Buying a car from Northen Ireland

tracyavril

I want to buy a car from Northern Ireland is there and taxes or duty to be paid to bring back to UK

Grumpy_chap

UK = The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

AdrianC

Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

tommyedinburgh

tracyavril said:

I want to buy a car from Northern Ireland is there and taxes or duty to be paid to bring back to UK

Jesus suffering! 

gerdo

It'll be ok. If you're paying cash just make sure you get it changed into the local currency first. 😁

Ectophile

AdrianC said:

Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

For now, at least.

jimjames

Grumpy_chap said:

UK = The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Unless it's for items covered by the Brexit agreement. Although some dismissive replies above it's a reasonable question if you don't know the details of the customs checks that have been introduced.

Despite being part of the UK another issue is that MOTs are separate to the rest of the UK system so are done by council test centres and the results are not on the Gov MOT Check system. It can also be a way for cars with a suspect history to be disguised by moving into the rest of the UK. 
My car came from Belfast and the V5 shows 2 keepers when it's actually a higher number. I believe the V5 system is now linked or run from Swansea so that may not be an issue with a more recent vehicle but it isn't the same as a car being bought in Wales and taken to England.

mobileron

What will you do if there are problems and have to return the car,why N Ireland.

NiallB

It's a reasonable question, it's certainly more complicated to bring a car from GB to NI post Brexit:

https://www.am-online.com/news/latest-news/2021/01/08/ni-s-post-brexit-20-vat-on-used-cars-issue-not-going-away

AdrianC

NiallB said:

It's a reasonable question, it's certainly more complicated to bring a car from GB to NI post Brexit:

https://www.am-online.com/news/latest-news/2021/01/08/ni-s-post-brexit-20-vat-on-used-cars-issue-not-going-away

That's a VAT issue for dealers on VAT-qualifying used cars. It doesn't apply to consumer transactions.

jimbo6977

It's a waste of a plane fare if you get there and the car isn't right - and then you've got to get home.