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ONE-YEAR ROAD TAX REBATE FOR PETROL
VEHICLES
News Releases
23 Feb 2015
As announced by
the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman
Shanmugaratnam in the Budget Statement 2015, the Government will
grant a one-year road tax rebate for petrol vehicles to ease the
transition towards higher petrol duties.
2. The road tax rebates
will be applicable for one year, from 1 August 2015 to 31 July
2016, at the following rates – 20% rebate for cars, 60% rebate for
motorcycles, and 100% rebate for commercial vehicles (taxis, buses
and goods vehicles including goods-cum-passenger vehicles).
Non-petrol vehicles will not get the rebate.
Road Tax Rebates for Different Vehicle
Types
Petrol-driven, Petrol-CNG and Petrol-Electric
Cars
3. The road tax for
petrol-driven and petrol-CNG cars will be reduced by 20% for the
one-year period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016, as shown in
Table 1 below. For a typical 1,600cc car using intermediate grade
petrol, the one year road tax rebate of $149 will offset about
two-thirds of the increase in petrol duty.
Table 1: Road Tax Rates for
Cars
Engine Capacity (EC)
in cc
6-Monthly Road Tax Formula
6-Monthly Road Tax Formula With Rebate (1
August 2015 to 31 July 2016)
EC < 600
$200 x 0.782
$200 x 0.6256
600 < EC < 1,000
[$200 + $0.125(EC-600)] x
0.782
[$200 + $0.125(EC-600)] x
0.6256
1,000 < EC < 1,600
[$250 + $0.375(EC-1,000)] x
0.782
[$250 + $0.375(EC-1,000)] x
0.6256
1,600 < EC < 3,000
[$475 + $0.75(EC-1,600)] x
0.782
[$475 + $0.75(EC-1,600)] x
0.6256
EC > 3,000
[$1,525 + $1(EC-3,000)] x
0.782
[$1,525 + $1(EC-3,000)] x
0.6256
4. Similarly, the road tax
for petrol-electric cars will be reduced by 20% during this period.
The road tax payable for petrol-electric cars continues to be based
on either the engine capacity of the conventional engine, or the
maximum motor power rating of the electric motor, whichever is
higher. The road tax for petrol-electric cars from 1 August 2015 to
31 July 2016 is as shown in Table 2 below.
Table 2: Road Tax Rates for
Petrol-Electric Cars
Power Rating,
PR (kW)
6-Monthly Road Tax Formula
6-Monthly Road Tax Formula With Rebate (1
August 2015 to 31 July 2016)
PR ≤ 7.5
$200 x 0.782
$200 x 0.6256
7.5 < PR ≤ 32.5
[$200 + 2(PR-7.5)] x 0.782
[$200 + 2(PR-7.5)] x 0.6256
32.5 < PR ≤ 70
[$250 + 6(PR-32.5)] x 0.782
[$250 + 6(PR-32.5)] x 0.6256
70 < PR ≤ 157.5
[$475+ 12(PR-70)] x 0.782
[$475+ 12(PR-70)] x 0.6256
PR > 157.5
[$1,525 + 16(PR- 157.5)] x
0.782
[$1,525 + 16(PR- 157.5)] x
0.6256
5. With this 20% rebate,
the minimum road tax payment per year for petrol and petrol-hybrid
Off-Peak Cars (OPCs) and revised OPCs[1]will be reduced from $50 to
$40 and $70 to $56 respectively during this period.
Similarly, the road tax of petrol and petrol-hybrid Classic
cars will be reduced from $280 to $224 a year during this
period.
Petrol-driven Motorcycles
6. The road tax for
petrol-driven motorcycles will be reduced by 60% for the period
from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016, as shown in Table 3
below.
Table 3: Road Tax Rates for
Motorcycles
Engine Capacity (EC) in cc
6-Monthly Road Tax Formula
6-Monthly Road Tax Formula With Rebate (1
August 2015 to 31 July 2016)
EC < 200
$40 x 0.782
$40 x 0.3128
200 < EC < 1,000
[$40 + $0.15(EC – 200)] x
0.782
[$40 + $0.15(EC – 200)] x
0.3128
EC > 1,000
[$160+$0.3(EC – 1,000)]x
0.782
[$160+$0.3(EC – 1,000)]x
0.3128
7. Petrol-driven Classic
motorcycles will also be granted the 60% road tax rebate and the
revised road tax payable will be $112 a year during this
period.
Petrol-driven and Petrol-Hybrid Taxis and
Commercial Vehicles (Buses and Goods Vehicles including
Goods-cum-Passenger Vehicles)
8. The road tax for petrol
and petrol-hybrid taxis and commercial vehicles will be reduced by
100%. Hence, commercial vehicles will not need to pay road tax
during this one-year period. The revised tax rates are shown in
Annex A (see Tables 4 to 6). To ensure that their road-tax is
renewed automatically, vehicle owners should still ensure that
road-tax renewal requirements, such as having valid motor insurance
and passing vehicle inspections, are met. Upon successful
auto-renewal, vehicle owners will receive an updated road tax disc.
LTA would like to remind all vehicle owners that using a vehicle
without satisfying these requirements is an offence chargeable
under the Road Traffic Act and liable to a maximum fine of $2,000
upon conviction in Court.
Implementation of Road Tax
Rebates
9. Vehicle owners will be
informed of the road tax payable one month before their current
road tax expires[2].Vehicle owners who need not pay road tax during
this period will also be informed of the road tax auto-renewal
dates and requirements one month before their current road tax
expires.
10. For vehicle owners who have
already paid for road tax beyond 1 August 2015 based on current
road tax rates, the excess road tax paid will automatically be
offset against the road tax payable at the next renewal. If the
vehicle is transferred before its next road tax renewal, the excess
road tax paid will be offset against the transfer fee payable, and
any remaining excess road tax paid will be transferred along with
the vehicle to the new registered owner. For road tax renewals that
extend beyond 31 July 2016, the above-mentioned rebates will only
be applied to the road tax payable up to 31 July
2016.
[1] OPCs are currently given an annual road
tax discount of $800 from that payable by normal cars, subject to a
minimum payment of $50 a year, while revised OPCs are given an
annual road tax discount of $500 from that payable by normal cars,
subject to a minimum payment of $70 a year. There is no
change to the road tax discount given to OPCs and revised
OPCs.
[2] Some vehicle owners receiving the renewal
notices from LTA before June/July 2015 may still receive the road
tax payable based on the old rates. LTA will inform these vehicle
owners of any overpayment and rectify it
subsequently.
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