Importing car from UK - owned for more than 6 months in UK, registered to Religious Order.

thebiglad

Its the usual question but, with a small twist, I have been unable to find the answer on Boards or in searches on Revenue.ie (which seems to encourage a query via myrevenue) or citizens information - at this point I may need to call or visit tax office for guidance.

The situation is that an elderly relative who is with a religious order in UK has moved to Ireland, they have brought the car they used in UK with them and want to reregister it here - the process to do that as a private individual is reasonably clear.

How is it done when the party on the registration papers is a religious order with their UK address and will be registered to the same order but, at their address in ireland. They have a registered charity number here in Ireland, not a tax reference and do not have an accountant/advisor who they can go to.

There seems to be nothing obvious I can use to start the process of importing the vehicle without the need to pay VRT - is it possible when the owner is not a private person and if so, any advice or directions to relevant pages or forms on Revenue would be much appreciated

Thanks in advance.

hoodie6029

The exemption is for individuals, otherwise and company or large organisation could flour the VRT law.

thebiglad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120544336#Comment_120544336

That makes sense and all the documents from Revenue are clear on private individual importing the vehicle.

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120544354#Comment_120544354

Fecking autocorrect! Flout not flour obviously 🤦‍♂️