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Car tax - going away for a few months

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  • 11-01-2012 10:16pm
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    jel
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭


    Hey,

    I was under the impression that you would not have to tax a car for period of time where you were not driving (going away etc.) The process would be to formally report this to the gards, or fill a form out.

    I heard a rumour that since last year this is now changed, and you must still pay the car tax regardless.

    Does anyone know what the rules are here?

    Thanks in advance,
    James.
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    aujopimur
    Registered Users Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    The currentlaw allows a vehicle to be untaxed when off road.


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    The rumours going around are nonsense. There's talk of bringing in a system similar to SORN in the UK, where you have to pre-register taking your car off the road, but that hadn't been implemented, or even finalised, yet.

    The current system still stands: Just don't tax your car. When you want to start using it again, you fill in a form declaring that it was off the road, take it to a Garda station for confirmation and signatures, and present this alongside your motor tax form.

    Obviously this is open to abuse, which is why the new system is being proposed.


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    jel
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭jel


    Thanks guys! Will worry about it when i come home so!


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