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Driving uk car into Ireland

  • 26-07-2024 8:09pm
    #1
    Blues14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 223 ✭✭


    so I’m considering buying a mk2 escort from the uk but with the vat makes it expensive so I know this is a touchy subject but if I brought it into Ireland and use a old Irish log book is this a way of getting around the vat or do you have to pay vat as soon as you dock at the port.



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  • #2
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,120 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058361594/driving-uk-car-into-ireland

    No it's a bad idea.

    Forget it and go the legal route.



  • #3
    beachhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,987 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Happy thoughts.Impossible thoughts



  • #4
    TrailerBob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭TrailerBob


    Dear Boards... how can I break the law and avoid paying what I need to... and cheese off the entire classic car community while I'm at it.

    Just do it the right way, or don't tell the internet you plan on being underhanded.



  • #5
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,704 ✭✭✭User1998


    You can drive through Holyhead as a domestic customer and pay the VAT later. Not sure of the legality but I’ve done it a few times and paid the VAT the following day.



  • #6
    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,396 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    You are not allowed drive a yellow plate car in Ireland as an Irish resident. So you may as well ring a bell and shout unclean. Do it properly, if it's an old car or might not cost to much.



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  • #7
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122431854#Comment_122431854

    isn’t that only if you’re sure that it is a U.K. origin car, ie not constructed elsewhere or having too high a non-UK components. Otherwise don’t you have to do customs at the port to meet the rules.



  • #8
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,704 ✭✭✭User1998


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122432365#Comment_122432365

    I’m really not sure of the exact legality but I’ve driven through a couple of times and just got my customs broker to pay the customs the following day. My transport guy drives through Belfast and I pay the customs after taking delivery of the cars. Probably not the correct procedure but it is possible and as long as it gets paid I don’t see the issue.



  • #9
    steinbock123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭steinbock123


    What you describe is known as “ringing” — it’s highly illegal



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