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Can I privately run a commercial car van?
Your article on Commercial Vehicles for private use focuses on large commercial vehicles. In my case, I'm just looking for a very inexpensive car e.g. a 2017 SEAT Ibiza with the back seats removed that is currently classified as a Commercial Vehicle and taxed and registered as such. However, I'm wondering if I could insure, tax and register it as a private vehicle? What would I have to do in order to do so?
Thanks, Maria
Maria De Souza (Dublin)
Jul 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
Can I convert an estate to be an LCV?
Hi guys,
Just wondering whether it is possible to convert an estate/touring/wagon into full commercial vehicle to avail of the €333 rate of tax etc? If so, what do the dimensions of the space in the back need to be and are there any other requirements and stipulations such as no spare wheel?
Cheers
Nick, Dublin
Nick Symmons (Dublin)
Jul 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
Can I buy a Toyota Hilux for mixed use?
Hi,
I have a Toyota RAV4 for private use and I use it going to work everyday and now I’m planning to change my RAV4 for a Hilux pick-up. Is it possible for me to buy this car? I’m going to use for work as property maintenance and the same time I will use as the family car. I’m not VAT-registered, I’m only self employed with pay-as-you-earn business. Your thoughts?
Thank you
Alvin Brato (Dublin 7)
Jun 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
Can I tax a Nissan van privately?
Can I tax and insure a Nissan NV 300 1.6 van for my own personal, social, domestic and pleasure use, and how much would road tax cost?
Thanks
James
James Clark (Ballina)
Jun 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
How best to buy a Range Rover commercial?
I'm 21 years old and working with my father on our farm. We are registered for VAT and I am wanting to buy a Range Rover Sport. Its a five-seater 3.0-litre TDV6, but you can VRT it as a commercial for €918. How can I get commercial insurance under my own name and commercial tax? Will I have to VRT it through the company?
John Nolan (Enniscorthy)
Jun 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
A work-home vehicle conundrum...
Hi,
I have a question in relation to insuring an SUV on a private policy and taxing it as commercial. The details of it are: I work as a sole trader and have a company registered etc so all the paper work is covered. However, I need a car for private use and for carrying equipment for work etc. The insurance company have told me the only way to have any private use of a commercial SUV would be to insure it privately with a clause for it to have work use also. I'm trying to find out if I insure it as private will I also have to tax it as private, even though it is a commercial vehicle and primarily used for business. My only other option is to run and insure two different vehicles, only able to use my no-claims discount on one, making it extremely expensive.
Paul Cuddihy (Drogheda)
May 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
Can I tax a small van privately?
Hi,
Can I insure a small van (Ford Fiesta) commercially and tax it privately?
Thanks.
Trevor Byrne (Portlaoise)
May 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
Are pick-ups as comfortable as the Discovery?
Hi,
Read your article about commercial vehicles with interest. Just wondering how these crew cab pick-ups would compare to the Land Rover Discovery Commercial. As a daily driver that is. Are the refinement levels of the Discovery still far beyond these?
Thanks
David Mulvany (Navan)
Mar 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
How can I use a commercial van privately?
Hello.
I have to buy a van (Opel Vivaro). My question is, can I use that van privately? Is it possible to change a commercial van to a private van? If yes, how, please?
KATARZYNA GAJOS (MIDLETON)
Feb 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
Can I get low tax on a converted camper?
If I covert a commercial vehicle, say a 2017 Volkswagen Transporter, to a camper van and get it certified etc, will I qualify for the lower rate of road tax?
VINCENT CROWLEY (Cork)
Oct 2018 Filed under: commercial vehicle
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