# Verification record — `ie/dttas/motor-tax-renewal` v1.0.0 This file is the **source-review record** for this document version, per the [`manual-source-review-v1`](../../../../../practices/manual-source-review-v1.md) practice. ## Current claim - **`status`:** `draft` - **`verification.method`:** `manual-source-review-v1` - **`verification.lastVerifiedAt`:** `2026-07-04` ## Why this schema exists GOV-960's per-country x per-vertical audit found 7 of this registry's 11 jurisdictions (AU, SG, CA, IE, NZ, IN, NL) had a Drivers-Licence schema but no Vehicle Registration/Tag/Title schema in the DMV vertical. GOV-968 closed one leg of IE's gap with `ie/revenue/vehicle-registration-tax-vrt` — but VRT is a one-time import/first-registration tax, not the recurring annual/periodic motor tax every Irish vehicle must carry to be used on a public road. This GOV-993 research cycle's own audit confirmed IE still had no schema for that recurring renewal (the direct counterpart to `gb/dvla/vehicle-tax`, `de/kba/vehicle-registration`'s renewal leg, `au/nsw/service-nsw/vehicle-registration-renewal`, and `us/*/dmv/vehicle-registration-renewal`), and picked Motor Tax Online (motortax.ie) as the next candidate: it is Ireland's single national online channel for this process (unlike driving-licence renewal's NDLS-run system), with live, unauthenticated guidance pages describing exactly what the online service needs. ## Sources examined - **Document `(id, version)`:** `ie/dttas/motor-tax-renewal` / `1.0.0` - **Spec version:** GovSchema `0.3.0` - **Authority:** Department of Transport, whose Driver and Vehicle Computer Services Division (DVCSD) maintains the National Vehicle and Driver File; motor tax is collected by local authorities' motor tax offices, jointly operating Motor Tax Online with the Department (see `authority.operatedBy`, GSP-0020). - **Primary source:** the live `motortax.ie` login page (), fetched directly as raw HTML via `curl` with a standard desktop user agent, 2026-07-04. No bot-block was encountered (HTTP 200, full page content, including the "What do I need to tax my vehicle online?" and "What types of vehicle can be taxed online?" sections used as the field-level source below). - **Secondary source:** the Department of Transport's gov.ie publication "Motortax: Payments, Renewals and Refund information" (), fetched directly as raw HTML, 2026-07-04 (HTTP 200; a prior `WebFetch` attempt at the same URL returned a tool-level 403, but a direct `curl` with a desktop user agent succeeded — the page itself is not authenticated or bot-blocked). This is the most detailed public description of the renewal process, including the tax-period rules, the commercial-vehicle roadworthiness/RF111A prerequisites, and the online "what you need" list. - **Tertiary source:** citizensinformation.ie's motor tax coverage, found via web search (the page itself returned HTTP 403 to direct `WebFetch`; only the search-result summary was used, and only for values also independently confirmed in the two primary/secondary sources above). - **Live login attempt:** a fabricated registration number (`12D34567`) and PIN (`123456`) were submitted to `motortax.ie/OMT/login.do` (with the page's CSRF token and session cookie). The service returned "Details Incorrect (please see below) — The combination of registration number and PIN entered was not valid" — a real server-side lookup against DVCSD's vehicle/PIN records, not a generic client-side format-validation error. This is the same class of gate already documented for `ca/on/mto/vehicle-permit-renewal` and `au/nsw/service-nsw/vehicle-registration-renewal`: no screen beyond login (vehicle confirmation, tax-period selection, payment) could be reached without an already-issued, real Irish vehicle registration and PIN. - **Form investigated and excluded:** `RF111` (the downloadable "Change of Particulars" form, fetched and text-extracted via `pdfjs-dist`) was initially considered as a possible field-level source, since it is the only motor-tax PDF form readily downloadable from motortax.ie. On review it is a **different service** — notifying a change of name/address, vehicle colour, body type, or tax class — not an application to renew tax, and none of its fields were used here. - **Retrieved / reviewed:** 2026-07-04. - **Reviewer:** GovSchema Engineering (Standards Engineer — initial authoring source review). ## What was confirmed against the source | Source element | Field(s) | |---|---| | motortax.ie — "What types of vehicle can be taxed online?" list; gov.ie — "The following tax classes are available for online processing" | `vehicleTaxClass` | | motortax.ie login page (live) — registration-number field `loginRegNo`, maxlength 11 | `vehicleRegistrationNumber` | | motortax.ie login page (live) — PIN field `loginPin`; gov.ie — PIN issuance and first-time-taxing VIN exception | `pin` | | gov.ie — "Motor tax discs are issued for