Car registration and costs?
Oct 6th 2010, 6:54 am
#31
Joined: Jun 2006
Location: Granada Costa
Posts: 10,904
Re: Car registration and costs?
If you don't take up the 60 day offer then the guidance I have had from the EU legal department states "you must register your vehicle in Spain as soon as possible after arrival and, at any rate, within six months of moving."
At the end of the day it will be the Guardia and the tax office who decide whether the car has been here too long and the fines can be very high.
Oct 6th 2010, 7:01 am
#32
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 439
Re: Car registration and costs?
As I have stated before on this thread, the 60 days only applies if you want to avoid paying the tax and it is 60 days from the date you register with the police and sign on the padron as that is the date when you start officially living in Spain even though you are not yet tax resident under the 183 day rule..
If you don't take up the 60 day offer then the guidance I have had from the EU legal department states "you must register your vehicle in Spain as soon as possible after arrival and, at any rate, within six months of moving."
At the end of the day it will be the Guardia and the tax office who decide whether the car has been here too long and the fines can be very high.
If you don't take up the 60 day offer then the guidance I have had from the EU legal department states "you must register your vehicle in Spain as soon as possible after arrival and, at any rate, within six months of moving."
At the end of the day it will be the Guardia and the tax office who decide whether the car has been here too long and the fines can be very high.
Last edited by Scribble; Oct 6th 2010 at 7:08 am.
Oct 6th 2010, 7:45 am
#33
Joined: Jun 2006
Location: Granada Costa
Posts: 10,904
Re: Car registration and costs?
I guess I'm going to have to keep papers on me to prove when the car was brought into the country. Is there likely to be any confusion if the car has been in the country for say 5 months and 28 days and I happened to get pulled over by the guardia just before my ferry ticket back?
Oct 7th 2010, 9:22 pm
#35
Joined: Jun 2006
Location: Granada Costa
Posts: 10,904
Re: Car registration and costs?
