Ferrari Import to Austria -costs?

Where is the car coming from? Where was it previously registered? If it was already registered in the EU then mwst has already been paid. Simply having been driven in Germany and Italy does not automatically mean it was registered in either of those countries.

Apart from mwst there will be additional taxes particular to Austria, one of our Austrian members may have a better idea what you should expect.

 

Hopefully one of the Austrian users will chime in on those.
All the best

 

Just reg fee, a few hundred euro but you will need a state check beforehand. You also need to be a resident. Better to keep on foreign plates though....hello speed cameras!

 

Yes forgot about that. My colleague in prague who has a dealership has an Austrian client with 2 ferrari's who keeps the cars on Czech plates to avoid taxes.

 

Facts: if the car was registered in Italy and/or Germany there is no custom. The Nova for a Ferrari is 16% of the actual trade-value of the car when you import it. The finance will look at the Austrian Eurotax-chars to evalute it.

The CO2-tax is dependant from the CO2-output of your car. It is calculated new from January 1st on:

from 150g till 170g/km: Malus 25 Euro per Gramm
from 170g till 210g/km: Malus 50 Euro per Gramm
from 210g/km upwards: Malus 75 Euro per Gramm

Regards - Webber45

 

Really?? A 210g/km emission will cost you nearly 16,000€!!!!

 

No, don't worry!

F.e. 350 mg/km

till 150 mg/km no tax
20 x 25 = 500
40 x 50 = 2000
140 x 75 = 10.500

Summary = 13.000 Euro

Understood?

When you make the transfer before December 31st it will be little cheaper:

from 160g till 180g/km: Malus 25 Euro per Gramm
from 180g till 220g/km: Malus 50 Euro per Gramm
from 220g/km upwards: Malus 75 Euro per Gramm

Regards - Webber 45

 

Wow!!

Thanks for the explanation.

 

Yeah, its really expensive to own such cars in Austria. If you consider too, that you have speed-limit on the highway with 130 kmh, you should buy a Smart or something like that :-(

This is one of the reasons why I moved myself and my family to Germany.

But now I have another problem: my wife bought a Ferrari too. What did I learn? Can become also expensive in Germany ;-)

Regards - Webber45

 

schest, will it be your only residence then in vienna or will you still have one in germany?

the problem will be the register of the car has to be done in austria (insurance and so on).

there you would have to do:

- pay austrian mwst (and get back german)
- standard car-check (compare TÜV in germany)
- you have to pay NOVA (depends on the fuel consumption)
- CO2-malus (for cars with too high CO2-emission)

details you find here: ÖAMTC: Eigenimport von Gebrauchtfahrzeugen aus der EU / Auto & 2Rad / Autokauf-Ratgeber

and if u need further informations just talk with someone from vienna tax office -->
0043 5 0233 233.

 

Car must be registered where you live. When your main-adress (domicil) is in Austria, you have to import. When your main-adress is in Germany you have to keep it registered in Germany. That is European rule (law).

Regards - Webber45

 

Stefan,

I am in a similar situation.

I am Austrian, living since 4 years in Germany. Have house in Austria as well as in Germany. Because of my job it's a must for me to have my main-adress here in Germany. In my kind of job taxwise it would be much more cheaper to have the main-adress in Austria, but this is not possible.

For my cars it is much cheaper to have it registered in Germany; as you found out too.

If you are working as an employer and your wife is not working, taxwise is much better to have main adress in Germany.

Principles:
1. where is your main-adress you have to pay the taxes following the tax-law of the country of main-adress.
2. your main-adress has to be where you mainly live your life.
3. all of your motor-vehicles have to be registered at your main-adress (European law).

Coming back to your question: yes, your idea to keep the car registered in Germany is not legal.

You can overthink to keep your main-adress in Germany and work in Austria. Would have tax-avantages, especiall in case of your wife doesn't earn money too, and would have the advantage, that your cars have to be registered in Germany.

In this case all your family has to live in Germany, you would have to travel to Germany to stay at your familiy, f.e. for the weekend. Your children have to visit German schools, etc.

If this is not possible for you, than you have to make Austria for your main-adress as well as for your family. Than it is a must to register your cars in Austria.

Be carefully! The Austrian are very sensible on this topic because a lot of people have exclusive cars registered in Germany and other countries, where it is much cheaper than in Austria, but drive this cars in Austria. So they make heavy controls and if they will find you they will give very high penalties to you.

I have checked the complete legal situation around this when I moved me and my family to Germany. I have a car in Austria too. This is to have a car there when I am visiting Austria 5 till 6 times per year by plane. This car must be registered in Germany, even when it is always driven by me in Austria. This is the law.

Sorry for not having better information for you! Good luck in Austria!

Webber45

 

Send me PM - I have a contact in Vienna that might be able to help you further on this
Thanks

 

@ Stefan: what came out now with your situation? Did you find legal way to keep car registgered in Germany?

Regards - Webber45