Car Tax

Kitty1


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 683

Message Posted:
23/10/2008 12:43

Hello,



I suspect this has been asked before but does anyone know what the car tax costs are at the moment? I have a 2 year old 1400cc petrol Opel and it was only 176 ytl last year - I hear it has gone up a lot this year.



Thanks.

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
23/10/2008 13:23

It's based on the kerb weight of your car, to give you an idea here is an extract from Cyprus Today:



The rate for petrol engines with a weight of 1270Kg is 381ytl, 323.85ytl and 285.75ytl for a new, 5 year old and 12 year old car respectively. The bottom weight of the band before that is 1017kg and it's 305.10ytl, 259.34ytl & 228.80 ytl.

Kitty1


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 683

Message Posted:
23/10/2008 16:27

Thanks for that - it's gone up but not as much as I was expecting. At least I've got a decent idea now.



Thanks again.

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
23/10/2008 17:29

kitty,



wait until you go, cannot remember without looking our details but went up from 176 tl last year to 364 this!!!!!!!!

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
01/02/2010 21:26

Hi Gang, bit of info for you,

Road taxed it today, Girne.

Ford Ranger Double Cab Pick up, commercial type, but registered as private owned.

2.5L Diesel, kerb weight 1785Kg

Bought Nov 2005, imported Jan 2007

Road Tax was 800.25YTL

Timed the process, 2 minutes from start to finish.



best regards

TonyE

ClaireCat44



Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 739

Message Posted:
02/02/2010 14:53

I've got a Citroen C3 and I paid 153 tl yesterday. It was 185 tl last year.

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
02/02/2010 15:03

Tony,

Normally the tax for diesels is roughly 1TL per Kg of kerb weight so I couldn't understand why yours was only 800TL. My husband says that it is because pickups have to be made available for military manoeuvres so you get a big discount. For that kind of discount they can use ours any time lol.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
02/02/2010 15:47

the last time i taxed my Diesel Jeep, it was 2,700 TL - but as i paid, i turned to 'er in doors and said "corse you don't mind paying because of the way they take care of the roads"....

brightlights



Joined: 09/11/2009
Posts: 117

Message Posted:
02/02/2010 17:59

hi Aylin, Not heard that one before.....still if things shape up the way they seem to be going in this Island I will actually drop the vehicle off personally to the commandant lol

This is the second year I have paid the same amount of road tax, last year the total sum was 1750TL but 900 or so was the initial once off plate registration charge due after import.

Given that the import tax was only £3.5K this truck seems to have been a winning choice all round. Better look under the mud and maybe give her a polish occasionally!

TonyE

exroyal


Joined: 20/10/2008
Posts: 62

Message Posted:
02/02/2010 18:29

Hi TonyE, Hope you don't mind me asking, how was the import tax so low and after registering it when did you pay the import.

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
02/02/2010 19:15

Apologies to Brightlights, did not check who was logged in on the system...smack!

hi exroyal.

Story..I bought the vehicle in 2005 knowing the Ranger is a rebadged Mazda and so easy to get serviced, ran it in uk to depreciate a bit, drove over here in 2008 paid tax around a year later, in 2009. They have a mindset that says trucks are commercial vehicles, but there is a specific form for registering it as the equivalent of a private car which you should do. Ran it tax free for a year then paid the tax as the going rate.

The tax they calculated from their tables and the Glasses guide equivalent for commercial vehicles. I presume the used retail value of these vehicles is lower than private cars.

As you can probably gather I am a big fan of 4 x 4 diesels, and although sad to see my merc go when I retired, this is now the only vehicle type I would ever own here in the North. The additional road tax cost is nothing compared with the usefulness of the Ranger in this climate.

TonyE

exroyal


Joined: 20/10/2008
Posts: 62

Message Posted:
02/02/2010 20:10

Thanks Tony, I have a Nissan Navara 2.5 Im thinking of bringing over but I thought based on the CC they would charge 4.02 USD on this alone before the additioal 40% of the value.

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
02/02/2010 22:15

It would actually pay to visit the customs in nicosia on your next trip here, and ask them the question in person, they have the tables and I believe would do a quick calc for you.

TonyE

Ellik


Joined: 05/03/2009
Posts: 21

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 13:08

Hi guys,



Any idea how much is going to be the import tax for Audi TT' 2005 1.8T Quattro?