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Road tax is part of your vehicle ownership tax. Every registered vehicle in Singapore must have valid road tax.
COVID-19 Update: Road tax renewal services will resume at all Road Tax Collection Centres with effect from 19 June 2020. Vehicle owners can also renew road tax online at OneMotoring.
| Understanding road tax |
As a vehicle owner, you must renew the road tax for your vehicle every 6 or 12 months.
When you buy a vehicle, check with the seller if the road tax for your vehicle is already paid.
When you sell a vehicle, any remaining road tax on the vehicle will be transferred to the new owner. |
| Renewing your road tax |
Ensure that your vehicle meets all the renewal prerequisites at least 3 working days before renewing your road tax.
Find out how much road tax you need to pay, including any surcharges.
There are 5 different ways to renew your road tax: There will be late renewal fees and other penalties for late renewal. |
| Related digital services |
Calculate road tax via Vehicle Registration Number (VRN) Calculate road tax via engine capacity and vehicle’s age
To view or print road tax payment receipts for payments in the last 3 months, login to your dashboard. |
| Find out more |
Learn more about vehicle tax structure here. |
You can renew road tax for 6 or 12 months. Before you can renew your road tax, you must meet the renewal prerequisites. Your vehicle must:
If an inspection is due, you will receive a notice.
For Weekend Cars/Off-Peak Cars/Revised Off-Peak Cars and Heavy Vehicles, there may also be additional prerequisites to meet. The road tax of Weekend Cars/Off-Peak Cars/Revised Off-Peak Cars can only be renewed on a 12-monthly basis.
From 15 February 2017, you no longer need to display your road tax disc on your vehicle windscreen. Please remove your expired road tax discs.
If you are travelling to Malaysia, please keep a valid copy of your vehicle’s certificate of insurance, and a PDF copy or printout of your latest road tax validity, in your vehicle.
Download or print your road tax validity
If you are buying a new vehicle, your road tax may be included in the total cost. Please check with your motor dealer.
If you are buying a used vehicle, please check that it has valid road tax before you drive it. The vehicle may come with road tax.
Check the expiry of your vehicle’s road tax here
You have to renew your road tax if it expires before you sell or deregister your vehicle. When a vehicle is sold, any road tax that has been paid will follow the vehicle and be transferred to the new owner. You can consider factoring in the unused road tax into the selling price of your vehicle.
You can pay online or via AXS services, SAM services, GIRO or at Authorised Road Tax Collection Centres.
Before you renew your road tax, meet all your renewal prerequisites at least 3 working days in advance.
You have to renew your road tax before it expires, or you will have to pay late renewal fees and fines. You may also be charged in Court for keeping an unlicensed vehicle.
Before you can renew your road tax, you have to meet these prerequisites:
Make sure your vehicle is covered by insurance for the entire period you are paying road tax. The vehicle insurance must cover third-party liability for deaths and bodily injury. It is a serious offence for a vehicle to be driven without insurance coverage.
If your vehicle is due for periodic inspection, you will receive an inspection notice about 3 months before your road tax expires. If you have misplaced your inspection notice, you can still get your vehicle inspected at LTA-Authorised Inspection Centres without it.
If your vehicle has outstanding fines or warrants from LTA, HDB, URA and TP, it may prevent you from renewing your road tax. To renew your road tax smoothly, ensure that your vehicle has no outstanding fines or warrants with these agencies.
Inspect your vehicle number plate seals at an LTA-Authorised Inspection Centre. Road tax for these vehicles can only be renewed on a 12-monthly basis.
You can check how much road tax to pay by entering your Vehicle Registration Number, or your vehicle's engine capacity and age using the digital services below.
To ease the transition towards higher petrol duties, the Government will provide rebates for petrol and petrol-hybrid vehicles for a one-year period, from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022. Click here to view the news release.
Additional petrol duty rebates are also provided for active taxi and private hire car drivers and individual owners of motorcycles of up to 400cc.
The road tax rebates and additional petrol duty rebates will be granted and disbursed automatically, and there is no need to apply. For vehicle owners who have renewed their road tax before 11 July 2021 for the licensing period beyond 1 August 2021, the excess road tax paid (i.e. Overpayment) will be used to offset the road tax payable at the next renewal. If the vehicle is transferred before the next road tax renewal, the excess road tax paid will be offset against the transfer fee payable, and any amount remaining will be transferred along with the vehicle to the new registered owner.
For vehicles of more than 10 years old, you have to pay a road tax surcharge on top of your vehicle's original road tax.
| Age of vehicle |
Annual road tax surcharge |
|---|---|
| More than 10 years old |
10% of road tax |
| More than 11 years old |
20% of road tax |
| More than 12 years old |
30% of road tax |
| More than 13 years old |
40% of road tax |
| More than 14 years old |
50% of road tax |
Avoid paying additional late renewal fees by renewing your road tax before it expires.
Besides late renewal fees, it is also an offence to keep or use a vehicle whose road tax has expired. The penalty includes a fine up to $2,000.
Check how much late renewal fees you may be charged below.
Cars |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Engine Capacity |
Within 1 month of expiry date |
Between 1 and 2.5 months |
More than 2.5 months |
More than 3 months |
≤1,000cc |
$10 |
$60 |
$80 |
$230 |
1,001–1,600cc |
$20 |
$70 |
$90 |
$240 |
1,601–2,000cc |
$30 |
$80 |
$100 |
$250 |
2,001–3,000cc |
$40 |
$90 |
$110 |
$260 |
≥3,001cc |
$50 |
$100 |
$120 |
$270 |
Business service passenger vehicles (company cars) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Engine Capacity |
Within 1 month of expiry date |
Between 1 and 2.5 months |
More than 2.5 months |
More than 3 months |
N.A. |
$50 |
$100 |
$120 |
$270 |
Motorcycles |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Engine Capacity |
Within 1 month of expiry date |
Between 1 and 2.5 months |
More than 2.5 months |
More than 6 months |
<300cc |
$10 |
$30 |
$50 |
$130 |
≥300cc |
$10 |
$60 |
$80 |
$230 |
Other vehicle types |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Engine Capacity |
Within 1 month of expiry date |
Between 1 and 2.5 months |
More than 2.5 months |
More than 3 months |
N.A. |
$50 |
$100 |
$120 |
$270 |
