quick vrt question...

corcaigh07

is the VRT charged on how much you pay on the car or on how much customs think its worth?

id like to get a 97-00 corolla 3dr which are dirt cheap in the uk but expensive in ireland.

also im living in swansea for college, how much would it take to register the car for 6 months and would i have to tax and insure it to avoid the VRT?

Cheers

dingding

On the value the customs think it is worth.

www.ros.ie will give you the vrt calculator.

You should buy and register the car if you are going to be in the UK for 6 months, and you should be able to import it free of VRT then.

Detailed thread in VRT if you do a search.

L-M

They value it on what they think it's worth, and you can argue it after you pay it for what you think it's worth.

If the car is coming here for more than 42 consecutive days, it has to be VRT'd.

Seth Brundle

Its based on what the VRO believe is what its worth.
You can appeal but you still have to pay beforehand. Generally appeals are succesful IIRC.
The revenue are also wise to students and have excluded them from the list of those who can become exempt! You have to be living and working overseas in order to become exempt.

corcaigh07

thats a disgrace! gotta hate Ireland sometimes. i did the vrt search on the website and they reckon a 98 1.6SR Corolla with 80,000 miles would be worth 2650 euro. you could get a lovely SR for well under 1000 pound.

if you can prove how much the car was bought for, will the appeal be successful? 28% on say 700 pounds isnt too bad but 28% on 2650 euro is far too much.

bazz26

corcaigh07 wrote: »

thats a disgrace! gotta hate Ireland sometimes. i did the vrt search on the website and they reckon a 98 1.6SR Corolla with 80,000 miles would be worth 2650 euro. you could get a lovely SR for well under 1000 pound.

if you can prove how much the car was bought for, will the appeal be successful? 28% on say 700 pounds isnt too bad but 28% on 2650 euro is far too much.

You have to prove you can buy the same car cheaper in Ireland not the UK, for the appeal to be successful.

To be honest these cars are pretty cheap over here so it probably would not be worth going to the UK unless it was something newer or rare.

lynchie

dingding wrote: »

On the value the customs think it is worth.

www.ros.ie will give you the vrt calculator.

You should buy and register the car if you are going to be in the UK for 6 months, and you should be able to import it free of VRT then.

Detailed thread in VRT if you do a search.

The OP wont be able to bring it in vrt free after 6 months. OP is in college in Wales. Residency is not changed by attending college in the EU so according to revenue, the op will always remain an Irish resident therefore unable to avoid the vrt. (unless the OP is already a UK resident)

smash

It's what they think a car is worth and they're way off all the time.... here's an example!







After conversion... VRT is just under 3k more than what you actually pay for the car itself! Also note that you can get one of these for under 35k http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/6-Series/HIGH-SPE/200844190711157/advert so VRT should be 10k max, they've more than doubled it!

corcaigh07

bazz26 wrote: »

You have to prove you can buy the same car cheaper in Ireland not the UK, for the appeal to be successful.

To be honest these cars are pretty cheap over here so it probably would not be worth going to the UK unless it was something newer or rare.

no way, corollas are gods of the second hand irish market and they are scum in UK(they hate Japs) and the 1.6 models dont exist in Ireland. any irish corolla has damn all extras too.

the appeal would be hard to pull off.

corcaigh07

steve06 wrote: »

It's what they think a car is worth and they're way off all the time.... here's an example!

Mental example Steve, you might as well get a job in Tesco in the Uk to avoid that VRT!

Guy:Incognito

corcaigh07 wrote: »

thats a disgrace! gotta hate Ireland sometimes. i did the vrt search on the website and they reckon a 98 1.6SR Corolla with 80,000 miles would be worth 2650 euro. you could get a lovely SR for well under 1000 pound.

if you can prove how much the car was bought for, will the appeal be successful? 28% on say 700 pounds isnt too bad but 28% on 2650 euro is far too much.

The tax is paid on the OMSP of the car here. Thats common knowledge.

Otherwis people would be buying cars in the uk and getting reciepts for next to nothing and paying no vrt.

corcaigh07 wrote: »

Mental example Steve, you might as well get a job in Tesco in the Uk to avoid that VRT!

You'll probably only be paid thier min wage of around €6.60 though so you'll have to work longer to buy the car.