Registering a UK car that ha been stored in Ireland for 15 years

they wont VRT it until it's a complete car. Quite probably they'll be looking for a lot of back tax .

Your best option may be to export it back to the UK when complete , get an MoT and a fresh V5C and then re-import it. Fraught with diffculties.

Yes it is (€200) but its not that simple anymore. You now have duty and VAT to consider and you can only VRT a running car. There could be fines involved because the car wasn't declared when it entered the state. Bit of a minefield

If they impose a penalty for being 15 years late that would be massive. However, the fact that the car was not driveable when originally brought in might be a way to avoid this aspect.

You have to pay the VAT and Duty before the VRT.

I'd make sure to have an invoice for the car dated before 1/1/21 as this should mean no VAT and Duty applies when the time comes to register.

Of course this will expose the fact the car has been in the country for a while so I would take some photographs now before it is restored to show it was not possible to VRT due to it being unroadworthy. Also keep any invoices for parts/ labour etc.

Well if he bought it of a chap in the UK 15 years ago and didnt register it in the North then hes liable for VAT and duty! From your post it seems as though you dont understand the system!

Its simple enough to me ....you bring the car from the North - take it up over the Border if you like and bring it down and declare it to Customs on the way down , so a few receipts for petrol bought up there if you have to . Show a receipt for buying the car for - what ??? €1000 , €2000 , (Who are they to say a hand written receipt from a private seller is valid or not ) pay your VAT on that if you have to . There is no record of that car coming into the country so the Customs cannot say anything because they have no proof that it came into the Country fifteen years ago - as i said from once the V5 is valid that's all that should concern them . Looking for to see if its taxed or insured in another country is none of their business

^ Probably came in on the back of a truck?

Anyone who says “You can just say …”

in relation to customs or revenue hasn’t a clue.

They’ve heard every story in the book and are wide to all the evasion schemes.

So much wrong with that post!

Have you ever heard of a ship's manifest?

When you disembark have you ever counted the CCTV cameras?

Have you ever bought a car in the EU or UK and driven it back without anyone knowing?

Customs operate ANPR cameras in Port. You genuinely don’t seem to have a grip on dealing with Customs.

Exactly ....... have they records going back 15 years ago ???? i very much doubt it . If he takes that car up the North for one day its out of this Country - i dont care what anyone says its out of this jurisdiction. If that car is registered to someone up the North and he produces evidence that he brought it down over the border what ever happened in the last fifteen years doesn't matter. The only person that knows he had that car is himself - there's ways around it. If he produces an invoice for a "nominal' amount of money then that's what he paid . Customs cant decide that he paid more for it because they don't have any evidence that he did . If he wants to be sure to be sure register it to someone in the North and work around that .Different story if the car drove off the ferry nowadays

The thing that gets me on this is people openly encouraging other people to commit fraud. Then we all get tarred with the same brush

Wheres the fraud ?

If they have a record of the car, let them find it. Otherwise its just crates of spares at the moment.

If I were to purchase that now with the idea of putting it back on the road, I would feel no obligation to cover VRT arrears for some other lad with a box of bits.

When you get it put together, book a one way ferry ticket from the UK to Ireland with the car details included, that you'll never be on, then two days later turn up to Revenue and get it registered in Ireland. End of problem.