Shipping a car from UK to Spain
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Shipping a car from UK to Spain
I'm considering shipping a car over here and have spent ages searching the Internet for a quote. As word of mouth and personal recommendation is always valuable, please could anyone recommend a good, reliable company and how much should I be expecting to pay? Thank you
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Because they are almost twice the price here - much cheaper to import from the UK and pay any necessary taxes.geo wrote:if its a righthand drive uk registered car, unless it has some special meaning, or collectable, i wouldn't bother... better buy one here, and if you must bring it why not drive over??
- which leads into a question I was going to ask on here. 5 years ago we imported a UK car here and paid around 1000€ to do so. Does anybody know if the law has now changed?? I am under the (perhaps mistaken) impression that now so long as a UK car has one of the new european number plates that you no longer have to properly import it is that right?? I am looking to replace an aging car with one from the UK especially if my beliefs are correct. Any advice greatly appreciated in advance.
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No the law as such has not changed. If you bring a car into Spain and wish to register it onto Spanish plates you have to pay the same matriculation tax that a Spaniard would pay when he buys a new car.
By very generous concession, if you bring your car in at the same time that you apply for residency, you can avoid this tax. You will still have to pay gestors fees and a special ITV fee plus the cost of changing anything that does not conform to Spanish law such as the headlights.
The matriculation tax is now based on the CO2 emissions of the car and varies from zero to 14.3% in four bands, it used to be either 7% or 12%. of the cars present value based on tables produced by the tax office.
Sid
By very generous concession, if you bring your car in at the same time that you apply for residency, you can avoid this tax. You will still have to pay gestors fees and a special ITV fee plus the cost of changing anything that does not conform to Spanish law such as the headlights.
The matriculation tax is now based on the CO2 emissions of the car and varies from zero to 14.3% in four bands, it used to be either 7% or 12%. of the cars present value based on tables produced by the tax office.
Sid
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Hi SidEl Cid wrote:By very generous concession, if you bring your car in at the same time that you apply for residency, you can avoid this tax. You will still have to pay gestors fees and a special ITV fee plus the cost of changing anything that does not conform to Spanish law such as the headlights.
Sid
I brought my car in a couple of weeks ago at the same time I applied for residency. What is the next step, and what timescales are allowed for sorting everything out to avoid the matriculation tax?
I spoke to someone today that told me the tax had to be paid.
Thanks
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Sid, do you have a link to the new tables? last time I checked, the dgt (?)website had not been updated. Is the tax still based on the same depreciated values?El Cid wrote: The matriculation tax is now based on the CO2 emissions of the car and varies from zero to 14.3% in four bands, it used to be either 7% or 12%. of the cars present value based on tables produced by the tax office.
Sid
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It has nothing to do with the DGT, it is the responsibility of AEAT (the tax people). The values for various types of vehicles are here:-
http://tinyurl.com/3dqnen
The depreciation factors are here in Anexo IV
http://tinyurl.com/6g5lrp
Sid
http://tinyurl.com/3dqnen
The depreciation factors are here in Anexo IV
http://tinyurl.com/6g5lrp
Sid
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Sorry, wrong question - I already had those. I meant to ask, is there a page which shows the four bands based on CO2 emissions? And how do you find out the emissions for older cars?
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