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I won a Defender commercial in the North!

So I've just won a 2007 Land Rover Defender in an online competition. It is on Northern Irish plates and I am wondering how much it would be to bring into the South regarding VRT etc. It's a two-seat commercial with no rear windows.

I have a farm so need a commercial if that helps. I'm confused on whether it's €200 or the 13.3 per cent of the OMSP.

Thanks

Can you confirm my thoughts on importing an EV from the North?

Hi, hope all is well.

I've been reading your Guide to importing a car from Northern Ireland and found it very informative, so thank you for putting it together.

I have an electric car lined up with a dealer in Northern Ireland and we've agreed the purchase price. I'm now doing some due diligence to make sure there won't be any additional charges, and the dealer assures me there won't be.

The car itself originally came from England, but the dealer is putting it through a customs declaration in Northern Ireland to show it was legitimately brought in. They say that, as a result, there will be no need for a customs declaration in the Republic or any VAT charges.

From your guide, and from what I've read on the Revenue website, I get the sense that it may not be quite that straightforward.

Based on your experience, is the dealer correct, or is there a risk that I could end up facing extra charges?

Thanks in advance for any insights

I'm missing data to import a Ford Mondeo...

I have a Ford Mondeo 2.0 Hybrid which was manufactured in 2019 but was in Germany from 2019 until 2023 and first registered to a private individual in Northern Ireland in 2023. The CO2 values and the NOx values are not on the V5 and having obtained the CoC from Ford (proper water marked and signed) they are not on it either. How would you import this to ROI without these values showing on the V5 or the genuine original CoC?

Will this imported car be counted as new or used?

Purchased a car in Northern Ireland that is originally registered in Northern Ireland. Up for NCT inspection soon. The invoice states 5,480km, though it was 5,557km when it entered the Republic of Ireland at Lifford Co Donegal. Today it reads 6,341km and so will exceed 6,000km on VRT inspection visit. Do I meet the 6,000km rule to avoid VAT? It is seven months old so ok on six-month-age rule.