Importing a new car from Northern Ireland

theoneill said:
All you need to do is download the declaration form that states you intend to remove the vehicle from the UK within 2 months and that you intend to pay VAT in the destination country. Once both the purchaser and the dealer have signed the form you may purchase the vehicle free of UK VAT
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thanks O' Neill. Whats the name of that form a where do you download it from? What site>?
 
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Also make sure that theres no finance owed on the vehicle other than that by the car dealer. I have heard a case of someone buying a car from a dealer with finance owed by the client they bought from. They hadnt bothered to check
 
theoneill said:
All you need to do is download the declaration form that states you intend to remove the vehicle from the UK within 2 months and that you intend to pay VAT in the destination country. Once both the purchaser and the dealer have signed the form you may purchase the vehicle free of UK VAT
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As the car can be up to 2 months old before it is registered in the Republic do the customs and revenue recognize the car a 'new' or 'used'.?

Also will there be N.I/U.K plates on the car up until the time that you take it to the customs in the south?
 
walker34 said:
Hi Folks,
I have a friend who is a disabled driver and is exempt from paying VRT or Vat in the Republic.Are there any pitfalls to buying up North,and will they have any difficulty getting service in the south because its an import.Any good information is welcome, as they have never done this before.TIA John
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Since your friend is VAT & VRT exempt I do no see any financial incentive to buy in the North

If he insists, there 'may' have more hassle since the car was not bought in the south. Have heard stories of some dealers not being too co-operative when it comes to imports - but that was back when the economy was good.
Being an import will definetly have a negative effect on the resale price. Also check that the warrenty is valid in the south.
 
Thanks for the reply Soy,the main advantage I can see is that cars are significantly cheaper in NI,and are better cared for. Is the service history or lack there of, a reliable way of verifying the mileage?
 
walker34 said:
Thanks for the reply Soy,the main advantage I can see is that cars are significantly cheaper in NI,and are better cared for.
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If you take VAT/VRT out of the equation, you will find cars may well be cheaper in the Republic as the manufacturer often reduces the "base price" in high tax markets.
 
walker34 said:
Thanks for the reply Soy,the main advantage I can see is that cars are significantly cheaper in NI,and are better cared for. Is the service history or lack there of, a reliable way of verifying the mileage?
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This may be true for second hand cars - but surely your friend would be buying new. Otherwise they do not get the benefit of the VAT exemption
 
The VAT payable on all vehicles is 21% soon to be 21.5% however if you have paid VAT on the goods already then you pay the balance.
Buying a UK car if you have paid 17.5% VAT in the UK then you have to pay the balance 3.5% although you will need to show a VAT receipt from the UK seller, or proof that UK VAT has been paid,
Reference Megans question a vehicle is a capital asset therefore as I understand it you cannot actually claim the VAT on your bi-monthly return, you have to claim it back as a percentage over the write off period.
The best advice is to ask the tax man, I have always found them extemelly helpful and they are the experts. Also cost a lot less than an accountant.
 
Another helpful place is www.transfermate.com this is a site for a company who specialise with money transfers worldwide.
They do however have a section on buying and importing cars from the UK.
Take a look.
 
walker34 said:
Hi Folks,
I have a friend who is a disabled driver and is exempt from paying VRT or Vat in the Republic.Are there any pitfalls to buying up North,and will they have any difficulty getting service in the south because its an import.Any good information is welcome, as they have never done this before.TIA John
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Is your friend buying new of Second hand. Have they downloaded the VAT 411 form? Also as they are a disabled driver they wont have to pay VRT here in the south so that seem like a sufficient saving they could make.

Correct me if I am wrong, but is it possible to claim the VAT back through the 411 VAT form and also claim the VRT here are revenue in the republic as he/she is a disabled driver??
 
I'm thinking of importing a new car from the North too, but I was wondering about the VRT payment:

How much effort does the VRO put in to checking out what optional extras are in the car, to increase their OMSP? Are they fairly lax about those details, or are they strict?
 
Can any one answer the following?

I am self employed and VAT registered. I want to go to the Uk and purchase a 2008 van for my business. I will purchase the van ex of vat in the uk. I pay 50 euro vrt as is standard for a van when I register it here. What happens then, regarding the VAT. Do i still need to pay the VAT in the ROI and reclaim it later? Surely I do not have to for out for the VAT and go claiming it back over the following months or do I?

Any one been through this before?
 
