In December, the Tax on Mechanical Towing Vehicles (IVTM) tax period ends, leaving many households wondering whether it is appropriate
keep paying taxes or face other expenses associated with maintaining a vehicle that is no longer used.
In most cases, the answer is no, leading hundreds of thousands of owners to request demolition removal and final disposal in the last month of the year. This increases the demand for service at scrapyards and there are many
Vehicle Treatment Centers approved by CATV who choose to hire additional staff, so that they can guarantee the recycling and decontamination procedure of the vehicles received, as well as the management of their final deregistration in the Vehicle Register of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).
During the last month of the year, the activity of these car treatment centers increased by no less than 60%, receiving more than double the number of applications compared to the previous months of the year.
Except for the events of 2020, where sanitary restrictions prevented scrapyards from operating normally
between the months of March and May -which is also perfectly reflected in the accompanying chart- we can confirm that this is a trend that repeats every year, regardless of other possible factors, such as government support aimed at renewing the fleet and that, as they warn from the RO-DES group, do not work as expected.
Thus, they were delivered in 2021 for scrapping at the CATV facilities
a total of 727,270 vehicles (in passenger cars, industrial cars weighing less than 3,500 kg and SUVs or 4x4s), concentrating almost 14% of operations in the month of December, where a total of 101,068 units were permanently taken out of service for scrapping.
This is one of the problems that the sector has denounced the most in recent months and it is that “the complex bureaucracy involved in applying for and
receive available grants to renew the fleet for a more efficient fleet, creates uncertainty in purchasing decisions and forces users to keep their old cars longer” -according to
Alice Granellof the RO-DES Communications and Marketing Department – has also increased the average age of vehicles received at scrapyards.
This fact inevitably worsens the road safety of our roads and the quality of the air as the cars in circulation become increasingly old and polluting and lack the current driver assistance systems (ADAS) built into the latest vehicles.
The lack of used vehicles and their forced revaluation does not help either, as those who have chosen to purchase a more modern and less polluting car,
they preferred to try their luck sell your used car to another person instead of taking it to a scrap yard where it would have been dismantled and recycled according to current environmental regulations.
Similarly, the average age of the vehicles arriving at the Recognized Treatment Centers has also risen,
according to figures collected by Sigrautofrom 18 years old in 2017 for passenger cars, to almost 20 years old in 2021 in this type of vehicle.
Similarly, the fact that the average age of rehabilitated and recycled vehicles at scrapyards is higher has a direct impact on the quality of second-hand spare parts that can legally only be supplied by these types of companies.
The older the vehicle, the easier it is for many of its components
are not recoverable Or, the ones that are supposed to be in good shape fail after being sold. “This is the specific supply crisis that, despite increased demand and interest in buying recycled spare parts, has also been affecting scrapyards for over a year,” RO-DES reminds us.
In certain situations, CATVs cannot carry out environmental treatment, despite what the regulations require, and the
Definitive deregistration of the vehicle from the DGT. For example, the owner may have problems coordinating the delivery of his car as long as the vehicle does not exist or it is unknown where it is: The owner will have to make an appointment with his Traffic Department and request the permanent removal of the vehicle there. , explaining the reasons that led to this situation and provided that its alleged non-existence or its spread can be proven.
Another possibility is that the car is completely or partially scrapped. Many users think that you are deleting them
they are also required to remove vehicles that have been demolished or dismantled without permission. Even worse, nothing could be further from the truth, because according to Royal Decree 265/2021 “delivery does not incur any costs for the owner if the car has no market value at the end of its useful life or if it is negative, as long as it contains , at least the body and power train, and that it does not contain any other elements that do not belong to it, nor has any form of prior disassembly of components, parts or pieces been carried out”.
Another fairly common case that also disregards CATV’s work in terms of
final recording process relates to the sale or transfer of a car that remains in the name of the previous owner over the years and which, by not implementing the name change of the car, binds the owner in terms of fines and taxes .
In a situation as described above, the solution will have to be found immediately by personally going to an appointment at one of the Provincial Traffic Centers in our country.
Source: La Verdad
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