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Bought car, no tax on it. How do I pay the tax asap?

  • 07-09-2011 9:17am
    #1
    hi_im_fil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭


    I’m picking up a car tonight but it has no tax on it. How do I go about taxing it?

    Do I have to wait until I receive the VLC or can I go into my local motortax office and pay the tax there straight away? I’d prefer to tax it as soon as I get the car ideally…


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  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,111 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    You need the Log Book.


  • #3
    hi_im_fil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭hi_im_fil


    When the logbook comes will I be able to do it online as usual?


  • #4
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    hi_im_fil wrote: »
    I’m picking up a car tonight but it has no tax on it. How do I go about taxing it?

    Do I have to wait until I receive the VLC or can I go into my local motortax office and pay the tax there straight away? I’d prefer to tax it as soon as I get the car ideally…

    You can pay the tax at your local office once you have your insurance.

    You can chance driving it for a few days, I've been stopped twice by Gardaí with no Tax as I've only recently bought the car and they waved me on after I explained. They're not machines after all, most are decent.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #5
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    listermint wrote: »
    You need the Log Book.

    You don't.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #6
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,111 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    briankeating wrote: »
    You don't.

    The who the hell is the ownership with ??


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  • #7
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,111 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    hi_im_fil wrote: »
    When the logbook comes will I be able to do it online as usual?

    You can, there is a new text system that sends out the Tax Pin code to your mobile number and you can pay online straight away no queuing in the motor tax office.


  • #8
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    listermint wrote: »
    The who the hell is the ownership with ??

    It doesn't matter. It takes 4 weeks to send out a logbook. Do you think they have a huge problem with people paying tax on cars they don't own? The only details you need to tax a car is the insurance.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #9
    sept09baby
    Registered Users Posts: 689 ✭✭✭sept09baby


    I think you'll need to wait to you get the cert.

    My cert came after a few weeks. I was stopped once by the guards but I showed them my receipt and a photocopy of the part where ownership was being transferred and it was grand. I just carried them with me just in case but I'd say if you explain it'll be fine


  • #10
    jsd1004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭jsd1004


    briankeating wrote: »
    It doesn't matter. It takes 4 weeks to send out a logbook. Do you think they have a huge problem with people paying tax on cars they don't own? The only details you need to tax a car is the insurance.[/QU

    Correct. You will need a rf100 form (i think) from your local garda station so you can declare it off the road for any arrears period.


  • #11
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,111 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    briankeating wrote: »
    It doesn't matter. It takes 4 weeks to send out a logbook. Do you think they have a huge problem with people paying tax on cars they don't own? The only details you need to tax a car is the insurance.

    Ive gotten one in less than 2, so thats sensationlist. Fair enough on your other point though.


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  • #12
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    listermint wrote: »
    Ive gotten one in less than 2, so thats sensationlist. Fair enough on your other point though.

    Sensationalist, lol. I've gottent them quicker than 4 weeks as well, but if you ask the feckers on the phone they usually quote 4-5weeks.

    OP, on 2nd thoughts you do need to get that form mentioned above stamped by the Gardaí before you tax it. Otherwise you'll have to pay the tax back to the last date it was taxed. Drive the car until you get the logbook, then get that form done sharpish. It'll mean you have to go to an office rather than do it online, but it'll save you a few quid.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #13
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,802 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    jsd1004 wrote: »
    Correct. You will need a rf100 form (i think) from your local garda station so you can declare it off the road for any arrears period.

    you will then be making a false declaration ;)
    You can only declare a car off the road if it was off the road during your ownership.

    The OP will only be liable for motor tax from the month he bought it.
    So if he bought it today, he will only be liabe for tax from September onwards, this is why he may need the VLC as it has the dat of ownership transfer on it.


  • #14
    hi_im_fil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭hi_im_fil


    jsd1004 wrote: »
    briankeating wrote: »
    It doesn't matter. It takes 4 weeks to send out a logbook. Do you think they have a huge problem with people paying tax on cars they don't own? The only details you need to tax a car is the insurance.[/QU

    Correct. You will need a rf100 form (i think) from your local garda station so you can declare it off the road for any arrears period.
    I don't want to be declaring it off the road for a period I didn't own the car though. I'm only liable to pay tax from the start of the month it was transferred into my name anyway so there's no need to say it was off the road


  • #15
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    hi_im_fil wrote: »
    jsd1004 wrote: »
    I don't want to be declaring it off the road for a period I didn't own the car though. I'm only liable to pay tax from the start of the month it was transferred into my name anyway so there's no need to say it was off the road

    Yes, but it's not registered in your name yet. So you need to wait.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #16
    sparkle_23
    Registered Users Posts: 654 ✭✭✭sparkle_23


    I bought a car at the start of August that hadn't been taxed since last November. The log book took 3 weeks to come. I was stopped by the guards a week after I bought it for having no tax. I just explained the situation and it was fine and they were very understanding. When I received the log book I taxed the car right away and brought the disc and log book into the Garda station and it was all sorted then. So there's no rush with taxing it as it's not your fault it takes them ages to issue the log book. :)


  • #17
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,111 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    briankeating wrote: »
    hi_im_fil wrote: »

    Yes, but it's not registered in your name yet. So you need to wait.

    Out of the park.


  • #18
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    listermint wrote: »
    You need the Log Book.
    listermint wrote: »
    The who the hell is the ownership with ??



    You can check your reg here to see if it's been transferred into your name,you can tax it once it's been transferred into your name.


  • #19
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    I bought a car on Aug 19th and have just received the VLC today.


  • #20
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    jsd1004 wrote: »
    briankeating wrote: »
    It doesn't matter. It takes 4 weeks to send out a logbook. Do you think they have a huge problem with people paying tax on cars they don't own? The only details you need to tax a car is the insurance.[/QU

    Correct. You will need a rf100 form (i think) from your local garda station so you can declare it off the road for any arrears period.

    You can't declare a newly bought car of the road. You are not in a position to declare that as you didn't own it.


  • #21
    hi_im_fil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭hi_im_fil


    Got the logbook yesterday. Will they send me out a pin over the next few days so I can tax it online or do I have to do it in the tax office?


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  • #22
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,699 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    hi_im_fil wrote: »
    Got the logbook yesterday. Will they send me out a pin over the next few days so I can tax it online or do I have to do it in the tax office?

    I think you have to go to the tax office (or post it) yourself. That's how it always used to be done, but they may have changed it.

    You'll need to fill out an RF100a form if you go to the tax office / post it.
    http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/MotorTax/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,489,en.pdf


  • #23
    mondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭mondeo


    The car must be in your name before you can tax it, I bought a Volvo s60 last week and attempted to tax it last Monday and they would not do it as it was not in my name yet. Anyways the gardai can easily check if a car went through a recent change of ownership therefore you won't get hassle for having no tax for the first couple of weeks. Gardai are decent about stuff like this.


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