import duties on cars gone up

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 18:11

5.11 dollar per CC on a car above 2500cc + 40%.. ouchh!



looks like some of the car dealers who sell some of the bigger cars are going to be goosed!

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 18:16

I honestly think they do it just so the "elite" can only afford to drive round in a decent smoker?

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
09/07/2010 18:19

A customer came to the shop today,just over 20,000 pounds duty customs want off him for a 2.7litre vehicle that is book valued at £19,000.



so those people who paid there duty 2 weeks ago were very lucky indeed

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 18:30

Do you have the breakdown of the $ per cc for all the bands I presume the 40% is the increase from 28% of the glasses guide



It will have the effect of increasing the value of cars because the next ones will be so much dearer with the tax increase because cars are so cheap over here compared with the rest of the world )

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 18:38

Dave, I must be missing some information, I make that import cost to be a little over 8,600 GBP if the bookprice is 19,000 and he pays for the 200cc over at 5.11 + 40% of book value. What I missing if they came out with a 20,000 GBP duty?

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 18:41

Not only cars goods as well Got well stung eairler this month

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
09/07/2010 18:54

Paul.

2.7cc x 5.11$ around 14000$ plus 40% of book value.



Also i think there is a army tax and a few other small taxes and KDVs that took iit up to around 20k sterling.



car was booked at 23k,but they bottom booked it for him i beleive.



maybe he was rounding off the figure to me !

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 19:00

proger1,

Perhaps if your car is more than 2500cc, you pay US$5.11 on ALL the CC's: -

2,700 * US$5.11 = US$13,797 say 9137 GBP...

Then there is the issue that they apparently use the 'A1 - Dealer's forecourt price' - i.e. you don't get the value discounted because of condition, mileage, private sale etc, so the 'legit' valuation of 19,000 GBP could easily turn into 25,000 GBP or more, so 40% of 25,000 GBP gives you 10,000 GBP - add yhe 9,137 GBP, and you're not far short of 20 'grand'

catalkoykid


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Posts: 1190

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 19:00

sounds cheap to me

keithcaley



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Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 19:02

Sorry, I took so long working that out that Dave beat me to it - with a different calculation.

Memo to self: 'Must get out more'!

zerochlor


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Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 19:12

message 8



keith. spot on .



Not seen you for a very long time.



Hows your pool looking?

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 19:17

DAMN, OK that makes more sense, well actually it doesn't make sense but it does explain the numbers. I think I will be off to see my mate Ufuk for the next motor.



Cheers for that explanation guys.



Paul

keithcaley



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Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 19:54

Dave,

How would YOU think my pool's looking?

Like a Zerochlor pool, that's how!

I took advantage of your grant and bought a year's supply this time, but got it from your mate at Sunset / Splash Pools, 'cos they're only just up the road from me, and you're bloody MILES away

Don't drink too much tonight, and if you do, don't start posting rubbish on here when you get back in at 3am...

zerochlor


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Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
09/07/2010 20:02

i dread it some mornings when i wake up and see my computer is still online on cyp44.



Now im starting to get home a little later and forget about the computer!



Thanks for reminding me keith.



And yes,i imagine your pool is looking beautiful.

zerochlor


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Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 03:53

mesage13 keithcaley, me oww beauty



i did promis not to drink to much tonite and i didnt,i only had 14 bottle of carlberg

hope i dunt get smacked legs

phissed as a bakers hat,ohhh ive just been told also 3 vodka and cokes and 2 bottle of millers at shayner beach club.

kin ell .no wonder i not got a pot to phizz in!!

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
10/07/2010 04:01

wish the beeer didnt taste so gud!



off to the karsie. c u later

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
10/07/2010 04:05

ohh.another pebbledashed karsie



what are we gonna do with me!!



tel u wat though,



my lungs feel good



u can take that to the bank!!

zerochlor


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Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 04:33

getting back to import duties



can you drive a UK reg car here for 2 years??



or can you drive a UK car reg car here for alot longer?



im just curious,thats all!!

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 06:48

You can use it as long as the UK tax is valid so if it needs an mot you've a problem also they look at the tax disc expiry date when setting your renewal paper times

johnnybgoode


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 11:45

what if the vehicle's brand new and doesn't need an MOT for 3 years, and someone in the uk brings out your tax disc, for you, could you keep it here for 3 years, before registering it here,???????

judyr


Joined: 07/07/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 11:48

So .... I wonder if someone would be so kind and advise what I should expect to pay. I have a Peugeot 206cc 1.6 petrol. I have had it since new, May 2005 and it has done 16,000 miles (19,000 by the time I drive to Cyorus).

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 16:27

msg 20,

That's a new slant!

Very inventive - but I think that you would need to ask the customs and taxation people that question, and not rely on an opinion from the members on here.

It would be no comfort, as they were towing your car away, to say "But keithcaley said...."

judyr


Joined: 07/07/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
10/07/2010 16:36

can noone assist me with my question?

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
11/07/2010 13:00

judyr message 21. if your car was registerd may 2005 that makes your car now 5 years old and 2 months,im sure you can only import a car here up to 5 years old if your name is the only 1 on the log book and you have owned it from new, and 3 years if you are second or 3rd and so on owner. Im sure you could of just missed out by a few months on the rules of importing a car here that is over 5 years old,unless its a classic car that is,then the rules are diffrent again.classic car =25 years old and above.



But dont just take my word,maybe a call to the consulate in london might help you

wanderer


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Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
11/07/2010 17:09

Zero/Judyr

If a car is older that 3 years it can only be imported if the importers name is in the log book for 5 years plus uninterupted

I've just imported in July a 53 Fiesta before the duty rise now on LE TRNC plate

I would like to know the new duty rates for the cc/$ from whot you've posted its a 12% increase to 40% of Glasses Guide

HarbourView


Joined: 09/11/2010
Posts: 4

Message Posted:
10/11/2010 00:10

Hi, New boy on block here. Can anyone tell me the calculations for the import duty on a 25 yr old car and how to do it.

Also what is the best route to drive from UK via Turkey to Kyrenia

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
10/11/2010 06:36

Dont think you could bring it here they have just changed the law only cars no more than five years old are allowed in.

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
10/11/2010 07:00

HV,

You will need to join one of the classic car clubs to get permission to bring it in as a classic, the tax is very low and based on the value when first new.

A mate of mine has brought in 7 cars now from US and UK with no problem, but he knows the system, and as a TC does not have any language barrier.

I have suggested a couple of times on various forums that the only viable option is to bring in an old classic, maybe a Merc SL, or similar and enjoy classic motoring in a car that you could actually sell on for a profit.

straitasadie


Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 450

Message Posted:
10/11/2010 07:28

on classic cars do you still pay the cc surcharge and do you have to have owned it for a minimum

of five years.

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
10/11/2010 07:52

straitsadie

As I said above, my mate has brought in 7 cars now, all of them bought over the phone/internet, delivered to the shipper, and he lust collects them at Famagusta. They arrive with UK or US plates and he then re-registers them when he pays the tax. He is not a dealer, he imports them for himself.

No 'cc' charge, just a %age (I believe it's about 40%) but it's of the price when it was new i.e. over 25 years ago.

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
10/11/2010 08:14

We bought in a classic Merc a couple of years ago and the tax was around the 40% mark. Do bear in mind though that Merc SL's (for example) were pretty pricey 25-30 years ago so it is not necessarily a cheap option.

LordJim


Joined: 12/10/2010
Posts: 221

Message Posted:
10/11/2010 08:18

and the government protest about embargoes....................i suppose this move is encouraging trade