Customs issue for registering my FSO... maybe...

[SambaS]

Went to DVLA today to register and tax my Polonez, armed with mot, insurance, polish log book, v55/5, money etc. Woman says have I informed customs. I said no, as I didn't import the car. I guessed (wrongly) anything to do with customs would have been sorted by last owner. Will I get stung for it? £500 car from an EU country.

[Crafty_]

to register the car you need proff that customs duty has been paid. You could try contacting them to see if there is a record of it being paid, if not you'll have to pay it to get the certificate.

Not quite up on the current charges, 10% I think ? then VAT on top, so £160 ?

[LuS1fer]

No. If the car has been registered in an EU country, the VAT is deemed paid in the country of source AFAIK so it should be a question of MOT and register it with no import duty being due either. I assume the paperwork must be deficient in some way.

[SambaS]

A 2nd source said dvla were wrong and customs form wasnt necessary as Poland in EU :/

[SambaS]

What paperwork may have been deficient?

[SambaS]

Has anyone here imported a cheap 2nd hand car from Poland that could advise?

[E30M3SE]

You need a VAT 414 form, which is a self declaration form for imported cars from member states that are over 6 months old and have covered more than 6K KMS.

[LuS1fer]

Maybe they just don't WANT your Polonez....

[SambaS]

Probably!

[aw51 121565]

In 2008, I registered a UK-built car that was originally sold new in West Germany in 1983 and had been repatriated to the UK in 2004.

All I needed was a completed V55/5 (? - "application for new registration" DVLA form, might have been V55/C) plus MoT, proof of insurance for the vehicle using the VIN Number, proof of ID and a cheque for first registration (£50 then) plus road tax. They also asked for West German registration documentation - I had one of the two bits of paper (the "fahrzeugbrief", which contains technical details such as tyre size, noise emissions, power output and major dimensions) and they were happy with that but it wasn't essential.

As the car was over 10 years old, this was it - I could even have done it by post , and they didn't want to see the car.

Your only issue might be that Poland wasn't part of the EU when the car was sold - this is off the top of my head though .

(You can find me on auto as "e287yba", but this car hasn't really been discussed on there yet though it has been mentioned .)