Have heard that NI dealers are desperate to shift second hand vehicles. Might be interested myself but what do you do if something mechanical goes wrong? Belfast is an awfully long way away to go see a mechanic....
 
cost to bring in a van from U.K or N.I

I would like to import a second hand van from the u.k or n.i and heard that its only 50 euro vrt on a comercial vehicle. Is this true . any advice
 
Hi Timoney...I believe you are correct that VRT obligation on commercial cehicles is €50 -

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If you google VRO locations Ireland you'll get an email for your local VRO office who should be able to confirm

Brian
 
Hi All,

Procedure for buying car in the UK tax free.
1. Buy car in UK.
2. Complete VAT 411 form with garage and send off to UK inland revenue (address will be on form).
3. Garage will zero rate the VAT invoice. You must export car within 2 months or zero rate does not apply.
4. Get full car registrar (not car registrar receipt as is usually issued by UK garages) 5. Get car log book from garage
6. Present car at local VRT office. You have one working day to clear VRT.
7. Pay VRT. You can check in advance with your local VRT office what VRT is payable by supplying the chassis number. VRT check with Rosslare for 'extras' on which VRT is seperately applied . Rosslare have access to all car records. It can take upto 10 working days for this, so have it done in advance.
8. VRT office will also apply VAT if new i.e. < 6k kilometres AND < 6 mths old. If over both, no Irish VAT!!!!!

O'KellySutton, No. 1 for professional tax advice. www.okellysutton.ie

Regards
Patrick O'Rourke
Patrick
 
Just after reading last message, I am self employed in Ireland but do not have a VAT number. I have agreed a price in Belfast on an 09 AUdi, can i go about buying the car "tax-free" as stated. All advice greatfully appreciated
 
Paddy199 said:
Hi All,

Procedure for buying car in the UK tax free.
1. Buy car in UK.
2. Complete VAT 411 form with garage and send off to UK inland revenue (address will be on form).
3. Garage will zero rate the VAT invoice. You must export car within 2 months or zero rate does not apply.
4. Get full car registrar (not car registrar receipt as is usually issued by UK garages) 5. Get car log book from garage
6. Present car at local VRT office. You have one working day to clear VRT.
7. Pay VRT. You can check in advance with your local VRT office what VRT is payable by supplying the chassis number. VRT check with Rosslare for 'extras' on which VRT is seperately applied . Rosslare have access to all car records. It can take upto 10 working days for this, so have it done in advance.
8. VRT office will also apply VAT if new i.e. < 6k kilometres AND < 6 mths old. If over both, no Irish VAT!!!!!

O'KellySutton, No. 1 for professional tax advice. www.okellysutton.ie

Regards
Patrick O'Rourke
Patrick
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Just after reading last message, I am self employed in Ireland but do not have a VAT number. I have agreed a price in Belfast on a used 09 AUdi, can i go about buying the car "tax-free" as stated. All advice greatfully appreciated
 
importing from belfast

Hi guys,

This thread has been innactive fro a while but hoping someone might see this and give me some info. I've heard a certain time where if you own a car in the north, use it there for a certain amount of time and then bring it down south you dont have to pay to import, would this be correct? The reason i ask is, i live in belfast and my dad is thinknig of buying a car and bringing it back to dublin. If i bought the car, registered and used it up north for 6 months and then brought it south and registered it there would that mean i would avoid paying the ROI VAT? Then i could simply change the ownership of the vehicle to to my dad when it has been registered in the ROI. This way we would get the car at UK price and pay the lower Uk VAT of 17.5%?
Im not sure if my information is correct maybe someone can tell me if im onto something here or am i completely mis-informed.
Thank you
 
user2012 said:
Hi guys,

This thread has been innactive fro a while but hoping someone might see this and give me some info. I've heard a certain time where if you own a car in the north, use it there for a certain amount of time and then bring it down south you dont have to pay to import, would this be correct? The reason i ask is, i live in belfast and my dad is thinknig of buying a car and bringing it back to dublin. If i bought the car, registered and used it up north for 6 months and then brought it south and registered it there would that mean i would avoid paying the ROI VAT? Then i could simply change the ownership of the vehicle to to my dad when it has been registered in the ROI. This way we would get the car at UK price and pay the lower Uk VAT of 17.5%?
Im not sure if my information is correct maybe someone can tell me if im onto something here or am i completely mis-informed.
Thank you
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As I'm sure you won't be surprised to find out,its just not that simple.

Read this: http://www.vrt.ie/vrtDetail.php?page=21
 
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