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Written by Irish VRT.ie   
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 16:48

It appears there is much confusion at the moment whether an imported car is based on the old system, engine size, or the new system, CO2.

Well it is actually based on both by the looks of it. Cars registered in another country before 1 July 2008 will have their VRT applied to the engine size. Cars registered in another country after 1 July 2008 will have their VRT applied based on its CO2 figure.

I have no definite online source that says it is this way. Only a recent imported car story from a reader of this site stating

...registered a 1.8tdci car 2007 with 137 co2 ... had to tax it under the old regime even if the vrt was only 16%...

 

Anybody have any similar experiences? Please comment...

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imported vehicles
written by Mary McMahon , August 26, 2008

I obtained a print out from local motor tax offfice stating that importers of pre registered cars would have the option to tax
under either the old system or new system. This is a clear statement. However I was informed that rules had changed and that i must tax under old system and was charged accordingly. I am actively pursuing with Dept.
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written by Carmel , May 01, 2009

If I were to import a Toyota Celica 2005 1.8 what VAT and VRT would I be looking at paying


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VRT and Car Tax for pre 2008 vehicles
written by Joseph Shevlin , December 27, 2009

Imported cars are subject to VRT according to the rules based on CO2. This includes cars registered before 2008.

Once the vehicle is registered Car tax will apply to cars first registered after 1st january 2008 according to the CO2 banded system.

Cars registered before 1.1.2008 pay according to the old system of car Tax based on Engine size.

Rather a "Catch 22" since you need a diesel to get the CO2 down for the VRT but diesels are often bigger than petrol engines of a similar power output and thus are taxed more in car Tax than a similar powered petrol car - which has higher CO2 and thus is subject to more VRT!!
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Rip off Ireland
written by James Hunt , October 10, 2010

This Country is just a rip off! end of I'm getting the F**k out of here as soon as I can, I lived in the UK for 25 years sorry I ever came back to this kip!
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