Changes to road tax from 2025 are underway

The Ministry of Finance plans to make changes to toll taxes, as well as to create a special working group, the purpose of which will be to propose changes regarding the current institutional framework.

Starting in 2025, approximately 5.5 million vehicle owners will see changes not only in the toll amount based on the Ministry of Finance's plans, but also in late payment fines, according to ERT.

Under the relevant resolution, the task of the group is to reform and update the framework, express an opinion on regulatory and legislative arrangements, address and study new economic, social and environmental technological developments as well as terms, conditions and standards. To configure the cost of fees.

The first draft is expected to be submitted in September, while until then, the technical working group will also study road tax systems applied in other countries. Today, the fees have several speeds depending on the emissions or cubic capacity of the vehicle (for old cars), while a complete exemption is provided for electric and hybrid cars that emit low pollutants. Competent sources leave open the scenario of increasing fees on old cars in the context of starting incentives for the use of very old and environmentally polluting cars.

With the new data, the only new technology cars that are considered certain to be duty-free are electric cars. Today, new hybrid cars registered after 01.01.2021 do not pay a duty, as long as their emissions are less than 122 g/km. At the same time, the financial scope of providing incentives will be examined through a phase-out process to take cars 20 years or older off the road and replace them with new, modern anti-pollution technology.

The working group will also consider scenarios for changing the fine imposed for unpaid tolls which is currently double the value of the first day of delay.

The Ministry of Finance leadership's intention is to impose additional progressive fees depending on when the fees are late.