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New car from the UK - Pay VAT ?

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  • 08-05-2008 8:36pm
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    Smoggy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    If I bought a car in the UK do I need to pay UK VAT as a non resident ? Only the VRT in Ireland ?


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    andyeire
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭andyeire


    Smoggy wrote: »
    Hi,

    If I bought a car in the UK do I need to pay UK VAT as a non resident ? Only the VRT in Ireland ?

    You do not pay UK VAT but have to pay Irish VAT the link in post #16explains it

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055280265&page=2


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    MrPudding
    Registered Users Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭MrPudding


    And the VRT, which is on the price of the car plus the VAT. Always nice to get tax on your tax...

    MrP


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    You only have to pay VAT once, and on a new car, that'll be here, at our high rates.........:o

    however - there are practicalities: to get the car from the UK, you'll have to drive it - and the garage can't sell a road-going car without you paying the UK VAT - they have no proof you are exporting it, after all..........so, you'll pay UK VAT first, get UK plates, and bring it home.

    Once home, you'll be fleeced, twice..........and pay full 21% VAT, and once you have the proof it's paid here, you have to apply to Revenue UK for a refund of the UK VAT. In other words, you have to put out a lot of money first...........to get just some, back.

    If you had the car collected by truck, unregistered, however, the garage should be able to sell it sans UK VAT, and you just pay our VAT, here.

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    andyeire
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭andyeire


    galwaytt wrote: »
    You only have to pay VAT once, and on a new car, that'll be here, at our high rates.........:o

    however - there are practicalities: to get the car from the UK, you'll have to drive it - and the garage can't sell a road-going car without you paying the UK VAT - they have no proof you are exporting it, after all..........so, you'll pay UK VAT first, get UK plates, and bring it home.

    Once home, you'll be fleeced, twice..........and pay full 21% VAT, and once you have the proof it's paid here, you have to apply to Revenue UK for a refund of the UK VAT. In other words, you have to put out a lot of money first...........to get just some, back.

    If you had the car collected by truck, unregistered, however, the garage should be able to sell it sans UK VAT, and you just pay our VAT, here.

    Its not that complicated you get the car ex UK Vat and have 2 months to export (you get special reg plates).All the details are on this link.

    http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_InfoGuides&id=HMCE_CL_000165&propertyType=document#P169_15946


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