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MOTOR TAX The Motor Taxation Offices for County Sligo are located in County Hall, Riverside, Sligo Telephone: 071 911 1830 and in Teach Laighne, Humbert Street, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo Telephone: 071 911 1719, where applications for Motor Tax are processed for owners of vehicles which are ordinarily kept in County Sligo. All business relating to Motor Tax offices can be found on our website at www.sligococo.ie/Services/MotorTaxation/ In the year 2020, €2,923,737 was paid by the registered owners of vehicles to the Motor Tax Offices in Sligo and Tubbercurry for Motor Tax transactions. This was a 40% decrease from the €4,861,276 recorded for the year 2019. The decrease in office transactions related to the Covid-19 pandemic when public desks were closed and customers were advised to carry out their transactions online where possible.
Declaring a Vehicle Temporarily off the Road New procedures were introduced in 2013 for declaring a vehicle is temporarily off the road so that customers do not have to pay motor tax for that period. Since 1st October 2013 it is necessary to declare in advance that a vehicle will be off the road and not in use for a period of between 3 and 12 months using Declaration of Non-Use of a Motor Vehicle Form RF150. The declaration of non-use must be made in the same month that the current motor tax disc expires. If arrears in motor tax are due these must be paid in full plus a minimum of 3 months motor tax, before a declaration of non-use can be made.
Motor Tax Online
www.motortax.ie is an online service provided by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and motor tax customers are encouraged to tax their cars online to avoid queuing delays at their local offices. Statistics from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport statistics show On-Line Motor Tax transactions for Co. Sligo as follows: 31% in 2011
56% in 2016
35% in 2012
58% in 2017
39% in 2013
62% in 2018
48% in 2014
64% in 2019
53% in 2015
80% in 2020
Driving Licences
The Road Safety Authority assumed full responsibility for the driving licence service in 2013. The National Driver Licence Service office in Sligo is located at Ground Floor, Millennium House, Stephen Street, Sligo, opposite the Ulster Bank – Telephone: 076 108 7880 and is open from 9am to 5pm from Monday to Friday and from 9am to 2pm on Saturdays. See also www.ndls.ie.
SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020
