Revenue has announced the results of the recent major national crackdown on Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) offences, carried out in late March and 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 just over €1.4m. Revenue has so far received €351,000 and collected penalties of more than €118,000 linked to this.
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 vehicles (13 due to illegal plates) to be put in order. Revenue says these provisional figures reflect the increased volume of vehicles being purchased in Northern Ireland.
