Vehicle registration tax (Ireland)

A registration tax is in addition to the tax on the first registration of a new vehicle due in some countries.

Denmark

In Denmark, a registration tax ( Registreringsafgift ) is payable on first registration of a new vehicle. Up to a threshold ( currently 79,000 DKK ) it is 105 %, for amounts exceeding 180% are due. The basis for calculation is the price of a new car including 25 % VAT. Reduce the fee if the car has certain safety features or is particularly environmentally friendly.

Example calculation

Austria

See Normverbrauchsabgabe

Singapore

In Singapore, a registration tax of 150 % of market value plus $ 1,000 for private car or $ 5,000 for company goods is payable on first registration of an imported new or used car. The VAT on imported cars is 41 %. In addition you need for the car purchase a Certificate of Entitlement. These allowances will be auctioned in different dependent on engine capacity categories and can again cost about $ 100,000. These and other measures are designed to give the use of public transport to promote and to prevent traffic congestion in the country with the world's second highest population sealing.