dusty_bin wrote:I do not have references but IIRC one can bring a car over as a tourist and then later register it, on the basis that one may change one's plans from being a tourist to being a full time resident. In fact that is exactly what happened to me.
For tax reduction, it is also required that
the vehicle is declared for taxation as removal
goods within six months from the beginning
of the temporary stay. If the vehicle has been
in Finland temporarily free of tax as a so-called
tourist car within the meaning of the second
subsection of Section 2 of the Car Tax Act and
the time limit for the tax-free use of the vehicle
has been extended by a written permit given by
the Customs District concerned, the declaration
may be lodged before the extended period expires
but not later than within 18 months from
the beginning of the temporary stay.
The above-mentioned obligation to declare
is a condition for granting the vehicle tax treatment
as part of removal goods. Thus a vehicle
which has been used in Finland but which
has not been declared for taxation as removal
goods within the prescribed time is not considered
being imported as removal goods.
