Do you still have to pay VRT if the car is not on road?

jus

Do you still have to pay the VRT on a car if it is not in use .ie in your garden?
any info would be great.cheers:cool:

Seth Brundle

VRT is payable when the car is first registered only. Are you thinking of motor tax? If so then your car must have been taxed for the current month if used or parked on a public road. If its in your garden or kept permanently on private property then you don't need to tax it. You may need to declare this though as the Motor Tax office will send out reminders and final demands (not sure what they do if you ignore a final demand).

Wishbone Ash

jus wrote: »

Do you still have to pay the VRT on a car if it is not in use .ie in your garden?
any info would be great.cheers:cool:

VRT is payable when the vehicle is registered in the juristiction. If it's an import and is normally liable but is not being used on public roads, there is no requirement to pay VRT (but it must be trailered to the private property!).

jus

new car arriving from japan want to keep it in the garden until new year can customs seize it?

NBar

jus wrote: »

new car arriving from japan want to keep it in the garden until new year can customs seize it?

Best thing is put it in the garden as you have said but put a car cover over it that way any nosey neighbours etc won't make a phonecall etc

IncredibleHulk

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

VRT is payable when the vehicle is registered in the juristiction. If it's an import and is normally liable but is not being used on public roads, there is no requirement to pay VRT (but it must be trailered to the private property!).

A dealer told me he had a Jap import and if I bought it I would have to register it. He can have it on his forecourt until someone buys and they register it? That how it works?
Thanks

Motormouth

An unregistered vehicle can only be stored by someone with a TAN number (Trader Account Number) before it is registered. All Motor delaers have these.
http://www.fixmytax.com/fileadmin/PDF/Vehicle_Traders__TAN_/vrt1.pdf

kikel

A mate had the customs call to his house. They nabbed him for VRT on his daily driver and also for the 1990 golf GTI that sits on his drive. The car hasn't moved in over two years. They didn't seize either, just told him to get it sorted. He's blaming his neighbours!!

Tanabe

jus wrote: »

Do you still have to pay the VRT on a car if it is not in use .ie in your garden?
any info would be great.cheers:cool:

If it's only being used as a track car then no, you don't pay VRT.

hi5

VRT stands for Vehicle Registration Tax,think about it:).So the question is" is an unregistered car illegal".No as it isnt really considered a threat to society in the same way as illegal firearms, hard drugs or child porn,so I think you'll be ok with it in your yard.
But it is illegal to drive an unregistered car on the road after 24 hours from the time it landed in the country unless its proven to be a temporary import.

Seth Brundle

@ OP - how will you get it from the port to your house? If it will be driven then VRT is payable.

jus

A tow truck is going to get it and drop it at my house.

Seth Brundle

Snatch tow or flatbed? If the car is on the road at all i.e. even back wheels then it must be registered within 24 hours!

Oilrig

VRT must be paid within 24 hrs of the vehicle entering the state - unless you're a registered dealer.

Road tax must be displayed on a vehicle in a public "place" - not just on a road. This basically means anywhere the public have access to.

In your case VRT would have to be paid but if the vehicle is stored in your garden it doesn't need to be taxed or display a tax disc.

HTH

JHMEG

Oilrig wrote: »

VRT must be paid within 24 hrs of the vehicle entering the state - unless you're a registered dealer.

This means the car needs to be registered, ie given an Irish reg. Are you sure this is required if the car is never used on a public road?

Oilrig

Don't know to be honest.

Given the grief you get trying to import anything that falls into a "grey" area I would imagine that unless its specifically exempt in the regs they would look for the VRT.

On the other hand if its not going to be used in a public place how would it be "found" ?

JHMEG

Just thinking here about lads who import cars for track day use, ie that are trailered to and from Mondello. Pretty sure they're not registered (and not VRT'd). In fact I saw a transporter full of stock cars recently and none of them had number plates.

I'd say the OP is ok to store it in his drive till the new year.

Seth Brundle

Oilrig wrote: »

VRT must be paid within 24 hrs of the vehicle entering the state - unless you're a registered dealer.

Road tax must be displayed on a vehicle in a public "place" - not just on a road. This basically means anywhere the public have access to.

In your case VRT would have to be paid but if the vehicle is stored in your garden it doesn't need to be taxed or display a tax disc.

HTH

A car sitting in someone's garden is not in a public place, it is in on private property and not subject to VRT or motor tax. However, proof will be requested as to how it got there if requested by the VRO.

jus

Flat bed tow truck il think il risk it whats the most they can do i tell them il vrt it straight away.:D

Oilrig

Hi jus,

Give us a bit more info on what this is about - what are your plans for the car?

Cheers

Wishbone Ash

JHMEG wrote: »

This means the car needs to be registered, ie given an Irish reg. Are you sure this is required if the car is never used on a public road?

If the vehicle is not being used on public roads, there is no requirement to register, re-register, pay road VRT or road tax.

For example, the many used agricultural and construction machinery and plant which are imported do not require reregistering if they do not use public roads.