Tax
# Vehicle taxes
Motor vehicle owners must pay motor vehicle tax. Special provisions apply
to people with disabilities.
To Services
Enforcement against you can be temporarily suspended or restricted if there are equitable grounds. Inequity exists if enforcement would cause you an unreasonable disadvantage that can be avoided by waiting a short time.If you are the owner of a vehicle, you can apply for a vehicle tax concession in the form of a tax reduction or complete exemption from vehicle tax under certain conditions.As soon as your vehicle has been registered, you generally have to pay vehicle tax. The amount you have to pay depends on the technical assessment basis of your vehicle.If you are the owner of a motor vehicle as a person with a severe disability, you may have to pay less motor vehicle tax or none at all under certain conditions. To do this, apply for a vehicle tax concession.If you transport your vehicle by rail for a certain number of journeys within a 12-month period, you can receive a full or partial refund of the vehicle tax under certain conditions.Have you purchased an all-electric vehicle or converted an existing vehicle to an all-electric vehicle? Then you can be exempt from vehicle tax for up to 10 years.Als angehörige Person einer ausländischen Mission oder berufskonsularischen Vertretung haben Sie ein neues Fahrzeug in einem anderen EU-Land gekauft und führen dieses in Deutschland ein? Dafür müssen Sie im Rahmen der Fahrzeugeinzelbesteuerung deutsche Umsatzsteuer entrichten.
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