Written answers
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Department of Finance
Tax Code
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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294. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would have been forgone by eliminating the vehicle registration tax on both previously owned and new electric vehicles from Britain in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [33581/25]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that the current VRT rates for Category A and B electric vehicles (EVs) are 7% and 13.3% respectively. Category M motorcycles are exempt from VRT. EVs with an Open Market Selling Price (OMSP) of up to €40,000 are granted VRT relief of up to €5,000 while EVs with an OMSP of greater than €40,000 but less than €50,000 receive a reduced level of VRT relief. EVs above €50,000 are not eligible for VRT relief.
The following table provides, for each year requested, the value of EV relief and the net VRT liabilities on EVs imported from Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Year | EV Relief €m | EV Relief €m | EV Relief €m | EV Liabilities €m | EV Liabilities €m | EV Liabilities €m |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New | Used | New & Used | New | Used | New & Used | |
2020 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
2021 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
2022 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
2023 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
2024 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
2025* | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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