Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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135. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners valued a second-hand vehicle purchased by a person (details supplied) for €4,000 at €16,719 and applied VRT of €5,979; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36185/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that the difficulty in the case to which the Deputy is referring arose because the person in question incorrectly informed Revenue that the vehicle had been converted from a goods vehicle to a passenger vehicle thereby generating a liability to Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT).

Revenue subsequently made direct contact with the person who confirmed that his concerns related to motor tax and the incorrect classification of the vehicle. He also confirmed that no vehicle conversion had taken place. On foot of these clarifications, Revenue confirmed to the person that there was no VRT due, and no payment was made.