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28/06/2009 10:55 pm
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By Marian Wilson, 21/08/2010 @ 10:59 am
Hi,
I read your article on appealing VRT with interest, and prepared my appeal having imported a car from the UK on 20 July. My thesis was that the price I paid on-line on a web auction (supported by an invoice) is in fact the ‘open market selling price’. A web-market is a far more ‘open’ market than the closed market represented by the RoI’s network of car dealerships. My appeal was returned, I surmise unconsidered, within 24 hours of dispatch with the comment that it was not accepted for processing as an appeal. So, the vested interest that is the Irish Motor Trade Industry scores twice, first on the imposition of the tax at all,and secondly by constraining the definition of the ‘open market’ within which the OMSP should be estimated. Unbelieveable how we let them away with it.
By Simon Palmer, 23/08/2010 @ 4:02 pm
Hi Marian,
I think you may have misunderstood the appeals process and I can see why it wasn’t considered a valid appeal. You can’t an appeal re the Revenue & Customers OMSP by giving evidence of sale in a UK based auction, as the UK OMSP price is not comparable with the Irish OMSP. For a valid appeal you need to provide evidence of the same, or very similar cars, currently for sale at a cheaper price in Ireland. Either on line or in forecourts. The onus is on you to provide evidence that on average your car for sale cheaper IN IRELAND than they are estimating as the OMSP.
Good luck,
Simon.