Importing used campervan from Britain post Brexit

appreciate the info & tips - i did not consider the NOX charge as well!

It's give the tax office in Rosslare a call

Also noticed the drop in VW prices from their dizzy heights of a year ago.

VAT is applicable on second hand goods

https://taxfind.ie/binaryDocument//pdfs/http___www_revenue_ie_en_about_foi_s16_customs_import_export_policy_customs_manual_on_import_vat_pdf.pdf

Back to campervans:

Am I correct in saying the Import Duty and VAT are based on the actual sale price rather than the OMSP as per the VRT?

I'm still no clearer on the situation. I'm gonna ring revenue on monday to get a clear answer. I've 3 ads saved and I'm gonna get quotes for em all.

Standard van.

Van concerted to camper.

Van concerted to camper but not registered as.

To me, the VAT is straight forward but the VRT figure is lotto numbers. I'll have a fair idea of what the best way or best van is to import.

There appears to be a saving (or at least I hope there is).

Something such as THIS: with zero rust, mot'd etc can be got for around 3k sterling.

Or you could have a similar van in ireland from some **** joker for...22.5k

There simply has to be a saving.

Yeah true. As it's a transporter shuttle on the particular van I quoted above VRT is close to 7k on it then add the customs and vat and in total a 3k van is in the region of 13. It's pure insanity what the revenue charge. Thats why personally Im focusing on an older van, vintage, it doesn't make sense otherwise.

I'm still trying to find something info on a pre 93 van and what that entails for VRT/vat/customs

The advantage of going vintage is that the mechanics are much simpler. Buy a vintage VW or Renault Master with the straight diesel engines and you should be able to do the majority of the mechaning yourself. Life expectancy on these engines can run to half a million miles with basic servicing. I do nearly all the mechanicing on my VW T4. Any more modern engine vehicle's and its a crap shoot if the servicing has been done and often missing a few service interval can shorten the life of the engine by years. Couple this to the fact that many mechanics hate working on modern diesels and will charge you an arm and a leg for the privilage. At €50.00 an hour minimum even simple problem can become cripplingly expensive to put right.

You still have to pay VRT on the OMSP of the camper once converted, you get a rebate of the commercial VRT off that.

What most people do is the absolute minimum needed to get it passed a camper so that the value is low - and then do a second tier conversion once registered - could save you the price of the good conversion doing it this way.

Are they doing this in the flesh, they did mine off the SQP reports photos.

Cant give a fully accurate answer even if we know what you pay for the van.

You pay the UK price, then you bring the van to Ireland. On import you pay 10% of what you paid for the van (including the cost to physically get it to Ireland - ferry or vehicle transport). Then you pay VAT @ 23% on the price of the van including the 10% import duty (so a tax on a duty!). Then lastly you pay VRT at 13.3% but the catch is this is based on what revenue value the van as and has nothing to do with what you actually paid for it. Revenue could value a van like that at 100k and you'd have a €13k vrt bill. There's no way to find out what the revenue valuation will be in advance and once its valued, you have to pay it in full but can appeal it later.

Good luck

Yes that's correct and the thing you haven't even included for is that the revenue value will likely be substantially higher than you pay in the uk

Always wondered if you bought a UK motorhome and left it on UK plates and when unused stored in Northern Ireland at a motorhome/caravan storage facility.

Then got it insured somehow. You should be able to drive it in the UK / Europe.

The real question is if your primary residence is in ROI can you drive it on a holiday in Ireland and also would insurance cover any incident?

I think you get 10 days grace to register it.

People drive English plate for ages (especially near the border), but the issue comes when you try to legitimise it down the line and you have to produce the paperwork to make your case. OK for a banger car but not an asset you intend to keep for years.

Further to the first post, the VRT valuation will be at least the original price plus the calculated 50% because it will be valued assuming all of those costs have been paid - so it's VRT on the value assuming the VRT has already been paid. Nice.

You can assume that the VRT will be based on the €94k, ie 13.3% of €94k