Reply to: Free at last from clutches of HMRC

[Mordac]

It was having them both on my back that was bothering me. To be fair, the Revenue Commissioners had my tax refund in my bank account three days after my tax return was filed.

Especially as you couldn't offer a cash discount to either of them...

[jamesbrown]

HMRC, Head of Anglo-Irish Enforcement.

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[northernladyuk]

Aye but it's disguised as a registration tax, and has VAT added. This Cork guy I met was looking at cars in NI was buying this Merc AMG 6.3 litre jobbie, 2010 model year, he reckoned the 'registration' cost to export to South was €10000, plus VAT, and he was prepared to pay it. 36% of OMSP (and VAT). Trouble is no-one knows what the revenue deem the OMSP to be on oddball cars.

€10k isn't a registration fee, it's a sham and everyone knows it.

[stek]

Not at all. It is definitely nothing about import, just registration.

Aye but it's disguised as a registration tax, and has VAT added. This Cork guy I met was looking at cars in NI was buying this Merc AMG 6.3 litre jobbie, 2010 model year, he reckoned the 'registration' cost to export to South was €10000, plus VAT, and he was prepared to pay it. 36% of OMSP (and VAT). Trouble is no-one knows what the revenue deem the OMSP to be on oddball cars.

€10k isn't a registration fee, it's a sham and everyone knows it.

[northernladyuk]

But claiming it back on export.....

It's an illegal tax, supposed to be no import/export taxes/duties within EU.

Not at all. It is definitely nothing about import, just registration.

[stek]

Nope, coming back for a day or so will be a problem because it restarts the clock for being ordinarily resident in the UK.

Eh? Explain...

[washed up contractor]

Nope, coming back for a day or so will be a problem because it restarts the clock for being ordinarily resident in the UK.

[stek]

They're no problem if you are paying VRT.

But claiming it back on export.....

It's an illegal tax, supposed to be no import/export taxes/duties within EU.

[northernladyuk]

They're not so nice with the VRT, if it's them that do it....

They're no problem if you are paying VRT.

[stek]

The Revenue Commissioners are also equally quick at refunding VAT (at least to an Irish business account, if you are registered for VAT in Ireland).

They're not so nice with the VRT, if it's them that do it....

[m0n1k3r]

It was having them both on my back that was bothering me. To be fair, the Revenue Commissioners had my tax refund in my bank account three days after my tax return was filed.

The Revenue Commissioners are also equally quick at refunding VAT (at least to an Irish business account, if you are registered for VAT in Ireland).

[m0n1k3r]

I have the PDF of the conversation. That will do me fine.

They will still contact you and you will have to (try to) convince them using that PDF.

[northernladyuk]

HMRC is dead! Long live the Revenue Commissioners!

It was having them both on my back that was bothering me. To be fair, the Revenue Commissioners had my tax refund in my bank account three days after my tax return was filed.

[stek]

HMRC is dead! Long live the Revenue Commissioners!

[northernladyuk]

To be fair, I could imagine a blog by Brillo to be highly entertaining.

Not if you have an ounce of human pity in your hardened and cynical soul.