?

CBear1993

Yeah sorry, more or less, was late last night when I wrote that!

Am I eligible for one or do I just pay full whack.

colm_mcm

It doesn’t sound like your eligible.

sunnysoutheast

CBear1993 wrote: »

Yeah sorry, more or less, was late last night when I wrote that!

Am I eligible for one or do I just pay full whack.

It might be worth downloading the ToR form and seeing what sort of evidence you could provide about transferring your residence back in May. Revenue will look for proof of genuine usage before moving such as insurance plus evidence of taking up a new job, disposal of property etc.

Whether they will look closely at what happened with the car in the intervening four months I honestly don't know.

Belfast

smctralee wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the replies. That is good to know. I had hoped to bring the car back and use it for 3-4 months and then sell it and avoid paying back the VRT as I intend to move abroad again. But if the log book has a restriction that prevents me from reregistering the vehicle in someone else's name then it obviously doesn't seem possible.

if you you are moving back for work contract of less than 6 months you do not need to re reg the car here and can take it with you when you leave.

Belfast

CBear1993 wrote: »

Hi all/

I’ve read the original post on here.

I’m living in Dublin now since May 2019. I did have a job down here in 2018 for 4 months but I was travelling from the north.
My car is a northern reg, private registration which I will miss dearly! But understand I have to get an Irish reg to comply with living here.

I’ve did the various VRT calculation checks online. I’ve always bought cars from England, and imported them home to Tyrone for £250.00 - great saving.
I’m not on here to bitch about the amount of money ireland charges for me to bring my northern car down and re register , VRT , NCT bla bla whatever.

I found a document online on revenue - exemption from paying VRT on an imported vehicle - however I’ve refrained from filling this form out and taking a gamble. It says you must do this within 30 days of entering the state- which I’ve obviously now passed, I was going to chance it anyway, but figured that they’d just look up the M50 toll system and probably pick me up from there. Then I HAVE to pay full VRT, which is an unnecessary cost.

At the minute the way I look at it - (touch wood) I haven’t been bothered about it or stopped, so I’ll keep going in my MK6 2013 CW Golf until I’m stopped. Why should I fork up a small fortune when thousands of other northern cars drive around Dublin undetected ?

But I am also conscious that I’ve heard rumors about customs starting to follow northern cars to places of work etc and impounding the vehicle until a fine is paid.
I have my own apartment down here now as a homeowner and Irish citizen from birth am I able for any exemption?

What is the cheapest way to get an English car into the south and just put a southern reg on it right away?

You couldn’t buy a car in Ireland. Ridiculous market. The north is expensive enough too compared with England.

Thanks in advance.

When you moved her first you could have imported your northern reg car vrt exempt.
Too late now.
I did it when I moved back to Limerick from Belfast.