Buyers of vehicles abroad face a lot of problems due to non-civil procedures, in particular when it comes to the calculation of DMV for vehicles bought abroad. The 30-day deadline for issuing the DMV decision often means that the buyer can simply park the vehicle for a month or even longer before it can be registered. In many EU countries, e.g. Croatia, the buyer can register the vehicle the same day after the documents have been submitted.

 
The current method seems to me to be completely pointless, as the submitted application often has to wait for almost a month for its processing. Then the purchase of the vehicle and the documents are checked to make sure everything is in order, a decision to pay the DMV is issued, the buyer pays the DMV, FURS issues a receipt for the payment, and the buyer can register the vehicle.

 
I propose that the DMV be collected by authorised vehicle registration bodies and that the order of the procedures be reversed, as is the practice in other countries: the authorised body calculates the DMV and other charges on the basis of the vehicle invoice when the application is submitted, the buyer pays it, the vehicle is registered and the FURS can take its time to check and sanction any irregularities afterwards, in peace of mind.

 
Case in point: Janez Novak sells his old car to buy a new one he found abroad. Under the current system, he can be completely immobile for up to a month and a half. How would you react if a customer came into a shop, bought a kilo of bread, submitted a VAT application, FURS sent him a VAT decision a month later, and then the trader invited him to pick up the month-old bread. I know that the two examples are not exactly comparable, but I wanted to show what unnecessary difficulties we taxable persons face. It seems to me to be completely unacceptable that, in an age of sophisticated IT technology, we should have to wait more than a month before we can put a purchased vehicle into service.

 
Both the staff in the DMV clearance departments of the tax offices and the staff of the authorised registration offices support the proposal, as they are aware of the difficulties that the current system causes for citizens and businesses who buy their vehicle abroad. I am sure that you too want to live in a de-bureaucratised and simplified society, and I hope that the proposal will be heard and listened to.