Importing a car from the UK to Spain

Nuts99 wrote:Hi, I have a LHD citroen c4 that I want to import, I bought it over in July so it is already in Spain but on British plates. Who is best to deal with importing it that can sort all the paperwork?
I have heard that if you register it in Northern Ireland then you can get round the import tax?

Thanks

BohsPaul wrote:

Nuts99 wrote:Hi, I have a LHD citroen c4 that I want to import, I bought it over in July so it is already in Spain but on British plates. Who is best to deal with importing it that can sort all the paperwork?
I have heard that if you register it in Northern Ireland then you can get round the import tax?

Thanks

Not sure how it works in Spain but here in the Republic of Ireland cars imported from Northern Ireland are free from vat unlike cars imported from say England which are subject to 10% vat . One caveat though they must have been registered in N.I. before the 31st of January 2020 or only ever registered in N.I.

300TDi wrote:

BohsPaul wrote:

Nuts99 wrote:Hi, I have a LHD citroen c4 that I want to import, I bought it over in July so it is already in Spain but on British plates. Who is best to deal with importing it that can sort all the paperwork?
I have heard that if you register it in Northern Ireland then you can get round the import tax?

I agree with what you are saying re vrt and nox but it has nothing to do with the post brexit vat .
Thanks

Not sure how it works in Spain but here in the Republic of Ireland cars imported from Northern Ireland are free from vat unlike cars imported from say England which are subject to 10% vat . One caveat though they must have been registered in N.I. before the 31st of January 2020 or only ever registered in N.I.

Ireland and its situation has no bearing whatsoever on importing to Spain, and we can all thank our lucky stars for that, because Ireland and its vehicle import system is an absolute theft against its people. The Government do EVERYTHING to try and stop people importing cars from the UK because the prices on the showroom salesfloor are incredibly high. They charge VRT, a so called Vehicle Registration Tax based on fantasy figures on vehicle value, which is insanely high, then they charge for Nox and so on. Its why everyone tries to bring them in on commercial class, having to rip out seats and so on so they avoid most of the government theft.

Road tax for a normal Land Rover passenger car in Ireland is €1080 per year. 10 times more than in Spain.....its why I keep all cars in Ireland on UK plates and blag my way through checkpoints.