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Any need to tell UK I am exporting a car?
Great advice - just read through your advice page on importing - what about letting the UK know I am exporting the car - any need?
Dave Shanahan (Dublin)
Mar 2016 Filed under: importing
How much VRT to pay on a £595 car?
What is the amount of VRT I would have to pay buying a car from the North of Ireland worth £595?
Paul Darc (Dublin)
Feb 2016 Filed under: importing
Can you help me calculate import VRT?
Hello,
I'm about to register an imported car from NI. The model is not widely available in the Republic and therefore not listed on the Revenue VRT calculator so I have to complete a VRT estimate form myself, which involves calculating the 'ratio of UK to RoI price'. What exactly does this mean?
Thanks in advance.
John, Tralee
John Duggan (Tralee)
Feb 2016 Filed under: importing
I'm trying to import a BMW X5 for business.
I would like to import a BMW X5 from the UK, which is VAT qualifying and use it here for my business. My business is VAT registered and I wish to pay the VRT on business class (five-seater converted), but the VRT office will not give me an answer if it can be done even though garages are selling them here as five-seater business class. They also told me that I would have to pay the VAT here and then reclaim the VAT. This is not the case with any other import and I am sure that it goes against the free trade rule. What do you think can be done?
Peter O Reilly (Dublin)
Feb 2016 Filed under: importing
Do I pay UK VAT when importing a car?
If I am buying a car in the UK to bring to Ireland (taking it through VRT on entry) do I still have to pay the UK VAT on the price of the car?
Molly Green (Co Louth)
Feb 2016 Filed under: importing
What is with import codes for certain counties?!
How come the import code for Wicklow and Wexford and one other county are the same at 11,000? I don't understand; why over complicate what was always such a simple format. I agree with the 151/152 regs, but the aforementioned is completely stupid!
John Darcy (Wicklow )
Nov 2015 Filed under: importing
How best to import my car from the UK?
Hi, I'm an EU citizen, I lived 10 years in London, UK. I have my own car on GB plates, a 15 year-old Ford Mondeo 2.5 V6 automatic. I have a long MOT on this car. I have owned this car about four months, I have previous insurance, history, etc. What is the best way to register the car in Ireland? Will the MOT be accepted if I have 11 months left?
Thanks,
Laszlo
Laszlo Szabo (Clonbur)
Nov 2015 Filed under: importing
Do I need to pay VAT on importing this Peugeot?
Hi,
I am thinking about importing a Peugeot 508 from the UK. They will sell it to me VAT free. It was "pre-registered" by the dealer, but never sold. It has only 100 miles on the clock but as it is over a year old is it liable for Irish VAT?
Thanks,
John.
John Madden (Carndonagh)
Oct 2015 Filed under: importing
What do you think of this imported Toyota Auris?
I am thinking of buying a Toyota Auris 1.4 petrol with 36,000 miles on the odometer. It is a UK import and the seller is asking in the region of €9,000. Do you think I should buy this car?
Peter Codd (Dublin)
Sep 2015 Filed under: importing
Does it still make sense to import cars from the UK?
Do you still think it makes sense to import cars from UK given the high VRT charges?
Paul Jones (Louth)
Aug 2015 Filed under: importing
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