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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

738.0. "Foreign Number Plates" by CRATE::HOBBS (I think the cops saw me come in here!) Thu Aug 24 1989 09:14

Does anybody know if you can transfer a foregin number plate number to a UK
registered car?

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738.33 Imported at alst UNTADI::SAVILLE Still Kicking Thu May 10 1990 17:19 25

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738.33	Imported at alst	UNTADI::SAVILLE	Still Kicking	`Thu May 10 1990 17:19`	25
	FINAL UPDATE Well I imported my car a month or so back. When I went through Dover, I asked how much tax I would pay if I subsequently sold the car (I was bringing it in under change of residence tax-relief). The guy said about �750. The rules have changed very recently, and I didn't have to pay VAT, as I had already payed it in Germany (and had to prove it with the bill of sale, specifying the VAT seperately). So I got home and rang my local Customs and Excise branch and asked the same question - �1750 they said. I pointed out that perhaps they were wrong and mentioned the VAT payment. After 5 minutes he came back to the phone and said 'sorry, you're right, the rules have changed. That will be �750 please'. So, don't trust anyone - not even Customs and Excise officials !!! I sold the car a day or so later. Incidentally, it cost new �11,400 (the DM was quite weak at the time). I sold it for �10,500, to a dealer, when it was 14 months old and with 25,000 miles on it. So I lost just about �1600. Jonathan


				FINAL UPDATE

Well I imported my car a month or so back. When I went through Dover, I
asked how much tax I would pay if I subsequently sold the car (I was bringing
it in under change of residence tax-relief). The guy said about �750. 
The rules have changed very recently, and I didn't have to pay VAT, as I 
had already payed it in Germany (and had to prove it with the bill of sale,
specifying the VAT seperately).

So I got home and rang my local Customs and Excise branch and asked the
same question - �1750 they said. I pointed out that perhaps they were wrong
and mentioned the VAT payment. After 5 minutes he came back to the phone
and said 'sorry, you're right, the rules have changed. That will be �750
please'.

So, don't trust anyone - not even Customs and Excise officials !!!

I sold the car a day or so later. Incidentally, it cost new �11,400 (the
DM was quite weak at the time). I sold it for �10,500, to a dealer, when
it was 14 months old and with 25,000 miles on it. So I lost just about
�1600. 

Jonathan