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Importing a car from france

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  • 22-07-2022 12:04pm
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    PearSofter
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭


    Hi all Hoping for some guidance with this issue

    planning on bringing a 30 year old car (1991 reg plate) to Ireland from France.

    Are there any sites where I could learn how to do the process ?VRT should be 200 since its vintage but Im unsure about VAT ,does 23% still apply from France and other hidden fees like duty etc?

    Im also wondering if theres any transport companies that handle the process and whether or not their worth it for an 8k 2nd hand car with 150,000km on it. I'd be putting it off the road when its home here and then working away on it myself to finish it off before insuring and driving it

    Hoping France will be cheaper and try to avoid the costs from the UK (or is bringing in from UK not as bad as it sounds?)

    sorry for long post but hoping someone has some help for me thanks in advance



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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,932 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    No one can tell if it is worth doing, very few restorations sell for more than the cost of resorting it. The majority of restorations are done for nostalgia and the big money sellers have usually had big money and/or time spent on them.

    The only way you'd have VAT is if the odometer shows less than 6k km.

    What's the car? For LHD it would need to be something popular if you want to make a profit. If you just want to restore a car get what you want and enjoy, some cars selling for huge money today you couldn't give away a few years ago.



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    PearSofter
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭PearSofter


    hi oh yeah this wouldnt be to sell this would be to keep in the family and enjoy (1991 toyota) i just dont want to be hit with paying an extra 2 or 3k to get it in and registered is all

    Post edited by PearSofter on


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    User1998
    Registered Users Posts: 6,009 ✭✭✭User1998


    Vintage UK cars are exempt from the 10% duty. So not as bad as you might think.



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    PearSofter
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭PearSofter


    thats good to hear actually the vat is still a pain but not impossible from uk then



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