Motoring Matters - Vehicle Ownership

Registration Fee (RF)	$140
Additional Registration Fee (ARF)
- LGV (Light Goods vehicle)	5% of OMV
- HGV (Heavy Goods vehicle)	5% of OMV
- VHGV (Very Heavy Goods vehicle)	5% of OMV
- GPV (Goods-cum-passenger vehicle)	110% of OMV¹100% of OMV²
- EPV (Engineering Plant vehicle)	Exempted
Certificate of Entitlement (COE)	Bid in Categories C or E
Excise Duty	Exempted
Life Span	20 years
Preferential Additional Registration Fee (PARF)	No PARF Rebates

¹For GPVs registered with COEs obtained from March 2004 to February 2008 tender exercises.
²For GPVs registered with COEs obtained from March 2008 tender exercises and onwards.

New goods vehicles registered between 1 June 2004 and 31 December 2009 are eligible for tax incentives if they are CNG or Bi-fuel (CNG/Petrol) vehicles. Click here for further details.

Note: For the purpose of road tax computation, Engineering Plant Vehicles and Specific Purpose Vehicles are classified as Light Goods Vehicles, Heavy Goods Vehicles or Very Heavy Goods Vehicles according to their maximum laden weight.

Vehicle Types	Maximum Laden Weight (metric tonne)	6-Monthly Road Tax		6-Monthly Road Tax (From 1 July 2008)
Vehicle Types	Maximum Laden Weight (metric tonne)	Diesel (From 1 September 2002 to 30 June 2008)	Petrol & Green From 1 January 2006 to 30 June 2008)	Diesel	Petrol & Green
Light Goods Vehicles¹	mlw £ 3.5	$250	$200	$213	$170
Heavy Goods Vehicles¹	3.5 < mlw £ 7	$385	$308	$328	$262
	7 < mlw £ 11	$425	$340	$362	$289
	11 < mlw £ 16	$575	$460	$489	$391
Very Heavy Goods Vehicles (excluding Prime Movers)	16 < mlw £ 20 (2axles)*	$1,000	$800	$850	$680
	16 < mlw £ 20 (3 axles)*	$650	$520	$553	$442
	20 < mlw £ 26	$900	$720	$765	$612
	26 < mlw £ 32	$900	$720	$765	$612
	32 < mlw £ 40 (4 axles)*	$1,400	$1,120	$1,190	$952
	32 < mlw £ 40 (>=5 axles)*	$1,000	$800	$850	$680
	40< mlw £ 55	$1,500	$1,200	$1,275	$1,020
	mlw > 55	$1,750	$1,400	$1,488	$1,190
Very Heavy Goods Vehicles (Prime Movers)	mlw £ 20	$650		$553
	20 < mlw £ 26	$900		$765
	26< mlw £ 32	$900		$765
	32< mlw £ 40	$1,000		$850
	40 < mlw £ 55	$1,500		$1,275
	mlw > 55	$1,750		$1,488

¹Exclude Goods-cum-Passenger Vehicles
*For the same maximum laden weight (mlw), a 2-axle vehicle will cause more road damage than a 3-axle vehicle because of the higher loading per axle.

Road Tax Rates for Goods-cum-Passengers Vehicles (GPVs)

Maximum Laden Weight
(metric tonne)

6-Monthly Road Tax
(From 1 September 2007 to 30 June 2008)

6-Monthly Road Tax
(From 1 July 2008)

Diesel

Petrol

Diesel

Petrol

mlw £ 3.5
$437

$350

$372

$298

mlw > 3.5
$572

$458

$487

$390

Age of Vehicle	Annual Road Tax Surcharge
More than 10 years	10%
More than 11 years	20%
More than 12 years	30%
More than 13 years	40%
More than 14 years	50%

Late Payment Fee (1st Month)	Offer of Composition (>1 Month)	Warrant Fee (>2.5 Months)	Additional Offer of Composition (>3 Months)
$50	$50	$15	$150

Last Updated on 21/06/2008