Car buying  

Hi ph..., you may look for the suitable official information at the web site of the administration of Trier,

http://redaktion.trier.de/praefectus/trier

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On the other hand, you may prefer to transfer the risks and costs of declaring the car at the German authorities on to the trader.

Slimgirl, phone the vehicle registration office ('KfZ-Zulassungsstelle') +49 651 7183388 or send them an e-mail (kfz-zulassung@trier.de). They should be able to explain all details - especially as you're certainly not the first one to register a used car from LUX in Trier. Once you have to go there, try early in the morning (they open at 07:00 h - closed on Tue and Fri afternoons) - otherwise bring time & a book...

If you are buying from a dealer, you don't have to pay the "TVA" in Luxemburg, but in Germany. The dealer should give you a invoice withTVA "0". After Registration of the car you have 2 weeks to pay the German Mehrwertsteuer (16%) to the german tax office Finanzamt.

To register the car in Germany you have to have an official german adress and an insurance-certificate which you will get from any car insurance company. The insurance will be cheaper, if you have driving experience (without accident) - the more years without accident - the cheaper the insurance. As you never had a car-insurance in Germany you have to deal with them, where to start. There are big price-differences - you should compare several offers.

Good luck

Martin

http://www.tuev-nord.de/29881.asp

But is that really for used cars? The one im buying is from 2001 and has 49000 km on it. I thought u only paid custom tax when the car is less then 6 months. Is that not right?

It depends. Sometimes there is TVA on a used car - sometimes not - you have to check with the dealer. If there is TVA on it, the dealer should know about the procedure (see description above) - if there is not - you do not have to deal with the German authorities - in that point 😉

Greetings

Martin

no taxes to pay on that car, only on cars that have less than 6 months or less than 6000km (not to sure about that mileage though).