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Importing from the UK - definitive guide (Q and A)

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    #3662
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    py2006 wrote: »
    Am I right in saying the 23% VAT is added on to the price of the car + the VRT. i.e. car cost 20k, VRT at 6k, so 23% of 26k is added?

    No. The Vat is added to the landed price ((cost of vehicle + transport to Irl) + duty). The VRT/NOX is added seperately to the car based on Revenue's OMSP estimate.


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    #3663
    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    TomOnBoard wrote: »
    No. The Vat is added to the landed price ((cost of vehicle + transport to Irl) + duty). The VRT/NOX is added seperately to the car based on Revenue's OMSP estimate.

    Oh thanks for that.

    Do you know roughly how much transport to Irl costs?


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    #3664
    User1998
    Registered Users Posts: 6,409 ✭✭✭User1998


    It was around €400 to €500 plus VAT, but I’m guessing it might be slightly higher now since Brexit


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    #3665
    rodge123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭rodge123


    TomOnBoard wrote: »
    No. The Vat is added to the landed price ((cost of vehicle + transport to Irl) + duty). The VRT/NOX is added seperately to the car based on Revenue's OMSP estimate.

    Is Vat applied if you won the car in one of the those raffles, say from NI company?
    Seen as the vehicle technically only cost you the ticket price!


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    #3666
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    rodge123 wrote: »
    Is Vat applied if you won the car in one of the those raffles, say from NI company?
    Seen as the vehicle technically only cost you the ticket price!

    no one knows, you'll have to win to find out I think


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    #3667
    ELM327
    Registered Users Posts: 21,927 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    route66 wrote: »
    I know Teslas don't have the best reputation for some things and was just curious what sort of work was involved?
    €6k of work, suspension, brakes, tires, mcu2 upgrade, other minor things


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    #3668
    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    TomOnBoard wrote: »
    No. The Vat is added to the landed price ((cost of vehicle + transport to Irl) + duty). The VRT/NOX is added seperately to the car based on Revenue's OMSP estimate.

    Slightly confused (again) with regard the 10% duty. Is that on all cars? I thought I read it was on new cars (6 months or less) or cars below a certain mileage. :confused:

    I am looking at a 2017 car and trying to work out the cost.


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    #3669
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,956 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    What is story with returning property you own to Ireland. 7 years ago I gave a relative a jcb forklift for a project, now I want to bring it home as they're finished with it.
    ??


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    #3670
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    py2006 wrote: »
    Slightly confused (again) with regard the 10% duty. Is that on all cars? I thought I read it was on new cars (6 months or less) or cars below a certain mileage. :confused:

    I am looking at a 2017 car and trying to work out the cost.

    the 10% is on cars imported from the UK but not built there.


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    #3671
    Tafadali
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Tafadali


    Tafadali wrote: »
    Hi all

    Have found this forum excellent in recent months, some serious knowledge on here. I've just bought a car in NI and it was registered there in 2018, a rarity but I'm thrilled to get it. However obviously there's no shipping invoice as a result.

    The v5c shows the owner as ths finance company care of the dealer, all in the north, will that be enough proof for revenue?

    Thanks in advance

    Isambard replied "all good I'd say ! Make sure the dealer gives you a proper invoice though"

    Just an update...all went fine, i had dealer invoice and they gave me a doc from 2018 showing car registered in NI. Vrt centre didn't even ask anything, price was as per vrt calculator...relief! Thanks again for the reassurance.


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    #3672
    bobgaf
    Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭bobgaf


    How can I check the car has no Import duty/VAT as above ? The car I'm interested is from 2016 and was imported into NI before the end of 2020. The dealer assures me there's none due but the previous post has me worried.


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    #3673
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    bobgaf wrote: »
    How can I check the car has no Import duty/VAT as above ? The car I'm interested is from 2016 and was imported into NI before the end of 2020. The dealer assures me there's none due but the previous post has me worried.

    you need paperwork, a previous receipt or a ferry ticket, maybe it's registered to an NI address on the V5


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    #3674
    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    Isambard wrote: »
    the 10% is on cars imported from the UK but not built there.

    So landrover and jags are ok?


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    #3675
    Speedline
    Registered Users Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Speedline


    py2006 wrote: »
    So landrover and jags are ok?

