How to find out the car tax? Transport tax

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Any owner of a vehicle must pay tax on it, which is mandatory. This instruction contains the Tax Code. How to find out car tax? We multiply the base rate of transport tax, which is valid in the region of residence, by the amount of horsepower.

Concepts and definitions

This type of tax is regional. That is, tax rates are set by the authorities in the regions. They determine the terms of payment and preferential categories of citizens.

Tax revenues are used to cover the costs of the road infrastructure of the region where they were taken. Based on this, each region has its own tax rate. These funds finance federal projects. That is, the construction of a private highway is financed by the funds of the investors who build it.

Fee required

Tax on the use of a vehicle can be determined by knowing the power of the engine. It is calculated by multiplying the amount of horsepower by various coefficients.

In case afterrepair, the engine power has undergone changes, it is necessary to write an application to the traffic police indicating the new data.

Legal owners will have to calculate the amount of tax themselves. For an individual, the calculation will be carried out by the tax office.

Everyone who has is obliged to pay tax:

• cars;
• motorcycles and scooters;
• planes and helicopters;
• buses, ships, etc.

That is, everything that moves through the motor will have to pay. This is also indicated by chapter 28 of the Tax Code (second part).

What to pay for

If your car is listed on the organization's balance sheet, the main tax items will be paid by the legal entity. But in some cases, the owner himself must pay the tax:

• for technical inspection, which must be periodically passed;
• for the purchase of a new car;
• for changes in specifications.

Only the owner who sells his vehicle (deregisters) is exempt from payment.

How to find out the tax on a car: for example, on the tax website in your "My Account". You just need to register.

Checking the sum

Let's take a closer look at checking tax amounts. Note that if notifications from the tax office do not come, the car owner must independently submit information that he owns the vehicle.

Sources to check which car tax is:

• public service portal;
• tax website;
• FSSP (Bailiff Service).

The first two departments will provide information only after you have been registered. On the same sites, you can check the correctness of the specified data, print a receipt if you want to pay through Sberbank. Portals provide an opportunity to pay off existing debt, if any, online.

The last site does not require registration. But it is important to remember that the data on it appear only after the courts for non-payment of taxes. That is, with a significant delay. It also provides an opportunity to pay off the debt. After payment, information from the site disappears.

Find out the amount of debt by number

If you want to check the tax on the car when you personally contact the tax office, presenting only its number, you still have to show your ID.

This information cannot be found through the Internet. In addition, almost all sites will ask you for data:

• SNILS;
• TIN;
• passports.

Let's consider how to find out the tax on a car by last name or TIN. What is nice is that this is done without visiting various instances. You just need to register on the website of the Federal Tax Service, get access to the "Personal Account". Unfortunately, in this case, one cannot do without visiting the institution:

• apply via website or in person;
• receive a card with login and password (whenmandatory personal visit to the inspection); it is possible to generate a personal digital signature issued to an individual by a certification center: for this, do not forget to take any data carrier;
• go to the "Personal Account", click "Electronic Services"; then search for "Pay taxes"; here you already see the entire amount of debt that you have for all objects of taxation.

Use the public services portal

Registration is required. You must enter your personal data, address of residence, be sure to indicate your email address.

Next, you need to enter the social security card number and agree to the processing of data.

Choose the option to receive the activation code: in person at Rostelecom offices or by mail.

After you have activated your data, enter the password sent to your cell phone number or email.

On the site, look for the necessary pages, select the type of debt you are interested in and find out how to find out the car tax.

Benefits of a personal account

Registering on the websites of official services has its advantages:

• provide an opportunity for the owner of the vehicle to find out the amount of current required payments, thereby avoiding debts;
• it is possible to choose options on how to pay car tax - print a receipt for payment through Sberbank or pay the amount via the Internet by paying with a bank card;
• availability of feedback from the inspection allows you to find outissues related to the calculation and payment of transport tax.

