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Change vehicle tax payment

You can pay vehicle tax in one, two or four instalments. It is possible to change the number of instalments once in a tax period.

You must give notification of changing the instalment before the first due date of a new tax period. When you pay your vehicle tax in instalments, a charge of EUR 3 will be added to each instalment.

The vehicle tax instalment can be changed only by the taxpayer. This is the person liable for the vehicle tax.

You are the taxpayer in the following cases:

  • You are the vehicle holder, i.e., the principal user of the vehicle, and this information has been recorded in the Transport Register.
  • You are the vehicle owner and the vehicle does not have a holder according to the Transport Register.

Do the following

  • Step 1

    Log in to My e-Services

    After identification, select personal services or acting on behalf of a company/an organisation as the service role.

  • Step 2

    You can change the instalment under Vehicle taxation

    Under My vehicles and services, select the vehicle that the instalment change concerns. All vehicles that you own and hold have been listed on the page. Select the registration number that the instalment change concerns.

  • Step 3

    You have successfully selected the instalment when the confirmation view is displayed.

    You may print or save the confirmation if necessary.

    The confirmation is also saved in My Activities.

  • Step 4

    You can go back to check the vehicle details by clicking Vehicle information

    You will find the up-to-date tax information under Vehicle tax and services, where you can pay the possible unpaid tax directly.

    Check and pay vehicle tax

Frequently asked questions about changing the instalment

Changing the instalment is not possible if:

  • The tax period has ended
  • The first instalment has already been paid
  • The number of instalment has already been changed

When you pay your vehicle tax in two instalments, the payment periods are 183 days and 182 days (in a leap year, 183 days).

When the vehicle tax is paid in four instalments, instalments 1–3 cover 91 days, while the fourth instalment covers 92 days (93 during a leap year).

The due date will not change after the instalment has been changed. Check the unpaid amount of vehicle tax from the vehicle information after you have changed the instalment.

Change the instalment in your online bank. The tax bill sent by Traficom is attached to the e-invoice. Check the amount of the instalment and modify the sum of the payment to correspond to the instalment.

If you have received a payment reminder, you can still change the instalment in My e-Services. 

After having changed the instalment, you can pay the vehicle tax directly from My e-Services, where the proportion of the late payment interest has been taken into account.

The tax bill, which is the invoice sent by Traficom, contains a table of instalments. Check the amount of the instalment from the tax bill and pay the sum according to the first instalment.

Please note that if you have received a payment reminder, the instalment cannot be selected by paying. 

Vehicle Tax Act

1281/2003Valid from: 01/01/2004

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