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Question about car tax

  • 11-04-2010 1:22am
    #1
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,
    I am considering buying a car from a friend of a friend.
    It's an Opel Corsa, it's cheap, has a year left on the NCT and will be cheap to insure.
    The only problem is that the tax ran out last summer and the owner didn't bother renewing it because she got a new job in her hometown and so could walk to work instead of driving.
    The car was still used on private land (the family have a farm) for teaching an 18 year old basic driving.

    The owner said she will go to the Gardai and get a cert to state the car was off the public roads since the summer and that this will mean I only have to tax it from now on (i.e. there won't be any backlog of tax to be paid).
    Is this correct?


Comments

  • #2
    Gitb1
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭Gitb1


    Once its signed over to you you only have to tax it from when you bought it anyway so I wouldnt worry about it not being taxed


  • #3
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,040 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Magenta wrote: »
    Hi all,
    I am considering buying a car from a friend of a friend.
    It's an Opel Corsa, it's cheap, has a year left on the NCT and will be cheap to insure.
    The only problem is that the tax ran out last summer and the owner didn't bother renewing it because she got a new job in her hometown and so could walk to work instead of driving.
    The car was still used on private land (the family have a farm) for teaching an 18 year old basic driving.

    The owner said she will go to the Gardai and get a cert to state the car was off the public roads since the summer and that this will mean I only have to tax it from now on (i.e. there won't be any backlog of tax to be paid).
    Is this correct?

    I'd be more worried about an 18 year old learning to drive in it on fields or farm roads then the lack of tax. Who knows what sort of damage it's had.

    I'd make sure to have it checked out by someone who knows cars before buying, especially when your buying from a friend of a friend it's not worth the hassle if something goes bang soon after you get it.


  • #4
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,297 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    As already stated, the new registered owner only has to tax the car from the begining of the month that they became the registered owner.


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