    Lots of Nissan and toyotas were built there too.


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    #3676
    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    Speedline wrote: »
    Lots of Nissan and toyotas were built there too.

    Ah good, I am looking at a Nissan actually


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    #3677
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    py2006 wrote: »
    Ah good, I am looking at a Nissan actually

    check it is a UK built one.


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    #3678
    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    Isambard wrote: »
    check it is a UK built one.

    How can you tell? :confused:

    I assume Landrovers and Jags are built there?


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    #3679
    User1998
    Registered Users Posts: 6,409 ✭✭✭User1998


    py2006 wrote: »
    So landrover and jags are ok?

    Not all of them


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    #3680
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    User1998 wrote: »
    Not all of them

    AFAIK the LR Discovery was moved to Slovakia in 2019.

    Here's a Wikipedia page on Nissan cars made in UK..

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motor_Manufacturing_UK


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    #3681
    homik
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭homik


    The answer is probably somewhere in the thread. My question is fairly straightforward, would you save me going through 246 pages? :)

    A used car (2003), imported from UK to NI this week, then registered in NI, and subsequently sold to ROI.
    Is it liable to VAT and Customs duty?

    Or is it just VRT to be paid?

    Many thanks


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    #3682
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    homik wrote: »
    The answer is probably somewhere in the thread. My question is fairly straightforward, would you save me going through 246 pages? :)

    A used car (2003), imported from UK to NI this week, then registered in NI, and subsequently sold to ROI.
    Is it liable to VAT and Customs duty?

    Or is it just VRT to be paid?

    Many thanks

    Its liable to Customs Duty (if it is not made/mostly made in GB) & VAT here IF those weren't paid on landing in NI (highly unlikely they were). Then, add VRT/Nox

    There!! That's 246 pages you owe me!!


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    #3683
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    py2006 wrote: »
    How can you tell? :confused:

    I assume Landrovers and Jags are built there?

    check the VIN number. (might even be written in plain language on the VIN plate


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    #3684
    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    Isambard wrote: »
    check the VIN number. (might even be written in plain language on the VIN plate

    Not sure that was in the advertisement.


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    #3685
    Chuck_Norris
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭Chuck_Norris


    rodge123 wrote: »
    Is Vat applied if you won the car in one of the those raffles, say from NI company?
    Seen as the vehicle technically only cost you the ticket price!

    Lad I work with won a GLE this week on one of those competitions. VAT/ VRT and Duty was working out at €24-ish k.


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    #3686
    User1998
    Registered Users Posts: 6,409 ✭✭✭User1998


    What year was the GLE? The VRT alone would easily be €24k on a newer model so I’m guessing there was no VAT/Customs


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    #3687
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    did he have to pay VRT himself or did thee raffle people pay?


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    #3688
    Chuck_Norris
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭Chuck_Norris


    User1998 wrote: »
    What year was the GLE? The VRT alone would easily be €24k on a newer model so I’m guessing there was no VAT/Customs

    Trying to remember, but I'm thinking 2019. I'll double check.

    Edit: Just checked, and yeah, it was 2019.
    Isambard wrote: »
    did he have to pay VRT himself or did thee raffle people pay?

    No, it was up to him to pay. He decided to take cash instead.


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    #3689
    DuckSlice
    Registered Users Posts: 2,885 ✭✭✭DuckSlice


    When buying a car in the UK now will dealers take off the UK vat payable on cars or how does that work?

    Considering going over for a car, but I'm not sure its worth it anymore.


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    #3690
    wpd
    Registered Users Posts: 492 ✭✭wpd


    DuckSlice wrote: »
    When buying a car in the UK now will dealers take off the UK vat payable on cars or how does that work?

    Considering going over for a car, but I'm not sure its worth it anymore.

    good question
    I was wondering this myself if the UK dealer can certify it is being exported so doesnt charge VAT??? that would make it still cost effective to import a used car


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    #3691
    DuckSlice
    Registered Users Posts: 2,885 ✭✭✭DuckSlice


    wpd wrote: »
    good question
    I was wondering this myself if the UK dealer can certify it is being exported so doesnt charge VAT??? that would make it still cost effective to import a used car

    Yea that was my thinking, you shouldn't be getting hit for VAT twice. Or is there no VAT charged on 2nd cars in the UK and its just charged when new.


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