Revenue announces results of recent VRT Crackdown
The Revenue Commissioners have announced the results of the recent major national crackdown on VRT offences, which they carried out in late March early April.
The number of vehicles challenged during this period was 3,256,of which 658 were found to be non-compliant, with 276 seized for non-payment of VRT due.
The amount of VRT at risk, in these cases, was €1,404,591. Revenue has, to date, received payments of €351,045 and collected penalties of €118,323 in this regard.
These amounts do not include the VRT voluntarily paid at Vehicle Registration Offices (VROs) in the course of the operation. There have been reports of increases of VRT declarations at VROs.
Warnings were issued for the remaining 382 (13 in respect of illegal plates), to be regularised where immediate seizure was not warranted.
These provisional figures reflect the increased volume of vehicles being purchased in Northern Ireland.
During the operation which concentrated in border areas, Clones, Dundalk, Letterkenny as well as in Cork and Dublin, Custom officials received strong support from the Garda Síochana.
[Ends: 20/04/2009]