VRT relief for EV's imported from Northern Ireland

I didn't realise, I could get a third party to do up a Sad, many garages up North point blank won't supply them, or simply have not heard of Tss or Sad. I'm of the opinion that Ni cars advertised as Vrt ready.. Ie on a Ni plate or can supply a sad do, might sell for a higher price, because they have a larger captive audience

Thanks I contacted a customs clearance agent, I explained why I would need a SAD document . they mentioned "a SAD doc is an indicator duty and VAT has been paid at point of entry if for example a dealer in NI imports a car from mainland UK. They also mentioned if the dealer has no intention of selling the car to ROI, they therefore do not need to pay Duty and Vat, and therefore there wont be a SAD doc

If however the dealer , does intend to sell the car to ROI, then duty and Vat would need to be paid by the dealer , and hence a SAD could be issued "

Are they correct ?

I assume if they do this (pay NI VAT at point of entry) they can claim back English VAT?
Or am I misuderstanding

I am in a similar situation with saltmarine. Did they charged any amount for SAD certificate? They are asking £500 for me to get a SAD certificate.

Anyone ever use this crowd? https://www.ukcarimports.ie/ Been looking for a Skoda Enyaq from the North but in short supply so was having a look but don't know anything about them

I wonder is feasible for a customer to get the reg , contact a customs agent, and get a SAD

In addition the CR Morrow car prices are usually a little lower than SaltMarine

Is it similar to this June 2024 reg'd for £24k (about €27.5k) and would only €11.20 vrt.

Two questions:

Did you have to get an a customs agent?

And how long before getting an appt for paying/registering the car?

TIA

well in one email the sales rep said it would be £350 for the SAD (which the SAD records as the fee payable to the customs agent so the dealer isn't adding a mark-up which is good to know) but when I was in the showroom the senior sales rep said it was baked in to the sale price of £19.5k which is what I paid in total. The variant is the Premium which is similar in spec, if not the same, as the Executive Plus here.

In 2023 the Premium was upgraded. It came with 4kWh more battery, heat pump as standard and a few other bits and pieces. If you hang tight a 2024 will eventually pop up for 22 or 23k sterling.

Once you have the SAD you don't need a customs agent. The seller will contact a customs agent in order to process the SAD. It took a few hours from the dealer requesting it to the dealer receiving it. I then took the car home and booked a VRT inspection making sure I had the documentation requested by Revenue - documents the dealer would supply e.g. receipt, V5C and of course the SAD. I could have had an appointment within 24 hours if I needed it, however due to work I selected a date a few days later.

I'd recommend CR Morrow, they picked me up from Newry train station, answered every query and provided a print out of the battery health (100%) which I verified with my own dongle, the digital service history including important campaigns to do with the ICCU etc. I used gemini to tell me what the campaign codes referred to.

would be interested to hear anyone’s thoughts on these guys too. Huge selection of stuff 👍

HI

Does anyone have any recommendations of someone that does EV car inspections in NI?

Planning to buy a second hand ( 1 year old ) ID4 pretty soon and no idea what to or how to inspect it

Also - if there’s been warranty work done on it would I be correct to expect this to be documented …?

Secondhand import from the UK

thanks for any advice or DMs

Tut

thanks for that. If anyone has a Reco for anyone that does inspections please let me know