Car Insurance for UK Reg

Sparky1972

Hi All,
I have a UK Reg in Dublin. I live abroad and am in Dublin at weekends but would be classified as non resident. I only have the car for 2 months and hence have another 4 to go before being able to import into Ireland without VRT. I would like to use car at weekends when I am home. Is there any insurance company that will insure a UK reg car in Ireland.

Mr Benevolent

Sparky1972 wrote: »

Hi All,
I have a UK Reg in Dublin. I live abroad and am in Dublin at weekends but would be classified as non resident. I only have the car for 2 months and hence have another 4 to go before being able to import into Ireland without VRT. I would like to use car at weekends when I am home. Is there any insurance company that will insure a UK reg car in Ireland.

You want to drive the car for 4 months in Ireland without VRTing it? Sorry mate, they've just cracked down on that. Any foreign reg car that is insured in Ireland for more than 42 days will be automatically reported to the Revenue for tax evasion.

Atlantic Dawn

Sparky1972 wrote: »

Hi All,
I live abroad and am in Dublin at weekends but would be classified as non resident.Is there any insurance company that will insure a UK reg car in Ireland.

If you live abroad just get an abroad insurer to insure it at your abroad address.

Gallant_JJ

Quinn does it, have used him before in the same circumstances/

andy007

Sparky1972 wrote: »

Hi All,
I have a UK Reg in Dublin. I live abroad and am in Dublin at weekends but would be classified as non resident. I only have the car for 2 months and hence have another 4 to go before being able to import into Ireland without VRT. I would like to use car at weekends when I am home. Is there any insurance company that will insure a UK reg car in Ireland.

quinn direct will insure it 4 ye m8

macplaxton

Sparky1972 wrote: »

I have a UK Reg in Dublin...but would be classified as non resident. I only have the car for 2 months and hence have another 4 to go before being able to import into Ireland without VRT.

I think that vehicle does not qualify for VRT relief for transfer of residence.

"you must have had possession of and have actually used the vehicle outside the State for at least 6 months before your transfer to Ireland. In the case of relief from import charges, you must have used the vehicle at your former normal place of residence. Any possession and use in the State, even during times when you were living abroad, does not count" (source: VRT 3 - Revenue.ie)

In order to claim VRT relief on transfer of residence, the Revenue would ask you to provide proof of the above. (e.g. UK insurance certificate covering the relevant period)

It would be worth having a look at the Revenue Operation Manual 16/2 on Reliefs and Exemptions to VRT (pdf) and check the paperwork the Revenue requires.
(Disclaimer: It would be advisable to seek professional advice from a tax advisor to confirm that both yourself and your vehicle qualifies.)

Hope this helps.

3DataModem

Sparky1972 wrote: »

Hi All,
I have a UK Reg in Dublin....... I only have the car for 2 months and hence have another 4 to go before being able to import into Ireland without VRT..

Doesn't work like that. Reg doesn't matter... car needs to be USED in UK for the 6 months while you like there. It has already been imported to Ireland!

You are liable for VRT.

mcwhirter

Confab wrote: »

Any foreign reg car that is insured in Ireland for more than 42 days will be automatically reported to the Revenue for tax evasion.

Where is that information from?

Atlantic Dawn

mcwhirter wrote: »

Where is that information from?

Its in the Finance Act for this year.

macplaxton

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Its in the Finance Act for this year.

Can anyone find a link to the ammendment? I can only find the Finance Bill, not the Act or SI itself.

liam7831

Sparky1972 wrote: »

Hi All,
I have a UK Reg in Dublin. I live abroad and am in Dublin at weekends but would be classified as non resident. I only have the car for 2 months and hence have another 4 to go before being able to import into Ireland without VRT. I would like to use car at weekends when I am home. Is there any insurance company that will insure a UK reg car in Ireland.

Britton Insurance will do it for ya no bother fella.

Atlantic Dawn

macplaxton wrote: »

Can anyone find a link to the ammendment? I can only find the Finance Bill, not the Act or SI itself.

Page 143 of this doc http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/Finance%20Bill%202010/Bill2010.pdf

106.—(1) The Finance Act 1992 is amended by inserting the
following after section 142:

‘‘142A.—(1) In this section—
‘policy of insurance’ means an approved policy of insurance
referred to in section 56(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1961;
25 ‘unregistered vehicle’ means a vehicle that has not been registered
in the State under section 131 of this Act or section 6 of
the Roads Act 1960;

‘vehicle insurer’ has the same meaning as in section 58 of the
Road Traffic Act 1961.
30 (2) A vehicle insurer who issues a policy of insurance to a
person for a period in excess of 42 days in relation to an unregistered
vehicle shall, within one month of the date of issue of the
policy of insurance, make a return to the Commissioners of the
following particulars—

35 (a) the name and address of the person to whom the
policy of insurance issued,
(b) the policy number,
(c) the commencement and cessation dates of the policy
of insurance,
40 (d) the registration or identification marks assigned to the
unregistered vehicle under a system for maintaining
a record of vehicles and their ownership duly established
by or on behalf of the government or other
authority of the state (other than the State) or terri45
tory concerned, or where no such registration or
identification mark has been