Calculate the amount due

The tax on the car is paid by horsepower: we multiply their volume by the base rate.

When deregistering a car in the middle of the year, the calculation formula will look a little different:

The tax is equal to the ratio of the product of the number of hp, the base rate and the number of months to the total number of months in the year.

Example: In July 2015, you sold a car with a 95 hp engine. The amount of tax payable for 2015 will be as follows.

Tax=(952.56)/12=118.75 rubles

The calculation for owners of other vehicles (except cars) is about the same: you need to know the power (except for aircraft with jet engines), the period of ownership and the base rate (the latter can be found on the website of the Federal Tax Service or from other official sources).

However, each type of remedy has its own characteristics. So, the tax base is:

• Gross tonnage. Needed to calculate tax if you have a water non-self-propelled vehicle.
• The thrust of a jet engine, calculated in kilograms of force (if you own an aircraft with a similar engine).

Conclusion: each object for calculating transport tax has its own base, which can be found in the Tax Code.

Does everyone have to pay tax

Is there a car tax exemption for pensioners - you can find out by contactinglocal branch of the Road Safety Inspectorate or tax office.

In general, privileged categories of citizens differ by region of the country. However, there are a few groups that are definitely exempt no matter what:

• citizens with 1st and 2nd disability groups;
• parents and guardians of disabled people under 18;
• veterans of the Great Patriotic War;
• Heroes of the USSR and the Russian Federation.

In addition, the car tax on horsepower will be zero if:

• car issued by the social security authorities to a disabled person and engine power does not exceed 100 "horses";
• vehicle belongs to government departments (e.g. Ministry of Emergency Situations, fire brigade, Ministry of Defense, etc.).

New car tax

Many are faced with the question: the car is less than 3 years old - is the tax paid or not? The answer is unequivocal: yes. The payment of transport tax arises from a citizen at the time of buying a car and disappears on the day when he sells it. It does not matter how long the car was owned: a week, a year or eight years - you will have to pay for the entire time of use.

Usually a similar question arises when selling a car. If it has been owned for less than three years, it is necessary to pay sales tax, the amount of which will be 13% of the cost of the car. In addition, here it is necessary to understand whether you received a profit from the sale or not. If you sold for less than you bought, there is no need to pay.

But, again, this has nothing to do with paying vehicle tax. In any case, you will have to calculate the car tax and pay it, even if you have owned it for only one day.

When to pay

The Tax Code (Article 363) indicates that the payment for the past year must be made by the end of October next year. In other words, for 2015, the car tax, which can be checked via the Internet, must be paid before October 2016. A month before the end of the term, the tax service is obliged to send a notice with a precisely specified amount. If it didn't:

• it's better to go to the tax office yourself and take a receipt for payment;
• go to the website of public services and / or the same inspection, find the page with the required name of the tax and find out.

There and pay her. If this is not done, the pen alty will be one-fifth of the tax plus some interest accrued daily.

Changes in legislation

In 2016, new rules for calculating the amount payable are introduced. It will be more difficult to calculate the tax on a car: now it will also depend on the year of manufacture of the vehicle, the environmental standard, and the engine size.

The payment terms are also changing: they are extended by two months - until December.

What is the result

Let's highlight the main points.

How to find out the car tax:

• Having received a notice from the tax registered mail. Usually sent a maximum of one month before the due date. Containsreceipt with details and amount.
• Through the Internet, by going to the website of the tax, bailiff service or public services portal. In the first two cases, you will need to enter personal data and register. The last site will provide information about debts by last name.
• Through a personal visit to the tax office. Don't forget your ID. If the tax office does not know anything about your property, you must present a car passport, a contract of sale, a registration certificate.

How to pay car tax:

• At Sberbank on a receipt that came from the tax office. Or which I had to take myself.
• Through the portals of federal services (this may be the website of the tax office or government services). After registration, you get access to information on all your taxable objects, possible pen alties and debts.