simple quick fast tax question

Ardennes1944

basicaly, im going to look at a mazda 6 at the weekend. the tax is out 2months. will i have to pay the backdated tax in arrears even if he hasnt claimed it off the road? i remember some new tax being brought in about claiming cars off the road to decrease the tax dodgers.
also, the fact that its been out of tax for 2 months, could it point to any problem?
this be the car: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1875282

Nope, you'll have to pay from date of purchase, so hold off 'till 1st March if you don't want to pay for Feb

Ardennes1944

sound man! will do if i can, might wait til wednesday afterall
and on the other q bout it potentially hiding something? fsh so surely must be ok?

CiniO

RoverJames wrote: »

Nope, you'll have to pay from date of purchase, so hold off 'till 1st March if you don't want to pay for Feb

He can buy it now, and then declare he wasn't using it in February.

Ardennes1944

CiniO wrote: »

He can buy it now, and then declare he wasn't using it in February.

tried that last time, didnt work

CiniO

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

tried that last time, didnt work

What do you mean - didn't work?
There's nothing that might not work here.
You just declare car was not used by you in public place, get garda signature, and take it to tax office. That's all. It must work.

Compton

same as above, that will work, i did it.

Ardennes1944

well i must admit i didnt get a garda sig. so if i go to the guards on march 1st and ask them for the form and get them to sign it and then take it to the tax office its as simple as that?

CiniO

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

well i must admit i didnt get a garda sig. so if i go to the guards on march 1st and ask them for the form and get them to sign it and then take it to the tax office its as simple as that?

They might not have the form.
It's just regular RF100A (motor tax renewal form).
You can get it off motor tax office or you can print it.

Fill in point no 7 and get garda to sign it.

Just remember that's your declaration, and if it's false, then you might have serious problems.

Ardennes1944

thank you. i will be probably buying the car monday or wednesday so the chances of evidence of me getting caught driving around is slim.
at 19, looking forward to be getting this car

Just something to be aware of, if the Garda is feeling particularly inquisitous on the day you call in he may ask how did you get the car home after buying it, unless the answer is on a flatbed your declaration is then false. Highly unlikely to happen but I wouldn't rule it out.

You will be declaring that since ownership passed to you the car has not been on a public road for the last few days in February and asking a Garda to sign that declaration. Do you really want to chance being questioned?

vectra

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

thank you. i will be probably buying the car monday or wednesday so the chances of evidence of me getting caught driving around is slim.
at 19, looking forward to be getting this car

Just buy the car
Date the change of ownership for next Wednesday/Thursday
Send it off then
Job done

Ardennes1944

RoverJames wrote: »

Just something to be aware of, if the Garda is feeling particularly inquisitous on the day you call in he may ask how did you get the car home after buying it, unless the answer is on a flatbed your declaration is then false. Highly unlikely to happen but I wouldn't rule it out.

You will be declaring that since ownership passed to you the car has not been on a public road for the last few days in February and asking a Garda to sign that declaration. Do you really want to chance being questioned?

No I really do not want to be questioned atal. Seems simple vectra :-) save 50 so will do that