Lifetime Road Tax Calculator (Karnataka)
If you are planning to move to Bangalore (or any part of Karnataka for that matter) from some other state, and if you are planning to bring your vehicle along, you would have faced the problem of paying your lifetime road tax again in Karnataka.
If not, here is the context. When you buy a vehicle anywhere in India, you need to pay road tax to the respective state government. This tax is proportional to the invoice amount of your vehicle.
Now when you move your vehicle from one state to another for a period of more than a year, you are supposed to pay the lifetime road tax again in the new state. And Karnataka is known to have one of the highest road tax rates in the country. Many a times, vehicle owners may end up paying a pretty high road tax, even if he is better off selling of the vehicle in the original state and buying another one in Karnataka.
Keeping that in mind I have prepared a little Excel based tool that will help you calculate the road-tax you are liable to pay in Karnataka and thus make an informed decision of whether to bring your vehicle from another state.
Link to the tool : Lifetime Road Tax Calculator - Karnataka
The amount is calculated based on the tax rates published on the website of the Transport Department of Government of Karnataka. The rates may change over time and you can update the tool accordingly.
LINKS
2 Wheelers : http://transport.karnataka.gov.in/index.php/information/details/schedule_part_a_one
4 Wheelers : http://transport.karnataka.gov.in/index.php/information/details/schedule_part_a_five
If not, here is the context. When you buy a vehicle anywhere in India, you need to pay road tax to the respective state government. This tax is proportional to the invoice amount of your vehicle.
Now when you move your vehicle from one state to another for a period of more than a year, you are supposed to pay the lifetime road tax again in the new state. And Karnataka is known to have one of the highest road tax rates in the country. Many a times, vehicle owners may end up paying a pretty high road tax, even if he is better off selling of the vehicle in the original state and buying another one in Karnataka.
Keeping that in mind I have prepared a little Excel based tool that will help you calculate the road-tax you are liable to pay in Karnataka and thus make an informed decision of whether to bring your vehicle from another state.
Link to the tool : Lifetime Road Tax Calculator - Karnataka
The amount is calculated based on the tax rates published on the website of the Transport Department of Government of Karnataka. The rates may change over time and you can update the tool accordingly.
LINKS
2 Wheelers : http://transport.karnataka.gov.in/index.php/information/details/schedule_part_a_one
4 Wheelers : http://transport.karnataka.gov.in/index.php/information/details/schedule_part_a_five
Thank you so much for this wonderful and detailed article. You have no idea how much effort you've saved for people here! Kudos to your effort! You are awesome!
ReplyDeleteHi Sagaran,
ReplyDeleteHoping you review queries on this site :)
I have a query on road tax. I bought a 2nd hand car in Pune, Maharashtra 2 years ago. I took NOC at that time since the intention was to move to Bangalore for good. However, I continued to stay in Pune till now, and the car as well. Now i want to move the car to Bangalore. So here are few queries. I fully understand you may or may not have all the answers... but I am just reaching out for help anyway. If you can help fully or partly, would be much appreciated...
1. If i register the car in Bangalore after paying road tax, will I get the road tax refunded back to me? or to the 1st owner?
2. What is the calculation for fine for the NOC that was taken 2 years ago? In Maharashtra, it seems, it is Rs 2/- per day.
3. Can i cancel the current NOC (issued 2 years ago) by Bangalore RTO? And get a fresh NOC so that I dont have to pay fine?
4. Would it be better to sell the car in Pune itself? For this, NOC wil have to be cancelled, some affidavit to be made (not sure how painful it is), and car re-registered in my name, before selling it.
Many Thanks,
Vijay
98454-04008
Good Information. Thank you. Thanks for the calculator as well.
ReplyDeleteWould you please suggest if we need to pay the full tax amount. Or only the difference amount?
I would like to bring my bike(TN) here to Banglore. How much I have to pay as a road tax
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI was given a company car in Feb 2011 in West Bengal, which was purchased by a finanicial leasing company at a price of Rs 6,35,000 plus VAT, totalling Rs 7,25,000, and hypothecated to it. In Jan 2016, company paid remaining amounts to leasing company and the car was transferred to the company. The company, in turn, transferred the car to me (individual owner) at a residual price of Rs 1,55,000/-. I had to pay road tax to WB (Kolkata) for registering the car in my name in Feb 2016. The car is in my name now.
Subsequently, I shifted the car to Karnataka in Feb 2016 and registered in Karnataka, paying a whopping road tax amount of Rs 84,107?-. RTO refused to give details of calculations but I had no option but to pay.Now the car is registered in Bengaluru (Karnataka) in my name.
I now intend to shift the car back to Kolkata (WB) in Jan 2020. I will continue to be the owner when I will re-register in Kolkata; i.e current owner in Bengaluru and owner in Kolkata (WB) registration will be same.
Will I be eligible to claim refund of road tax from RTO Bengaluru? Since I have used the car in Bengaluru for only 4 years, will I be eligible to get refund of road tax 84,107 x(15-4)/15 = 61,678/-? Nobody in RTO is willing to confirm or clarify on refund eligibility or refund amount. I am unable to decide if I should shift the vehicle or sell the car here in bengaluru.
Please advise.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI was given a company car in Feb 2011 in West Bengal, which was purchased by a finanicial leasing company at a price of Rs 6,35,000 plus VAT, totalling Rs 7,25,000, and hypothecated to it. In Jan 2016, company paid remaining amounts to leasing company and the car was transferred to the company. The company, in turn, transferred the car to me (individual owner) at a residual price of Rs 1,55,000/-. I had to pay road tax to WB (Kolkata) for registering the car in my name in Feb 2016. The car is in my name now.
Subsequently, I shifted the car to Karnataka in Feb 2016 and registered in Karnataka, paying a whopping road tax amount of Rs 84,107?-. RTO refused to give details of calculations but I had no option but to pay.Now the car is registered in Bengaluru (Karnataka) in my name.
I now intend to shift the car back to Kolkata (WB) in Jan 2020. I will continue to be the owner when I will re-register in Kolkata; i.e current owner in Bengaluru and owner in Kolkata (WB) after re-registration will be same.
Will I be eligible to claim refund of road tax from RTO Bengaluru? Since I have used the car in Bengaluru for only 4 years, will I be eligible to get refund of road tax 84,107 x(15-4)/15 = 61,678/-? Nobody in RTO is willing to confirm or clarify on refund eligibility or refund amount. I am unable to decide if I should shift the vehicle or sell the car here in bengaluru.
Please advise.
Hi, I'm planning to go through the same process. Thanks for sharing your experience via blogs. Can you please tell me if the "Invoice" amount would usually include road tax and insurance already paid in the previous state? Because the vehicle invoice has the price of the vehicle + Road Tax + Insurance as the Invoice amount. Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteMy reply is probably too late. I went to K R Puram RTO for re-registration today. I saw that VAT and ex-showroom price were only used for the calculation. Road Tax and insurance paid in other state are not included in the calculation.
DeleteThe information you provided is very helpful. Many people get discouraged to get the paperwork done on their own because such detailed information is missing. Thank you Sagaran for the post.
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