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Hi Aodhan,

The €514 rate is for engine sizes 1,501-1,600cc, which applies when a commercial vehicle is taxed for private use. If you are using the Caddy exclusively for business purposes, and can prove that, bring your documentation into your local motor tax office to have the details changed so that you can pay the regular commercial rate of €333.

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Hi Alf,

I'm afraid so, yes - it's effectively part of the VRT process and it has to be paid even if VAT and customs duty are not payable.

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Hi Sinead,

The ID.4 isn't a bad shout, but like many cars in the same class, its suitability to your family depends on how many kids you have in car seats. It won't easily fit three across the back. The Skoda Enyaq is very similar.

Other used options in the same ballpark include the Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5, but come back to us with your budget so we can try to narrow things down properly.

The challenge might be finding a used EV with enough space for your needs, within budget.

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Hi Damien,

That's quite the automotive journey! 

Revenue has since attempted to make things a little simpler, so don't worry about the year of the car being imported from the North. All that matters - to avoid paying VAT and import duty - is that the car was imported into the North and used there for, as Revenue puts it "a reasonable amount of time".

We believe three months is fine, though you'll need paperwork to prove all that.

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Hi Keith,

Neither I'm afraid. It will go by the engine size, as things for cars used to be before 2008. That's the case for privately taxing a commercial vehicle of any age, incidentally, aside from actual vintage commercials that is.

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Hi James,

You're not alone in having this issue. We can find that T-Roc on the MLIT website and get its CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption data, but we cannot see a document showing its NOx rating. The best we could come up with is a spec sheet for the 2025 model on sale today in Japan. Given that this should be the same as the 2022 version, Revenue may accept that. It's 150mg/km.

We've not heard of anyone successfully obtaining this information from a European brand directly, and it's unlikely that Revenue would accept data for the T-Roc sold in a country other than Japan, as there can be regional differences.

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Hi Martin,

The information is supposed to be on this page but it's difficult to find your way around. First up, make sure you use whatever browser you have to translate to English.

Scroll down to the section marked '5. 1. Gasoline passenger car fuel economy'. We found the VW Up in the Volkswagen tab of the Excel file that downloads when you click on 'Imported vehicle (JC08 mode)'. However, that only gives the CO₂ emissions (106g/km) for a single version of the Up, so hopefully that's the correct one.

To find the NOx, we searched the page that link is on for "Volkswagen Up" and found a series of documents, including this one showing a NOx value of 0.013g/km.

Hopefully Revenue will accept both of those documents as proof.

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Hi Nicholas, 

No it does not. It has special 'run-flat' tyres designed to get you to a tyre fitter in the case of a puncture.

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Hi Terrie,

I'm afraid there is no new Volkswagen Beetle anywhere in the world that we know of.

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Hi Damian,

Yes, that is entirely possible. Make sure the paperwork shows that the car was imported into the North according to the Windsor Framework with clear reference to the car's identity, the dates and all costs paid.