buying cars a broad and bringing them home to ireland

synchro

im working with a moldovan at the moment
he showed me the list price of a bmw 530d -brand new in molodva onwww.bmw.md - €36000!!!!!!!
why arent ppl buying cars over in eastern europe and bringing them back and reregisteiring them?
when u order u can probably request a rhd

heggie

cos of a thing called VRT

bazz26

If it were that easy and cheap sure we would all be doing this.

You have to pay VRT (Value Related Tax) - 25% on anything up to 1.9 litre and 30% on 2.0 litre or above.

Guy:Incognito

bazz26 wrote:

If it were that easy and cheap sure we would all be doing this.

You have to pay VRT (Value Related Tax) - 25% on anything up to 1.9 litre and 30% on 2.0 litre or above.

Just to be more specific,the % is worked out on the price of the car in Ireland, not the price you bought it for abroad.

synchro

would it be possible to leave the car with molldovan plates on over here and insure it and tax it in moldova only
wat are the chances of tis working?

KTRIC

synchro wrote:

would it be possible to leave the car with molldovan plates on over here and insure it and tax it in moldova only
wat are the chances of tis working?

Do you have a Moldovian address ?? If so then you might be able to pull this off.

ciarsd

synchro wrote:

would it be possible to leave the car with molldovan plates on over here and insure it and tax it in moldova only
wat are the chances of tis working?

slim and none. in the past there was a chance but nowadays there is random checkpoints being setup to try curb this.

I've even witnessed them setup checkpoints outside big employers premises during shift changeover, or end of business day to catch the tax dodgers

Borzoi

synchro wrote:

im working with a moldovan at the moment
he showed me the list price of a bmw 530d -brand new in molodva onwww.bmw.md - €36000!!!!!!!
why arent ppl buying cars over in eastern europe and bringing them back and reregisteiring them?
when u order u can probably request a rhd

VRT. Read it and weep:

The information requested in respect of the vehicle shown is indicated below.
DATE OF FIRST REGISTRATION(MM/YY): MARCH 2005
OPEN MARKET SELLING PRICE:
(applicable on enquiry date) €52751
RATE OF TAX: 30.0%
VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX:
(payable on enquiry date) €15825

Oh, and you'll be hit for VAT

ciarsd

K-TRIC wrote:

Do you have a Moldovian address ?? If so then you might be able to pull this off.

wont pull it off if he's living here permantly or spending the majority of his time in this country...

ssh

If it's anything flash, you'll get snared eventually. They bagged a bunch of pricey cars on the Stillorgan dual carraigeway week before last. VRT is such a huge money-spinner for the government, they'll enforce it quite vigorously. There are work-arounds, though to be honest, I've more or less deduced that it isn't worth the hassle.

drdre

yeah,theres no point as the took my friends dads brand new db9 from him as he didnot pay vrt on time. they took his car from the airport carpark. they also took bentleys from there.

the police are on the ball.