Apply for transfer of tax liability
You can apply to transfer vehicle tax liability if you are the vehicle’s first owner and want to transfer the tax liability from the holder to yourself.
When can you apply to transfer tax liability?
You can apply to transfer tax liability if you are registered as the vehicle’s first owner in the transport register and a holder has also been registered for the vehicle.
With the application, you can
- transfer the tax liability for a vehicle you own from the holder to yourself
- terminate an agreement on the transfer of tax liability.
With this application, you cannot
- submit registration notifications, such as a change of owner or holder
- apply for a refund of vehicle tax.
Company and organisation customers can submit the application in My e-Services. The applicant must have the right to represent the company or have been granted the mandate for “Handling vehicle tax-related matters”.
Follow these steps below
- Step 1
Log in to My e-Services
After authentication, choose “Acting on behalf of a company/organisation” as your user role.
- Step 2
Fill in the application
Under Vehicle taxation, select Apply to transfer tax liability.
With the application, you can
- transfer tax liability
- terminate a valid transfer agreement.
- Step 3
Check the details and submit the application
Check the application details before submitting it.
You may print or save the confirmation if necessary. The confirmation is also saved in My Activities.
After processing your application, Traficom will send a written confirmation to the email address or postal address given in the application.
Personal customers and others who cannot use My e-Services can apply for the transfer of tax liability with a paper form.
Send the application form to Traficom by post to: Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, PO Box 320, FI-00059 Traficom, Finland.