Recommendations For Used Car Dealers

[opabh]

Has any one got the correct info on Bringing in a vehicle from the us , the Import tax, Like a 2009 Nissan/Titan Pro-4x
Bought for #30,000 us
Thanks

[DavidCMurray]

Import duties are assessed on the basis of a “black book” that Customs uses. It doesn’t matter what you paid or what the car is worth on the open market. To that black book value, they add freight and insurance costs. To the Customs duty you will also have to add the costs of getting the car inspected (safety and emissions) and obtaining a title.

Whether you import your own car (which I will do next time) or buy one that someone else has imported, you will pay these costs in the end.

[opabh]

Thanks David
Where can i find out what those cost would be.
Is there a web site some where ? Has any member had this done
and what did they pay
I plan to move all my stuff and the truck in a container
OPA

[OTTFOG]

I used Barry Wilson of http://www.shipcostarica.com (US Phone (843) 278-5573) to handle everything. I am a car dealer in the US and really appreciated the value of Barry’s service. He will pick the vehicle up in the US, handle the shipping, inspection, registration, and transportation, to your door in Costa Rica. He does it quickly and efficiently and has done is for many years. The small fee he charged was well worth the savings in time and hassle.

He will tell you up front how much it will cost and his estimate is very accurate. Good Luck! Jerry

[TXGringoTico]

Reference was made herein to “black book” value. “Black Book” is a U.S. registered trade name for a publication of used vehicle values that is used almost exclusively by licensed dealers. Some banks and insurance companies may also reference it, but it is primarily a trade publication.

You can get the Costa Rica government’s value of a vehicle (if you know what you’re doing) from http://www.hacienda.go.cr/autohacienda/autovalor.aspx. It is true that the government’s value may not accurately reflect the market value, but it will tell you how they value it for tax purposes. Just be careful, as almost everyone I know who uses this site does something wrong the first 50 times they try to use it.

Now all you need is an accurate representation of the tax schedule (the percentage of value based on number of years of age) which I have absolutely never – not once – seen reported online. Many will tell you what the tax rates are, but those I have seen have been wrong 100% of the time. If I had the chart from CR Aduana, I’d be glad to share it here, but I can’t find it. Call and they’ll gladly tell you. Just don’t trust the so-called experts you’ll find online who are ostensibly knowledgeable. Many (all that I have found) are just repeating information they have heard from some other inaccurate source.

[opabh]

That’s kind off what i thought, Most people have NO clue
what the Costa Rica rule is to every thing, Kind off like in the USA. So bringing in a vehicle is a LARGE ?? Until you have to brake out the Cash, NO List of how they compute each vehicle !! VALUE, If i cover it with mud it might be less.
Thanks all for the info
OPA

[costaricafinca]

[b]soldier[/b], there is a parts store in Liberia for American imports.

[soldier]

costaricafinca,
Thanks for the information, greatly appreciated. Liberia is only about 20-25 minutes from our new retirement home in Playa Hermosa. The truth be told, I am still on the fence whether I want to ship my 4Runner or not. There are those articles and people that say do not ship, then, there are those that say do ship; from the wreaks they have seen come into the port of Lemon.

[costaricafinca]

We shipped a Chevy pick-up last December,[i]’RO-RO'[/i] and used a broker in Limon who dealt with customs, and did a decent job, but if we had to do it again, we would use and recommend Charles Zellers, e-mail to shiptocostarica@racsa.co.cr’ or http://www.abcmudanzas.com/index.html, to do it all!
While waiting around for many, many hours at the compound in Alajuela there was hundreds of vehicles there that had been imported for resale, and the majority looked in decent condition. We saw none that looked as if it had been ‘totaled’ apart from an old MG which my husband wanted to buy!
My husband is a mechanic and does all his own work, so if a problem comes up, he can usually deal with it.
Our other truck, a Nissan we bought here. This was the second Nissan that we have purchased used here, and really had no problems at all.
If you check out the vehicle thoroughly, you should be fine. As others have mentioned, there are many good deals here, due to a slagging economy.

[opabh]

That link will not work, Cant have a @ for a web site
@ is for E-Mail and his web site is linked to a Radio station

[costaricafinca]

Sorry! It is corrected and works.:roll:

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