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Out of Date Tax

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  • 06-04-2006 10:07pm
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    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I just realized today that my tax is out of date since the end of February... Usually they send me a form in the post and I do it on the net but this month maybe it got lost in the post or something... Anyway.. I got on the phone today on my lunch break to try and get them to send me a form or maybe by some miracle sort it out over the phone :rolleyes: but I was put on hold for the duration of my lunch break...So I shall have to try again tomorrow to alleviate the problem...But.. If I am unlucky enough to be stopped between now and the time I get my up to date disc in my window what is the worst that can happen to me??? :o


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    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,584 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    http://oasis.gov.ie/transport/motoring/motor_tax_rates.html

    I think the details are in there somewhere.


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    homah_7ft
    Registered Users Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    It's expensive enough if you are caught. You pay a fine for not displaying a current disc and then you must pay the backtax and a penalty.


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    spockety
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,468 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    In my experience, if it's up to 2 months out of date, an inspecting Garda at a checkpoint will say, "you know your tax is up?", and you say "yes Garda, I'll get it sorted right away", and that's that.

    Up to 5 months out and you'll probably get a ticket or request to get it sorted and present at the station within 5 days. DO THIS! Go over 6, and you probably won't be allowed to carry on driving from the checkpoint.


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    homah_7ft
    Registered Users Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    Must have been a bad morning for this garda then :(


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    rondeco
    Registered Users Posts: 860 ✭✭✭rondeco


    xzanti wrote:
    If I am unlucky enough to be stopped between now and the time I get my up to date disc in my window what is the worst that can happen to me??? :o

    Worst case scenario: Summons for no tax.

    Probable scenario: Ticket costing approx €60

    If you let the car go more than 3 months out of tax it can be seized off you and you can only reclaim it when you have back taxed it and also pay the release fee.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,455 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    you can get a form in the tax office, or you can download it from your county's council website.


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    Barr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,010 ✭✭✭Barr


    do you get penalty points for not displaying a current tax disc ?


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    johnnyrotten
    Registered Users Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭johnnyrotten


    Barr wrote:
    do you get penalty points for not displaying a current tax disc ?


    NO!


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    vector
    Registered Users Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭vector


    Barr wrote:
    do you get penalty points for not displaying a current tax disc ?

    no*, just a fine, but traffic wardens now have the power to iniate such a fine, so use a multi-storey os some other non "public place", and at home park you car on your driveway within the "curtilage" of your house

    *well if you are pedantic, possible yes as "Failure to act in accordance with a Garda signal" attract 1 penalty point, so if you were given an informal warning by a garda and told to fix your tax situation this could be a verbal "signal"! pedantic yes but could happen because the language is sufficiently vague...


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