VAT free? Forums

Manofgresley · Last edited by Manofgresley on Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:27 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hi all.

I am a walking disabled, Blue badge holder, i cannot walk more than 50 yards on occasion without being in severe pain.

I have recently become an "Occasional wheelchair user"

I have 2 questions - 1) does anyone think i qualify to get vat excemption on a new motorhome ??

2) Do you get 17.5% off the asking price, or is there a Custums & Excise formula ?

pamal

You could well be able to get your m/h VAT free under those circumstances. When we bought ours from West Country Motorhomes in Somerset they had all of the forms to apply for the refund for someone in your helath position which is much the same as mine..
If you live in Wales, as my brother in law does, you could get your car free - not an invalid car but a small 4 x 4. He is quite badly disabled and this is his third one.
I did not take up the offer as I got a better deal on a van which was only three months old.
Pamal

asprn

Hi,

This has been covered before - see
http://www.motorhomefacts.com/ftopic-12020-days0-orderasc-0.html

Dougie.

Manofgresley

Thank you all for your help, problem now resolved by those nice people at Brownhills, Newark.

RR

If you receive the high rate mobility allowance you may well be VAT free qualifying.

Differing companies work on differing points of views (some insist on ramps and clamps other don't) and so on Wink

BTW you dont need to be the legal owner but have the vehicle driven for your use Wink

Mardie

Picking up our new van next Thursday. My husband can also walk about 50 yards in comfort, he has a wheelchair but usually uses a mobility scooter which we have been told does not count (how silly)!

We had to have a letter from his GP and show higher rate and blue badge. But all done very easily, it also means that any additions you purchase for your new motorhome come VAT free also and as long as you show you purchased VAT free your servicing in future will also be VAT free.

Hope this helps - Mardie

Invicta

VAT exemption for vehicles used by the disabled need to be simplified IMO!

More and more disabled people are using mobility scooters since they have been reduced considerably in size however the carrying of one of these in a vehicle does not qualify for VAT exemption.

To get VAT exemption the vehicle must be adapted in some way to enable the disabled person to drive it ie adaptations to the brake or steering wheel or a wheelchair being carried in the vehicle. An automatic gear box that many disabled people such as me need in order to be able to drive, is not considered an adaptation.

The fitting of a box on the top or rear of the vehicle in which a wheelchair can be carried also qualifies.

There is a big scam going on at the present time that could spoil the VAT exemption for many disabled people who do qualify. I know of a local dealer who has received many orders for Land Rovers from disabled people. Small easily removable adaptations are fitted to the vehicles. Within a matter of a few weeks there are more orders from the same people for further vehicles. They have obviously removed the adaptation/s and sold the previous vehicles on making a handsome profit in doing so.

This dealer is now taking photographs of all the modifications on vehicles they are selling to disabled people. At the present time there is a loophole that allows this to happen.

If it is found that there has been a violation in the exemption of the non payment of VAT for adapted vehicles for the disabled, it is, I have been told by this dealer, the company that is responsible and liable to pay the VAT back if the misuse of the system is detected. It is not the responsibility of the purchaser to do so.

peedee

I assume you refer to

DABurleigh

Thanks for pointing this case out, if only for academic interest, for although I can think of how they might be charged, from my understanding I'm not sure what law has been broken. An interesting one.

Dave

peedee

There may of course been deliberate collusion between the dealer and the disabled person(s)??? If that can be proved it would be VAT evasion?

peedee