1st time move, forget the car

[Make]

Hi,

I've eventually found a job and will be moving within very short notice (4 weeks) to Tampere. Which is of course great news. One thing I didn't have time to consider is this:

I live in Brussels now and would like to buy a 2nd hand car to take to Finland. But I guess there are loads of rules I have to apply to. That's no problem but I guess as a first time registration to the country I can move anything into the country without paying taxes. Also a car I just bought. Or are there different rules for that??

Thanks for your help!

edit: changed title

[Rosamunda]

WRONG....

You have to have owned the car for six months.

There is lots of advice on this forum, so try the search engine (above) using import car

Such as this one:

bb/viewtopic.php?t=17982&highlight=impo ... automobile

[Make]

OK...

But I could let somebody drive my car and then take it to Finland after 6 months?

Ah well, I'll do the search then.

Thanks!

[Rosamunda]

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[Hank W.]

You can bring anything else except a car. or you can bring a car, but you cannot get it registered before paying taxes. Though if you say what kind of a car we can guesstimate what taxes will be and what/if there is any profit, but do the search.

BTW are you escaping the Partition of Belgium?

[Rosamunda]

Nope.

You have to have owned it six months before your residency in Finland starts.

(BTW the EU has told Finland its car tax rules are illegal under EU law but.... nothing has changed yet. Apparently there are 000's second hand car imports pending over this issue. You could take the risk... but who knows what the outcome will be)

[Rosamunda]

BTW are you escaping the Partition of Belgium?

That was the funniest thing I heard all day.
No wonder the French make "Norwegian" jokes about the Belgians!!!!

[Hank W.]

But I could let somebody drive my car and then take it to Finland after 6 months?

Make, don't take us as *total* idiots. If it was possible, you think I'd be driving a 1988 kadett?.

[Make]

You can bring anything else except a car. or you can bring a car, but you cannot get it registered before paying taxes. Though if you say what kind of a car we can guesstimate what taxes will be and what/if there is any profit, but do the search.

BTW are you escaping the Partition of Belgium?

I'm escaping a bad contract for a famous mobile phone company in Belgium. They suck and I got a job at home now. (my wife lives there).

Anyways, I'll have to maybe reconsider my car buying plans. And just be a nice citizen and eventually buy a car there.
Also doesn't need a rebuild to resist the winter.

But I'll bring everything else!

[Make]

But I could let somebody drive my car and then take it to Finland after 6 months?

Make, don't take us as *total* idiots. If it was possible, you think I'd be driving a 1988 kadett?.

Sorry, I was just seeing what options I have. But not enough. Should've gotten the car 6 months ago. No point to start moaning about it now.

Too bad.

Maybe I could get a 1988 kadett... That's more than I have now.

[Rosamunda]

But there's still hope that Finland will comply with the EU ruling in which case you might be able to import a secondhand car.... in fact, we might all be able to.

[donald]

To add one more thing: Depending on how much you are ready to spend on the car, you might be better off when you buy it from Belgium, bring it to Finland, do all the paper work and pay taxes. As a rule of thumb, if the sum you would be paying for the car is some 10'000 or 15'000€ or even more, then you probably find better stuff outside Finland for your money than up here, despite the import taxes.

Quite a few people import their cars from abroad (typically from Germany).

[Hank W.]

IIRC Belgium is one of the good price ratio countries to get cars from, but the language barrier is formidable Bring a LADA