Taxing a car thats well in arrears

colly10

I need to get my car taxed tomorrow, its well in arrears, im sending someone in cause I can't do it myself.
I think that all I need to do is fill out an RF100A, anyone know if theres anything else I might need? Would really appreciate help on this
Thanks

L1011

Just ensure they've enough cash to pay for the full arrears The council aren't going to bat an eyelid if its being paid; its money which they'll manage to spend very quickly...

Victor McDade

Fill out a form saying the car was off the road between the last month it was taxed and the start of this month. You can get it in any garda barracks. All you need is for a guard to stamp it and in to the tax office you go, no arrears to be paid

colm_mcm

savemejebas wrote: »

Fill out a form saying the car was off the road between the last month it was taxed and the start of this month. You can get it in any garda barracks. All you need is for a guard to stamp it and in to the tax office you go, no arrears to be paid

Yeah, don't worry about the whole "Any person making a false declaration, or who subsequently fails to notify any changes in the licensing particulars now furnished, including
disposal of the vehicle is liable to heavy penalties. A licensing authority may require appropriate evidence as to the accuracy of particulars
declared." thing, they don't mean that. feel free to put your friend in that situation.

colly10

savemejebas wrote: »

Fill out a form saying the car was off the road between the last month it was taxed and the start of this month. You can get it in any garda barracks. All you need is for a guard to stamp it and in to the tax office you go, no arrears to be paid

That would be a little risky seeing as I was pulled over months ago and issued a fine for no tax (which I didn't pay) resulting in my summons being in the post.
Thanks all

Seth Brundle

savemejebas wrote: »

Fill out a form saying the car was off the road between the last month it was taxed and the start of this month. You can get it in any garda barracks. All you need is for a guard to stamp it and in to the tax office you go, no arrears to be paid

That would be illegal and also the car in this case was caught already. However, with ANPR in use on our roads, you could easily be caught making a false declaration.

Stop advising people to break the law!

Tipsy Mac

"Sell" your car to your mate and then get your mate to "sell" it back to you once the form comes back from Shannon, zero road tax to pay, fully legal

colly10

Anyone know the format of the NCT number, the RF100A asks for it and im not sure if its -

B1234567

or

123456788642

Victor McDade

kbannon wrote: »

Stop advising people to break the law!

OP was already breaking the law by driving without tax. I just assumed the car wasn't being driven without tax as that would be illegal

slimjimmc

MYOB wrote: »

Just ensure they've enough cash to pay for the full arrears The council aren't going to bat an eyelid if its being paid; its money which they'll manage to spend very quickly...

Arrears are charged per month expired and are 20% higher than normal rate.
Rates are available at motortax.ie

Seth Brundle

savemejebas wrote: »

OP was already breaking the law by driving without tax. I just assumed the car wasn't being driven without tax as that would be illegal

If the OP was planning on taxing their car (ignoring the later fact that they were caught) then it was obviously used or kept in a public place. Therefore it requires tax which the OP is obviously getting.
Advising them to evade tax is encouraging them to break the law - no two ways about it.
Anyway, end of this part of the discussion.

L1011

slimjimmc wrote: »

Arrears are charged per month expired and are 20% higher than normal rate.
Rates are available at motortax.ie

Was going to post "are you sure?" here cause of not being charged extra before, then went to read it; I've never paid more than 1 month arrears and it specifically states that its only those of over a month.:o Wasn't aware of this, useful to know.

unkel

Tipsy Mac wrote: »

"Sell" your car to your mate and then get your mate to "sell" it back to you once the form comes back from Shannon, zero road tax to pay, fully legal

That actually does seem to be a fully legal loophole

Anybody else any comments on this?

colm_mcm

it adds 2 extra owners to your car. only worth it if it's an old POS.

bladebrew

unkel wrote: »

That actually does seem to be a fully legal loophole

Anybody else any comments on this?

would this be changing ownership to your mate then changing it back to your own name??? how would that avoid the tax?

colly10

slimjimmc wrote: »

Arrears are charged per month expired and are 20% higher than normal rate.
Rates are available at motortax.ie

Can't figure out this damn form. It's taxed till 10/08

I want to tax it till now. So do I put 6 months in arrears period then pay up till the 07/09 or do you pay arrears till 06/09 then then tax for 3 months?

Also I don't have the NCT cert, can't find it, I have the number but the form says it's something that needs to be included and can I pay in cash the form doesn't mention cash

Seth Brundle

MYOB wrote: »

Was going to post "are you sure?" here cause of not being charged extra before, then went to read it; I've never paid more than 1 month arrears and it specifically states that its only those of over a month.:o Wasn't aware of this, useful to know.

Surely the arrears are (possibly) still due by the original owner but not followed up?

slimjimmc

colly10 wrote: »

Can't figure out this damn form. It's taxed till 10/08

I want to tax it till now. So do I put 6 months in arrears period then pay up till the 07/09 or do you pay arrears till 06/09 then then tax for 3 months?

I think you pay arrears up to and including 05/09 (7 months arrears).
Anything for 06/09 and onwards is normal rate since you're up to date then.

Total : 7 mths arrears then 3mths normal tax (for June,Jul,Aug)

Victor McDade

colly10 wrote: »

Also I don't have the NCT cert, can't find it, I have the number but the form says it's something that needs to be included and can I pay in cash the form doesn't mention cash

I'm not 100% on this but I don't think they look for the NCT cert when taxing anymore. Can someone clarify? It might be different with such a long arrears period?

Senna

kbannon wrote: »

Surely the arrears are (possibly) still due by the original owner but not followed up?

Original owner can just claim it was off the road, but who will ask?

We really should have a "SORN Statutory Off Road Notification" car tax system like other countries, if the car has not been formally sorn, then tax has to be paid.

maxwell smart

I taxed my sisters car yesterday, did not need to show proof of NCT, they were only too happy to get the money off me!!

Lord Nikon

If you used the "cannot tax car without NCT cert" you would be laughing. At least you could say you waited for NCT test date, and it look longer cause it failed a few times.