periods of three, six, or 12 whole calendar months... Vehicles with an annual tax of EUR119 or less can only be taxed for a 12-month period" | `taxPeriodMonths` | | gov.ie — "in the case of light goods vehicles... the owner must have already submitted form RF111A... to the local motor tax office" | `isLightGoodsVehicle`, `lightGoodsDeclarationSubmitted` | | gov.ie — "Vehicles must have a current roadworthiness certificate" (commercial/goods vehicles renewing online) | `roadworthinessCertificateHeld` | | motortax.ie login page — "What do I need to tax my vehicle online? ... Email address" | `contactEmailAddress` | | gov.ie — "your vehicle insurance details (name of insurer, policy number and expiry date)" | `insuranceCompanyName`, `insurancePolicyNumber`, `insurancePolicyExpiryDate` | | motortax.ie login page / gov.ie — "details of your payment card (Visa or MasterCard)" | `paymentCardType` | ## Honesty flags (deliberate, recorded rather than glossed over) - **No screen beyond login was independently reached.** As with the Ontario and NSW vehicle-registration precedents, the live transaction is gated behind a real registration-number/PIN pair. The tax-class list, tax-period rules, commercial-vehicle prerequisites, and "what you need" list are transcribed from the login page and the Department of Transport's guidance publication, not independently screen-captured past login. - **Whether Motor Tax Online still asks for insurance details is disputed between sources.** A third-party blog surfaced during web search claimed insurance details are "no longer" required online; the Department of Transport's own gov.ie publication (last updated 2025-04-12, more authoritative and more recently updated than the blog) explicitly lists insurer name, policy number, and expiry date under "What do I need to tax my vehicle online?" This schema follows the gov.ie source and models insurance as required; a future review should re-check this directly against a live, authenticated OMT session if access becomes available. - **`paymentCardType`'s enum (Visa/MasterCard only) is a direct quote**, not an inference — unlike `au/nsw/service-nsw/vehicle-registration-renewal`'s analogous field, both sources here name the accepted card brands explicitly. Card number, expiry, and CVV are out of scope by design (PCI DSS data, not a GovSchema field-collection concern). - **Scope excludes first-time taxing (RF100/dealer-mediated), change of particulars (RF111), off-road declaration (RF150), refunds (RF120), and replacement documents (RF134)** — each a distinct motor-tax service named in the gov.ie publication but out of scope for a renewal-only schema. ## Worked example (mock data, not a live submission) **Scenario:** an individual renewing a standard private car's motor tax online for 12 months, with a current insurance policy and no commercial (goods) vehicle requirements. | Field | Mock value | |---|---| | `vehicleTaxClass` | `private_car` | | `vehicleRegistrationNumber` | `12D34567` | | `pin` | `123456` | | `isLightGoodsVehicle` | *(not asked — vehicleTaxClass is not goods_vehicle)* | | `lightGoodsDeclarationSubmitted` | *(not asked)* | | `roadworthinessCertificateHeld` | *(not asked)* | | `taxPeriodMonths` | `12` | | `contactEmailAddress` | `aoife.murphy@example.ie` | | `insuranceCompanyName` | `Example Insurance Ireland DAC` | | `insurancePolicyNumber` | `EI-2026-0456789` | | `insurancePolicyExpiryDate` | `2027-06-30` | | `paymentCardType` | `visa` | Walking this data through the modelled `steps[]`: `vehicle_tax_class`'s transition does not fire (vehicleTaxClass is not `other_not_listed`), so the flow proceeds to `log_in` → `commercial_vehicle_checks` (all three fields correctly left unset, since `vehicleTaxClass` is not `goods_vehicle`) → `tax_period` → `contact_and_insurance` → `payment`, the final step. This is a self-consistency check of the schema's own branching and conditional- requirement logic, not a substitute for a live renewal transaction — see the honesty flags above. See `conformance/ie/dttas/motor-tax-renewal/1.0.0/` for the machine-readable rendering of this same walkthrough. ## Path to `verified` 1. Obtain a real (or realistically complete) Irish vehicle registration number and current PIN to walk the live `motortax.ie` transaction past login and confirm the vehicle-confirmation, tax-period, and payment screens field-by-field. 2. Independently re-confirm whether the online flow still collects insurance details, resolving the disputed-source flag above directly against a live, authenticated session. 3. Consider companion schemas for first-time taxing (RF100), change of particulars (RF111), the off-road declaration (RF150), and refunds (RF120), each explicitly out of scope here. ## Re-verification Per the practice's **Cadence**, `nextReviewBy` is set to **2027-01-01** (6 months). Re-check the source on or before that date and on any `source.url` change.