Looks like they're building out an online feature for the declaration of non use.
https://www.motarviews.ie/ORD/login
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Looks like they're building out an online feature for the declaration of non use.
https://www.motarviews.ie/ORD/login
Thats good to see - I think its a pretty fair system, so this will make it slightly easier to manage. Am always worried that the letter goes missing in the post when I contact them.
+1 I thought no way would I send it by post, just wanted the peace of mind in the knowledge that it's done! So off to the Motor Tax office I went, where I Q'd for the best part of an hour on a work day...Quote:
Originally Posted by kdevitt
Online is certainly not a luxury it's a necessity!
Great news, the declaration was not an issue for me but the hassle of the form & the risk of no response was worrying. I sent mine in 3 weeks early by post & got a response within 3 days. That was pretty efficient.
Now if you could renew your tax online after a period of non-use that would be class! I hate the queue in the Motor Tax office!
Happy days! I registered it through An Post just to be sure as it went at 3:30pm on the final day :D:D
What happens if you want to put the car back on the road sooner then the period you declared it off the road??
Just walk in and tax it and that'll cancel the SORD. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrispyFish
But you pay back tax too no?Quote:
Originally Posted by BMW
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No - if its been declared off the road, no tax is due.Quote:
Originally Posted by John_D
Minimum non use period must be 3 months, so if you tax it on the 3rd month you pay for the previous 2 months as well. That is my main issue with this whole thing.
If you declare it off the road for 6 months or a year, if you tax it on the 5th month for example, you don't backpay anything (once you passed the 3 month marker).
I don't think so?Quote:
Originally Posted by E36
The minimum off the road declaration is 3 months, but you can cancel it after a week if you want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Motortax.ie
Oh you can cancel it anytime ofcourse but my issue is that you will pay for the time you weren't using the car if it's less than 3 months, which isn't very fair!
If you tax it mid month you'll still pay for the days in the month where it was off-road, but I've seen nothing to say you'd have to pay for the prior month as well? (if you put it back on the road in month two of an SORD for example).Quote:
Originally Posted by E36
I confirmed it many times with the garda station, and then motor tax office by phone, and then at the motor tax office when i was dropping the form.
To be honest I couldn't be bothered finding it as google searches keep returning chats on forums and so on. But feel free to confirm it with your local office, it's just a friendly warning for anybody who thinks they will be saving a month or two of tax. If you definitely need your car on the 3rd month, when you go to tax it you will be asked to pay for the previous 2 even if it's been off the road.
If I find something I'll post it up :)
Yep, this is my understandig of how it works now too, and I'm sure I've seen as much in official documentation. It's one of my biggest issues with the new system, as it does away with the option of taxing for say Apr-Jun, and then again Aug-Oct, with a month of storage inbetweenQuote:
Originally Posted by E36
Just to add to this
I declared my car off the road in september for 3 months(oct nov dec) because we were going to use the girlfriends car
but that broke down over the weekend so i went in to tax mine today and i did'nt have to pay any back tax
or arrears i just paid for the 3months(nov dec jan)
Thanks for the update Damien, good to know it can be done :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
Seems this system is similar to the other, you can take chances of driving it SORN'ed and tax when your ready :huh:
Not that I be doing that but im sure people still are.
Did exactly the same today with the 900 - definitely no back tax to be paid under the new system.Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
Hahaha heard on the news today they are closing 5 tax offices for a full week to deal with the backlog....How embarrassing!! What a botched job....
Good stuff lads, nice to hear that there's a little bit of flexibility in it
Still though, it's a system that has no benefit whatsoever other than keeping a few paper-pushers pushing paper :rolleyes:
Where do you get the pin from?Quote:
Originally Posted by ciars