VRT & VAT when buying new or nearly new car

Lex Luthor · 06-09-2006 09:01AM #1

if one was to buy a car in the North new, or nearly new, do you pay UK VAT or IRL VAT?

kluivert · 06-09-2006 09:30AM

If the car is less than 6 months old then you pay Irish Vat and off course the VRT.

If the car up north is less than 3 months old, you can request the dealer not to charge the UK Vat, he will get you to sign a form stating that you will pay the Vat in Ireland. He will send this to the DVLA.

He shoudl give you the V5 and a copy of the declaration stating that you will pay the Vat in Ireland.

OK here's what the boys are doing. This is not advice.

Buying a three month old car in the North, without UK Vat. Take it down south, park it in a garage for three months till its six months old and then registering it in the VRO. No Irish Vat.

To sum up No UK Vat and No Irish Vat.

Henry Ford III · 06-09-2006 09:39AM

kluivert wrote:

If the car is less than 6 months old then you pay Irish Vat and off course the VRT.

If the car up north is less than 3 months old, you can request the dealer not to charge the UK Vat, he will get you to sign a form stating that you will pay the Vat in Ireland. He will send this to the DVLA.

He shoudl give you the V5 and a copy of the declaration stating that you will pay the Vat in Ireland.

OK here's what the boys are doing. This is not advice.

Buying a three month old car in the North, without UK Vat. Take it down south, park it in a garage for three months till its six months old and then registering it in the VRO. No Irish Vat.

To sum up No UK Vat and No Irish Vat.

Good scam that. The VRo should be able to spot the date of sale and the date of IRL reg. as being 3 months apart though.

kluivert · 06-09-2006 11:51AM

All you have to bring to the VRO is the V5 not the Sales Invoice. A Cheque for the VRT. And bobs ur uncle.

If the car is less than 6 months old they ask for the purchase invoice in order to calculate the Vat owed to them.

My dad has done the above with a Ford Galaxy he bought in Manchester.

The only problem was that he drove the car down to the south coast for a holiday the next day where it got broken into and contents stolen.

It can be done, but if caught there is penalities and therefore its not advised.

Lex Luthor · 06-09-2006 12:20PM

kluivert wrote:

All you have to bring to the VRO is the V5 not the Sales Invoice. A Cheque for the VRT. And bobs ur uncle.

If the car is less than 6 months old they ask for the purchase invoice in order to calculate the Vat owed to them.

My dad has done the above with a Ford Galaxy he bought in Manchester.

The only problem was that he drove the car down to the south coast for a holiday the next day where it got broken into and contents stolen.

It can be done, but if caught there is penalities and therefore its not advised.

The V5 being our equivalent of the RF101???

kluivert · 06-09-2006 12:33PM

V5 - English Vehcile registration document.

Dont let the dealer fill this out and send it to the DVLA as the DVLA will just send it back to the dealer to forward it onto you.

If this does happen then phone the DVLA and they will send a Cert to you for the VRO, this can take awhile, so just take the V5 off the dealer as the VRO require this.

VRT & VAT when buying new or nearly new car

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