How do you import household goods to Ireland in 2026?

Revenue describes eligible imports as certain personal property and household effects, including used clothing, plus defined private vehicles, craft and related items under extra rules. There is no TOR relief for alcoholic or tobacco products beyond normal traveller allowances, tools used in a trade, or commercial vehicles.

Email the completed C&E 1076 (Rev 2) declaration and supporting documents to the Revenue office for your port or airport about two weeks before goods arrive. Proof usually includes prior residence abroad, evidence of the move to Ireland, and ownership or use of the goods (leases, employment, invoices, day-to-day living records). Goods may be examined at the port or later at your residence at your cost.

Have an Irish delivery address ready before the container sails: How to rent a home. Vehicles arriving alone by ferry often use the VRT TOR path and MyEnquiries rather than bundling everything on one mistaken form. Licence exchange is separate: Convert a driving licence.

Pets follow DAFM rules, not TOR packing lists: Bring pets. Keep immigration and tax files moving in parallel: Paperwork after moving and Apply for residence permission. Intra-EU moves use different free-circulation logic than outside-EU TOR relief.