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[norustplease]

One thing that I discovered when importing my PV into the UK was that there is, as of April 14th, a process called NOVA, that is managed by HMRC to make sure that importers pay whatever vat or duty is due on their cars.
You have 14 days from the date of import to register the car with them online, via the HMRC website. The process is automated and you are immediately told what duty is payable and how to go about paying it.
The catch is that you can't proceed with registration via DVLA until the system notifies Swansea that you have gone through this process and paid any dues.

The other sting in the tail is that there is a £5 per day fine for any car that is not declared after being in the country for 14 days. So even if you don't intend to register the car straight away (for example it needs a lot of work to get through an MOT), you do need to go through NOVA(Notification of Vehicle Arrivals), as soon as it arrives.

The good news is, that if you are importing a classic from the EU, it is unlikely that you will incur vat or duty.
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1964 Volvo PV544
1957 Austin A55 Mk 1
Boring Tucson SUV

[Rick]

I'd not heard of this before, interesting, sounds like a process that'll catch quite a few people out.

RJ
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[norustplease]

It is also important that if you are buying an unregistered import, that you get a print off of the acknowledgement that says that the importer has already been through NOVA, otherwise you could still be liable for the fine, even if there is no duty to pay.
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1953 Citroen Traction
1964 Volvo PV544
1957 Austin A55 Mk 1
Boring Tucson SUV

[ukdave2002]

One advantage of this new system will be an electronic record of the duty paid; it was 20 years between the import and registration with my MGA, and all I had was a small hand written C&E386 certificate to prove the tax had been paid, it's amazing that I still had it 20 years later! I don't know where I would have stood if it had gone astray !

Dave