johnfisher: i am Lebanese married to a Polish woman; we have been living abroad for the last 3 years in the Gulf, and we bought a small car in 2009 (Honda Civic 1.8 cc model 2009)registered abroad under my name -as her husband; i have a residency in poland (one year residency renewable everyyear). The question is: we are relocating to poland for good this April, so if we want to ship the car, do we have to pay tax for it? Also, what are the steps to register it in Poland after shipping it to Gdansk or Gdynia and taking it out from the port? and the cost? I am shipping it to use it in Poland, not interested at all to sell it.
You will most certainly have to pay tax on it in the current circumstances. It might be possible for your wife to ship it into Poland free of tax (if it was in her name and provided that she's been outside the country for long enough). If it is you who registers the car, you can only register it for as long as your residency permit is valid (i.e. no more than one year and you have to reregister it every year).
However, you need to understand that in order to keep the car here after it is more than three years old, it will need to pass Polish vehicle inspections, which means you'll have to adjust it to meet Polish rules (lights etc). Honda Civics are particularly bad for this: a friend of mine bought a tax-free Honda Civic when her aunt moved back to Poland but when she tried to have it converted to Polish standards but was told by the garage that while they could do it, it would make no economic sense to do the work.
Frankly, it'll be far far easier and much more cost-effective to just sell your car and buy one here.
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