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What do u need to tax your car?

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  • 22-05-2007 8:48pm
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    skywalker_208
    Registered Users Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭


    I know you can tax it online etc when you have your pin number.. but for the first time i presume a visit to the tax office is in order.

    I have the registration document back with the change of ownership etc but what else do I need.

    insurance disc? What about a letter from the garage saying it has been off the road for a couple of months - would i need this ? dont want to be paying backtax! :)


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,238 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    I think that you can use the last 4 or 5 digits of the car's chassis number as the PIN. Or you maybe able to ring them and they will give a new PIN over the phone.

    Regarding back tax, if you bought the car recently then you only have to back pay road tax from the begining of the month from which you became the new owner of the car. In other words if you bought the car on 20th April then you only have to back pay the tax to the 1st April.


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    TommyK
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭TommyK


    skywalker_208 wrote:
    I know you can tax it online etc when you have your pin number.. but for the first time i presume a visit to the tax office is in order.

    I have the registration document back with the change of ownership etc but what else do I need.

    insurance disc? What about a letter from the garage saying it has been off the road for a couple of months - would i need this ? dont want to be paying backtax! :)

    You could post an application form to the tax office - you don't have to go there in person.

    You also don't need any documents. If it's a private car, just fill out the details on the form (reg. number, name/address, insurance particulars, etc.) and indicate how long you want to tax it for.

    Also, garages don't give any such letters; the Guards do (although it's not a letter - just a section of the application form to be stamped). But, as bazz26 said, you're only liable from the start of the month in which the date of sale happened (motor tax only works on a monthly basis so, even if your ate of sale was on the last day of the month, you'll get charged the full thing. :( )

    And the chassis pin number thing is only for newly registered cars.

    Tommy.


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