Help with BPM calculation for import from UK to NL

[HiRez]

Can anyone help me with a pro-forma BPM (not beats per minute but Belasting Personen Motorvoertuigen) calculation. I have been dreaming of importing a S2 Exige to the Netherlands and I could be getting close with the budget but I need to have an idea of how much BPM I will need to hand to the government upon import.
I've tried a few online BPM calculators but they all yield different results

Could someone do a calculation based on this ad http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/714610.htm or just a fictional 3,5 - 4 year old Exige S2 costing 20.000 UK pounds.

If possible with all the steps showing how you arrived at that number.

Are there any other things I will need to change to make it road legal
Do I need to: change headlight lenses? Speedometer inlay in km/u instead of mph?

Thanks in advance for the help!

PS: Dutch replies are fine. Just thought that posting in English would yield more answers

Edited by HiRez on Saturday 1st November 18:21

[hvdweerden]

The RDW calculator disappeared and is replaced by the one and only correct way on the Douane site :

http://www.douane.nl/variabel/bpm/bpm-33.html#P793...

Check foglights, speedo in miles is no problem

Br, Han

[halfpenny43]

Hi,

I am in the process of importing my UK Elise 111R into the Netherlands. Am experiencing one of two issues with the RDW . . . but that was my fault for not keeping the V5 before I left the UK so am now waiting for an export certificate.

I took the car to Van der Kooi in Amsterdam to "flatten" out the headlamp beam, and will have them APK the car once I have had the Keuring (inspection) completed by the RDW. They suggested that they would pass the car on an APK with the beams flattened rather than replacing the headlamp units for LHD versions.

I spoke to Van der Kooi who gave me the "netto" price of the car (2004 111R) and I then called the Douane. I gave them the netto price of the car and the month and year of manufacture and got an approx BPM calculation of EUR4,600.

Drop me a PM if you want to know more and I'll send you my phone number.

Steven

[shirt]

quick question - is BPM calculated on the original retail price or the current value of the car?

what happens in the case of classic cars?

[HiRez]

BPM is calculated on basis of the original list price. However the importtax based on BPM is depreciated for every month for the age of the car. I believe if a car is more than 8 years old no more importtax is required. See the link to the RDW site above. I think it's available in English.

[HiRez]

Halfpenny43: Thanks for your reply. I guess I'll contact Lotus NL or Van Sten (Lotus Specialist) to get an "official" original price. Unfortunately I think an Exige was quite a bit more than a 111R so the taxman will demand more (current calculations +/- 8000-9000 euro! - based on a 3,5-4 year old Exige if I'm doing everything right).

I was hoping somebody knew original list price (including AC and metallic paint) in NL and could make the calculation for me...

Thanks again!

[shirt]

HiRez said:

BPM is calculated on basis of the original list price. However the importtax based on BPM is depreciated for every month for the age of the car. I believe if a car is more than 8 years old no more importtax is required. See the link to the RDW site above. I think it's available in English.

thanks for the info.

the depreciation tables show a 90% reduction for a car over 9yrs 6mths old plus 0.083% for each additional month. i get this to mean that a car over 19yrs 6mths old is effectively bpm free. perfect for cars i'm looking at i would want to bring.

maybe i'd need to contact the tax office direct, but is bpm waivable for an eu citizen importing a car when immigrating that has been owned for over 6mths? i know vat can be avoided this way.

i must say it a bit bloody complicated!

[HiRez]

Hi Shirt: if you already own the car and you bring it into the country as part of your inventory when moving into Holland you do not have to pay any import tax. However you must hold on to the car for 1 or 2 years (I forget exactly how long). This is to keep people from buying a new car and immediately selling it on arrival (and thus making an insane amount of money which could not be taxed...).

On the taxwebsite of the Dutch government it tells you to call them for further info but I found the basic info here (IN ENGLISH!) http://www.belastingdienst.nl/variabel/buitenland/...

Good luck.

[halfpenny43]

Give the Douane a call on 0800 - 0143 (assuming your in NL), they really are very helpful.

Remember that BPM is calculated on the net price of your car when new so excluding VAT (BTW)and BPM. Then you get the depreciation based on age blah blah blah. Easiest thing to do is phone a dealer who sell your make of car and ask them for the netto price of your car from year X.
You can then call the Douane and they will give you a close estimate of BPM payable. Before I bought the Elise, I was looking at a 2004 Boxster S which I would have had to pay nearly EUR9,000 BPM and a 1993 Carrera 2 which would have been EUR7,000.

I settled on the Elise as it is light therefore my roadtax is cheap as chips too.

My wife bought her car with her from the UK as part of the original move and registered it on Dutch plates for "free". I understand from the Douane that you have 1 year in which to register your car but you have to have previously owned it in the UK for at least one year. You can then qualify as BPM exempt.
You have to keep the car in NL for one year after which time you are free to sell it. My wife for example has just part-ex'd her UK car (1 year gone) in for a new Mini. She had to show the BPM exemption documents to the Mini Dealer before the deal was allowed to be done.

Hope this helps