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1605.1 | | NEWOA::SAXBY | Who left the O out of discount? | Tue Nov 19 1991 14:46 | 6 |
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Well you won't get a good price for a LHD car in the UK, but
if you're going to take a 50% hit in Holland and can live with
LHD on British roads, I'd guess it'd be worth keeping.
Mark
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1605.2 | I'd leave it to the tulips | CHEFS::ARNOLD | | Tue Nov 19 1991 14:51 | 6 |
1605.3 | | NEWOA::ALFORD_J | The intermission fish... | Tue Nov 19 1991 15:15 | 6 |
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Why don't you keep it, it's a small enough car so that LHD won't be too
bothersome over here.
You could also actively keep an eye open for anyone going the other way with a
similar car....and do a swap...
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1605.4 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | But I don't use it as a rule | Tue Nov 19 1991 15:16 | 4 |
| Don't forget the 10% import duty you'll have to pay *at the port* when
you get to England.....
Laurie.
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1605.5 | | HOO78C::BOARDS | | Tue Nov 19 1991 15:23 | 23 |
| Thanks (wow .. quick repsponse for my first note here ! I'm impressed).
Selling the car here might incur too much of a loss, so....
I was thinking of bringing it over and just driving it until it dies (in
about 4 years time I guess), not selling it.
Laurie .. you had experience of importing any ? I heard the import tax
isn't much.
Also: If I come over and declare it at customs, will they impound it,
until such time that I have it officially registered. Would this mean
I'd have to go all the way back to Harwich from Bastingstoke a week or so
later to collect it ? Where would I stand if I enter as a tourist, get
to Basingstoke and THEN try to register it ? Anyone know the best and
easiest way of doing this ?
Thanks alot !
yours panicking a bit,
Wendy
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1605.6 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | But I don't use it as a rule | Tue Nov 19 1991 17:06 | 9 |
| Wend,
This is discussed somewhere in UKCSSE::EURO_MOTORING Note <blah>. Try
also SMURF::USERA:[NOTES]EXPATRIATES Note 23
As ever, there's a legally correct way, and there's what you can get
away with. I'll "fill you in" off-line.
Laurie.
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1605.7 | | HOO78C::BOARDS | | Tue Nov 19 1991 17:17 | 13 |
| <<< Note 1605.6 by PLAYER::BROWNL "But I don't use it as a rule" >>>
> As ever, there's a legally correct way, and there's what you can get
> away with. I'll "fill you in" off-line.
> Laurie.
Great ! I look forward to it .. and thanks for the pointers too !
;-)
Wend
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1605.8 | | NEWOA::ALFORD_J | The intermission fish... | Tue Nov 19 1991 20:58 | 3 |
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I thought that if the car was older than "x" years, you didn't have to pay the
import tax....could well be wrong though...
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1605.9 | My 2 pennorth, FWIW | CMOTEC::JASPER | | Wed Nov 20 1991 15:02 | 9 |
| ...even if you did HAVE to pay the Import Tax (eventually) won't it be
just 10% of the (depressed) UK price for a 2nd hand car ? Maybe 200
quid ?
Maybe its feasable to fit a Righty conversion if you're going to stay
in UK.
Tony.
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1605.10 | A tax angle ? | NEWOA::CROME_A | | Wed Nov 20 1991 19:24 | 10 |
| I think you'll find you dont have to pay the TAX as you've lived abroad
for a while and this is quite obviously not a scheme to make money by
selling it here for more. I think you have to keep the car for a
predetermined length of time ( six months or a year), and then you can
sell it with no penalties to pay.
I know someone who brought a car over from Germany, they had lived
there for 3 or 4 years, and I'm pretty sure they didn't pay any tax.
Andy
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1605.11 | mail me if you want more details! | VOGON::MITCHELLE | Beware of the green meanie | Thu Nov 21 1991 13:14 | 8 |
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We lived in Germany for two years, and bought our car out there - we
had used it for over one year in Germany, and didn't have to pay any
tax to bring it into the UK - we just had to keep it for one year here,
or if not, we had to inform Swansea, but what they would do about it, I
don't know!
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1605.12 | 1992 will arrive in 199? | BONNET::HARDY | | Fri Nov 22 1991 10:02 | 10 |
| Wendy,
You said in the first note that you have had the car for 'a few
months'.
Whether you keep it or not you MIGHT have to pay duty if you have not
owned it for long enough before moving to the UK. I think 6-months is
the minimum, but I'm not sure.
Peter
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1605.13 | | HOO78C::BOARDS | | Fri Nov 22 1991 11:41 | 19 |
| Many thanks everyone for the responses,
I've called HM Customs and Exise and they've confirmed the following:
I would not have to pay import duties if:
- the car is older than a year old
- I've owned the car >6 months
... Sod's law .. I've owned it 5 months !!!
aarrrhhhh !!!
Time for a re-think !
Thanks !
Wendy
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1605.14 | | SBPUS4::MARK | I wanna be a slug...... | Fri Nov 22 1991 13:47 | 1 |
| go back and get it after christmas ?
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1605.15 | Todays date is next month... | SUBURB::JASPERT | | Fri Nov 22 1991 14:37 | 3 |
| ...or save Customs & Excise some paperwork & tell the after Xmas ?
Tony.
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1605.16 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | I *love* a good wind-up. | Fri Nov 22 1991 15:27 | 5 |
| There's a gotcha there. The rules don't just state that you must have
owned the car more than 6 months, they state they you must have owned
*and used* the car *abroad* for more than 6 months.
Laurie.
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1605.17 | | UFHIS::GVIPOND | | Fri Nov 22 1991 15:47 | 7 |
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And if the UK Customs are as keen as their cousins in Sweden they will
deduct any time you spent on holidays etc, off your ownership/use time.
When I imported my car into Sweden they insisted on looking at my
passport to ensure I had been in the country and therefore able to use
the car.
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1605.18 | Xmas Holiday | NEWOA::CROME_A | | Fri Nov 22 1991 18:02 | 3 |
| Be a visitor for Xmas, and as the others say, declare it after Xmas.
Andy
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1605.19 | | HOO78C::BOARDS | | Mon Nov 25 1991 02:01 | 25 |
| Decision made .. thanks for the help and advice.
Sold the car yesterday !
;-)
.. NOW ...
Anyone know where I can get a cheapish not >5 years old smallish car around
Basingstoke ? (On 2nd December) ???
I hear the auction in Blackbush (sp?) near Basingstoke is a good bet for
picking up bargains if you know what to look for. I don't know what to
look for. Anyone fancy taking a day off to help me pick one out ?
;-)
Well - it's worth a try !
Wendy
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1605.20 | | HOO78C::BOARDS | | Mon Nov 25 1991 02:04 | 11 |
| <<< Note 1605.18 by NEWOA::CROME_A >>>
-< Xmas Holiday >-
> Be a visitor for Xmas, and as the others say, declare it after Xmas.
PS: I had thought of that, but I'm coming over with a vanload of household
things which would make the whole situation look a bit iffy. I know I'm
a gurlie, but I don't travel *that* heavy for a holiday !
Wendy
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