Selling my car to French man & questions re plate, MOT, etc.
Discussion
Hi,
So I am in the process of selling my car and the purchaser is based in France, I am trying to work out the best way of getting relevant paperwork and most efficient way of transferring my private plate, do I have to put this on retention for the week it may take before I have another car to transfer it on to? Also the purchaser is asking if I have a receipt to prove VAT has been paid in the UK, the car is 10 years old, in experience, is this necessary?
Anything else I need to take into account? Safest way to take payment, am I liable for any kind of taxation on the money? etc.
All help most appreciated
Thanks
Pete
So I am in the process of selling my car and the purchaser is based in France, I am trying to work out the best way of getting relevant paperwork and most efficient way of transferring my private plate, do I have to put this on retention for the week it may take before I have another car to transfer it on to? Also the purchaser is asking if I have a receipt to prove VAT has been paid in the UK, the car is 10 years old, in experience, is this necessary?
Anything else I need to take into account? Safest way to take payment, am I liable for any kind of taxation on the money? etc.
All help most appreciated
Thanks
Pete
A few years ago I sold a car to a non UK resident, eastern european. Once we'd agreed a price he then started asking about what I would do with regards to getting the car sorted for him to take over to his homeland. I basically told him that all I was prepared to do was fill out the V5 with a new keepers name and UK address and the rest was up to him. He had a friend that lived in the UK so that address was used and I took the cash. Never heard anything else back and when checking on the directgov site, it is now marked as exported. So theoretically it was all sorted out legally without my input.
Also, my father moved over to france and re-registered his uk car over there. He had to deregister the car in the uk and then use the deregistration forms to re-register the car over there.
I am by no means an authority or expert in these things but i would think that the french buyer is going to need some kind of agent in the uk to do all of the relevent legalities for him. This, i would expect, would include the duty paid side of things.
From the sounds of your situation, you haven't implied to the buyer that you are prepared to do any of this side of things so I would treat the sale in the same way as my sale to the eastern european chap.
Not sure if this helps but if you don't know the legalities then you could get yourself tied up in all sorts of knots. I'm sure others on here have more informed knowledge of these situations as they may be in the trade but, as this appears to be a private sale, i would treat it as UK to UK sale and let the buyer sort out the rest.
Also, I'm not sure if what I did in my sale was legal but I had no recourse from it.
Also, my father moved over to france and re-registered his uk car over there. He had to deregister the car in the uk and then use the deregistration forms to re-register the car over there.
I am by no means an authority or expert in these things but i would think that the french buyer is going to need some kind of agent in the uk to do all of the relevent legalities for him. This, i would expect, would include the duty paid side of things.
From the sounds of your situation, you haven't implied to the buyer that you are prepared to do any of this side of things so I would treat the sale in the same way as my sale to the eastern european chap.
Not sure if this helps but if you don't know the legalities then you could get yourself tied up in all sorts of knots. I'm sure others on here have more informed knowledge of these situations as they may be in the trade but, as this appears to be a private sale, i would treat it as UK to UK sale and let the buyer sort out the rest.
Also, I'm not sure if what I did in my sale was legal but I had no recourse from it.
Realistically you should have put your plate on retention first.
You send the 'export' section of the V5c to DVLA and give the rest of it to the buyer. The car can't have been registered here without all duties and VAT being paid, but it is a frequent question from French purchasers. Just explain that to him.
That's all you do.
You send the 'export' section of the V5c to DVLA and give the rest of it to the buyer. The car can't have been registered here without all duties and VAT being paid, but it is a frequent question from French purchasers. Just explain that to him.
That's all you do.
Buyer will want to be able to show VAT was paid and is also likely to need a "Certificate of Conformity" which confirms the car has full European Type Approval. Both of these should be available from the dealer who originally supplied the car.
If you want to be sure of keeping that reg' number it's going to take you about 3 weeks to get it onto retention. DVLA move the number almost immediately you apply but it can take them 3 weeks (or more) to issue the new V5 which will be vital to your purchaser....
If you want to be sure of keeping that reg' number it's going to take you about 3 weeks to get it onto retention. DVLA move the number almost immediately you apply but it can take them 3 weeks (or more) to issue the new V5 which will be vital to your purchaser....
Remove your plate first.
I sold a car years ago with a private plate on it and the buyer said he would send me the reg later, but as soon as he registered the car, the plate was his and I never heard from him again.
The plate was only 250 but that's not the point, but I did buy the 'T shirt'.
I sold a car years ago with a private plate on it and the buyer said he would send me the reg later, but as soon as he registered the car, the plate was his and I never heard from him again.
The plate was only 250 but that's not the point, but I did buy the 'T shirt'.
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