Exempt Vehicles

The following vehicles are exempt from liability to pay vehicle motor tax:

  1. State-owned vehicles
  2. Diplomatic vehicles
  3. Vehicles exempted under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations, 1994 (SI No 353 of 1994)
  4. Vehicles (including any cycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power) not exceeding 400 kilograms in weight unladen adapted and used for invalids
  5. Vehicles which are used exclusively for the transport (whether by carriage or traction) of lifeboats and their gear or any equipment for affording assistance towards the preservation of life and property in cases of ship-wreck and distress at sea
  6. Vehicles which are used exclusively for mountain and cave rescue purposes
  7. Vehicles which are used exclusively for underwater search and recovery purposes
  8. Vehicles which are used exclusively for the transport (whether by carriage or traction) of road construction machinery which is built in as part of such vehicle or otherwise permanently attached thereto, carries no load except articles or materials used for the purpose of the road construction machinery and is used for no purpose other than the construction or repair of roads
  9. Refuse carts, sweeping machines or watering machines used exclusively for cleansing public streets and roads
  10. Ambulances, road-rollers or fire engines
  11. Vehicles kept by a local authority and used exclusively for the purpose of their fire brigade service

 

The National Vehicle and Driver File database (NVDF) computer system in your local motor tax office will be updated to show the vehicle exemption status in order for your vehicle to be taxted as Exempt.  If not, the customer will be advised to contact the Revenue Commissions, Coolshannagh, Monaghan, Telephone: 047 82800 or DDA, Ballindine, Co Mayo, Telephone: 094 9364266.

Should a vehicle be no longer entitled to exemption and there is still a valid disc on the vehicle, the vehicle owner should surrender the disc and the Vehicle Registration Certificate to their nearest Motor Tax Office and pay the additional monies liable for taxation at the private rate.  Since 2019, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in Shannon do advise Motor Tax offices when an exemption status is to be removed from a vehicle.

If you sell a vehicle and there is still a valid exempt disc on the vehicle, please arrange to hand the exempt disc into your nearest Motor Tax Office for cancellation.