Road tax calculation: Everything you need to know

When calculating road tax for vintage cars, you may not have to pay any road tax at all. For vintage cars 40 years or older, for example, you don't have to pay road tax. This is because oldtimer owners often do not drive the oldtimer very much. All oldtimers whose first registration is at least 40 years ago are automatically exempt. If you use the oldtimer for business purposes, the exemption expires.

The age at which vintage cars are exempt from road tax changed from 25 to 40 years in 2014. Oldtimer owners who initially received exemption then suddenly had to pay road tax again. For these people, an oldtimer regulation was created, the transitional regulation. All oldtimers that run on gasoline, are not used commercially and were put into service between January 1, 1978 and January 1, 1988, can benefit from the transitional scheme. As a result, oldtimer owners pay a lot less road tax than the regular amount.

Motor vehicle tax is an official term established by law. The term motor vehicle tax is also known as road tax. The tax authorities use the term motor vehicle tax exclusively. It is important not to get confused by these two terms because they mean exactly the same thing.

The National Road Administration(RDW) is mainly responsible for registering vehicles and assigning license plates. The RDW is also the pointed authority you need to go to for checking car data. Would you like us to calculate your road tax? Then we collect your data from the RDW by means of the license plate number.

In case you are not going to use your car for a longer period of time, you can have the license plate temporarily suspended at the RDW. Because of the suspension you do not have to pay road tax. Also, you can stop your car insurance and you will no longer have to pay road tax. It is worth mentioning that the RDW is not responsible for collecting road tax.

If you have sold the car, this also means that you do not have to pay road tax for that car. Because the car is no longer in your name, the tax authorities also process this in the system and your road tax is also cancelled. If money is still deducted from your account by the tax authorities, it will be refunded. But if all is well, the synchronization between the RDW and the tax authorities runs smoothly, and you can suffice with a notification to the RDW.

Everyone who owns a motor vehicle must pay road tax. However, there is an exception to this rule. The motor vehicles for which you can be exempted from paying road tax belong to the so-called classic cars, where its commissioning dates back at least 40 years.

Fully electric cars or cars with hydrogen combustion engines, are also among the motor vehicles for which there is no road tax to pay. This rule applies through 2024. For plug-in hybrid cars, road tax may be met at half the price. Other motor vehicles for which there is no road tax to be paid include:

• police and fire department motor vehicles;
• ambulances and animal ambulances;
• hearses;
• garbage trucks, street sweepers and gully cleaners;
• motor vehicles used for road construction and maintenance.

Do you own a car that claims exemption from road tax? Then you can request this through a request to the tax authorities. To do so, you must fill out the form Request for exemption from road tax.

Want to cut back on paying road tax? When buying a car, this is certainly possible. As stated earlier, the amount paid in road tax varies by car. The whole boils down to this: the heavier the car, the higher the amount you will have to pay in road tax. So do you choose a car with less weight? Then you will also pay much less in road tax.

As a result, the savings on road tax can amount to hundreds of euros. The type of fuel consumption also influences the amount of road tax you have to pay. It is good to know that a gasoline car pays less road tax than a diesel car. If you do not wish to pay any road tax at all, you can purchase a fully electric car. Fully electric cars are exempt from paying road tax until 2024.

Are you still in the dark about which type of car you would like to purchase? If so, you can calculate in advance the road taxes for the different car models and choose which type of car you will pay the least in road taxes. In addition, you could also calculate the cost of insurance for the different types of cars.

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If the amount of road tax is already clear, now is the time to calculate your insurance. With us it is possible to give you an overview of the different insurance policies in 3 easy steps. By entering your date of birth, you can immediately calculate which premium best suits you. In less than 5 minutes it is possible to complete the insurance and be insured on the road. You can save up to €200.

Do you have any questions? If so, please contact us. We are happy to help! We can be reached Monday through Friday between 08:00 and 18:00 at telephone number 088-6883700.

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