Vehicle tax calculator

For combustion engines it consists of a displacement-based part per started 100 cm3 and a graduated CO2 component per gram above the allowance. Pure electric cars are subject to a weight-based tax that is waived during the exemption.

Per started 100 cm3, spark-ignition engines are charged EUR 2.00 and compression-ignition engines EUR 9.50. Started units are rounded up.

Above 95 g/km the amount is calculated per gram in stages. For first registrations from 2021, the rates rise from EUR 2.00 to EUR 4.00 per gram as emissions increase.

The statutory displacement rate for compression-ignition engines, at EUR 9.50 per 100 cm3, is well above the petrol rate. This reflects the separate taxation of diesel and petrol engines.

Pure electric cars first registered up to 31 December 2030 are tax-exempt for ten years, at the latest until 31 December 2035. After that, the halved weight-based tax applies.

Once the exemption ends, the weight-based tax applies and is reduced by 50 percent under section 9(2) KraftStG. The calculator shows this follow-on value on request.

It determines which CO2 scale applies and whether an electric exemption is granted. Vehicles from 2021 use the progressive CO2 scale.

It divides the annual tax by twelve. However, the tax is generally levied annually in advance; the monthly value is only for orientation.

All rates, allowances and deadlines come from a central, dated reference based on the KraftStG and are shown in the result with source and reference date.

No. The calculator provides technical orientation. The assessment issued by the main customs office and the values entered in the vehicle registration document are decisive.