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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, I'm looking to buy a seemingly undamaged car exported from Denmark. I checked its record on motorregister.skat.dk and found a 'Totalskadet køretøj' entry under the Blokeringsstatus section. I couldn't find any specific records of car incidents, where the car could have been damaged.

We randomly checked 29 exported cars from Denmark, and 11 of them had the same 'Totalskadet' record. Out of these, 8 were Toyotas.

Is there a scheme to falsely label cars as totally damaged for export, possibly to reduce taxes? Or is it more likely that damaged cars are being well repaired after the export and sold as undamaged?

Thanks

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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/notilucent at 2024-03-08 23:46:33+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

jGbi33Zg at 2024-03-09 07:02:43+00:00 ID: ku1evvy

To my knowledge, any car that is sold for export you can get the remaining car tax back, it does not have to be declared Totalskadet.

Toyota's are by far the most popular export cars, and then Mercedes, Audi, and BMW.

If a car is declared Totalskadet in Denmark, the repair cost exceeds 57% of the car's value. Getting a car repaired in Denmark is very expensive, therefore you can find cars that looks like they have little damage, but spare parts and painting makes it too expensive to repair. These cars are declared Totalskadet, and the insurance company get the remaining car tax back, and the VAT, after that the car is sold on auction for the highest bidder.

Some car dealers also export most of the cars that they get from trading to a new car. They do this because making it ready for sale is either too expensive, or they just can't be bothered to do the work.