Van Tax

clonagh

Hi,
Thinking of buying a golf van. What documentation do I need to tax it as a commercial. Farm is still in my mothers name and am in the process of applying for a herd number. Will that be enough? Thanks.

Topgear on Dave

There are 2 forms. Get the first signed (RF111A I think) at the garda station to declare the vehicle as commercial.

Then form RF100A as usual to pay the tax at the office and bring the signed declaration.

it wasnt difficult when I did it.

Bass Reeves

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

There are 2 forms. Get the first signed (RF111A I think) at the garda station to declare the vehicle as commercial.

Then form RF100A as usual to pay the tax at the office and bring the signed declaration.

it wasnt difficult when I did it.

I always have to laugh at this. It varies from country to county. While you have to have the above in Limerick you also need a revenue certificate that you are registered as self employed and that this registration is concurrent is you are sending in accounts. As well the van must be commercially taxed.

Some counties bay be happy with a registered herd or flock number. In OP's case if these rules apply he needs to register as being self employed with revenue

wrangler

clonagh wrote: »

Hi,
Thinking of buying a golf van. What documentation do I need to tax it as a commercial. Farm is still in my mothers name and am in the process of applying for a herd number. Will that be enough? Thanks.

Is it not cheaper to tax private, our car is only about €180.

tv3tg4

Some counties may look for the insurance cert showing it is insured as a goods vehicle.
Ring your local tax office

Bass Reeves

wrangler wrote: »

Is it not cheaper to tax private, our car is only about €180.

It got to be borderline in the case of more modern cars. However small older vans van be cheaper to buy. Against that CVRT and retests are double the cost of an NCT.I have a 2010 RAV Tax is 390 and I am doing NCT on it next week

clonagh

Thanks all, I'll ring my local tax office for their take on it.

Nekarsulm

You will need to get it weighted at a registered weighbridge before you can get it taxed. There is a form the weighbridge master must fill up. This is only for the first time of you taxing it.

lakill Farm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

You will need to get it weighted at a registered weighbridge before you can get it taxed. There is a form the weighbridge master must fill up. This is only for the first time of you taxing it.

not on light goods

Bass Reeves

tv3tg4 wrote: »

Some counties may look for the insurance cert showing it is insured as a goods vehicle.
Ring your local tax office

Another name for commercial insurance

Nekarsulm

lakill Farm wrote: »

not on light goods

Ah, so that saves 20 euro or so.
Taxed a "new to me" Trooper back in the summer, and was the first time I'd come across it.

lakill Farm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Ah, so that saves 20 euro or so.
Taxed a "new to me" Trooper back in the summer, and was the first time I'd come across it.

maybe im wrong . I have an auris van (commercial) and I didn't have to get it weighted before I taxed it. Just a goods declaration form

ESetter

lakill Farm wrote: »

maybe im wrong . I have an auris van (commercial) and I didn't have to get it weighted before I taxed it. Just a goods declaration form

I was told recently when taxing a berlingo that no need to get it weighed..only required for jeeps and heavier goods vehicles..there is a weight limit but i dont know what it is.

Albert Johnson

lakill Farm wrote: »

maybe im wrong . I have an auris van (commercial) and I didn't have to get it weighted before I taxed it. Just a goods declaration form

I think it varies depending on who ever is behind the counter at the tax office on the day. The second last jeep I bought I had to get weighed before I could tax it in my name. The woman behind the desk even sent off the tax book to get the vehicle weight changed as it was different to the weight on the printout from the weighbridge I provided. This was because I had about 150kg of different bits and pieces in the jeep when I got it weighed which weren't considered in the manufacturers calculations.

The last jeep I bought I weighed it at a local feed Mills weighbridge before heading to the tax office. It was a particularly nice summer's day in the middle of a prolonged spell of good weather. This time there was a different woman behind the counter and she was so engrossed in the thoughts of finishing work for the day and heading to the bog that she never asked me for the weighbridge printout.

endainoz

lakill Farm wrote: »

maybe im wrong . I have an auris van (commercial) and I didn't have to get it weighted before I taxed it. Just a goods declaration form

I did the same in clare, had to get a form stamped by guards and brought it to the tax office with an insurance cert for them to copy. No need to have the vehicle weighed for me anyway.

monseiur

clonagh wrote: »

Hi,
Thinking of buying a golf van. What documentation do I need to tax it as a commercial. Farm is still in my mothers name and am in the process of applying for a herd number. Will that be enough? Thanks.

Tax on a commercial van is €333, check the private tax on van first, the saving (if any) may not be worth the hassle plus you'll have to CVRT the van every year from year 1 whereas the NCT is every 2 year from year 4 up to year10 - open to correction on this. Also CVRT is almost double the cost or NCT

ESetter

monseiur wrote: »

Tax on a commercial van is €333, check the private tax on van first, the saving (if any) may not be worth the hassle plus you'll have to CVRT the van every year from year 1 whereas the NCT is every 2 year from year 4 up to year10 - open to correction on this. Also CVRT is almost double the cost or NCT

i dont think you can NCT a commercial van,,even though its private tax. As far as i know it has to be DOE'd every year.

tanko

ESetter wrote: »

i dont think you can NCT a commercial van,,even though its private tax. As far as i know it has to be DOE'd every year.

Yeah, i've never seen a van in an NCT centre.