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It takes a little less than two weeks before you can expect compensation for a new car purchase after destroying an old, polluting vehicle. From this period it is possible to go from 2 to 4 thousand. compensation if you have bought an electric car.
Until February 1st. it is possible to complete requests to receive 1 thousand. compensation if you destroy a polluting car and buy less pollution.
Austėja Jonaitytė, a communication specialist at the Environmental Project Management Agency, told the tv3.lt news portal that 2609 residents were able to benefit from this compensation.
Although the benefits have been available since November 2019, 2.6 million have been used during this time. 5 million euros from the climate change program. euros. This means that almost half of the funds allocated to the program (2.4 million) remain unused. euros.
If you have an old car, you won’t necessarily get paid for its destruction. You must have been the owner of the car for at least one year, the roadworthiness test should have been valid until at least October 2019. October 17
You will also not be able to leave the car anywhere, you must have it destroyed by a company approved by the Ministry of the Environment. You also need to get a special certificate after destruction, without which no compensation can be obtained.
Nor is compensation awarded for the purchase of any vehicle. The date of the first registration of the car must not be earlier than 2013. As of January 1, 2006, carbon dioxide emissions will not exceed 130 g / km. These criteria do not apply if you are buying an electric car.
The vehicle must only run on gasoline, gas (natural or liquefied), ethanol, electricity or, in addition to gasoline, gas (natural or liquefied), ethanol, electricity.
The polluted car should not be destroyed before October 17 of last year, and a new and greener car should also be purchased no earlier than October 17. When a car is destroyed, only one benefit can be received.
For those who bought an electric car, from 2 to 5 thousand. payment in euros
The benefit is also available for an electric car. For the purchase of a used electric car, the state will give you 2 thousand. EUR, for the new – 4 thousand. compensation in euros. If you destroy an old vehicle, you will receive the thousand euros mentioned above, so the amount of the benefit can amount to 5,000. euros.
According to A. Jonaitytė, 563 requests for compensation of electric cars were received for 1.5 million. euros. The balance of the aid is 3.5 million. EUR 5 million from the Climate Change Program.
To receive the benefit, you must have registered the electric car in your own name, and if you buy it by leasing, you become the owner of the electric car. The vehicle must also be class M1 and registered for the first time in Lithuania.
The benefit will also be available only to those whose purchased vehicle receives power for mechanical movement only from the electrical energy storage device.
The first registration date or model year of a new electric vehicle, the date of first registration in Lithuania, and the vehicle registration date in the name of its driver must not be earlier than 2020. March 13
If you want to buy a used electric car, its first registration date or model year must be no earlier than 5 years.
An electric car eligible for compensation is one that only has electricity in the field “P.3 Type of fuel or energy source” of the registration certificate. The benefit will be received by those whose electric car was purchased no earlier than 2020. March 13, 2019, and the old car was destroyed no earlier than 2019. October 17
An applicant can receive a compensatory grant under this Measure.
The Environmental Project Management Agency notes that to receive compensation for the new purchase of an electric car and the destruction of an old vehicle, a single application is submitted, indicating the details of both the newly acquired electric car and the destroyed old vehicle.
According to A. Jonaitytė, although the deadline for submitting applications was extended before, this will no longer be the case. You can submit applications on the website of the Environmental Projects Agency. Applicants can submit applications until 2021. February 1 5 pm
The registration tax has gone up, with a new pollution tax on the horizon
Ditching an old, polluting car and buying a cleaner new or used car can also be tax-motivated. As of July 1. The registration tax for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, depending on the type of fuel and its combinations, and which emits more than 130 g / km of CO2, came into force in 2006.
It must be paid when registering the car for the first time. In other words, when you want to register a new or imported car. Also in cases where the driver of the car changes. During the second half of last year, a total of 15.42 million were paid. EUR of this tax for 171.1 thousand. vehicle registration.
Since January this year, this rate has increased, albeit slightly, from 0.03 euro cents to 1.08 euros. It will depend on the car’s CO2 emissions and the type of fuel. For example, if the CO2 emissions of a gasoline car are 165 g / km, the legal tax is € 60. Multiplying it by the indexation coefficient of 1.002, the amount of the fee will be 60.12 euros. Therefore, the change is 0.12 Eur.
According to Saulius Šuminas, Regitra’s deputy general manager, told the tv3.lt news portal, on average, Lithuanians pay between 90 and 100 euros when registering a car, which is also determined by the fleet of vintage cars in the country.
“In Lithuania, the car fleet is one of the oldest in Europe and perhaps the amount – 90 or 150 euros – will be the same when the price of the car is 20 thousand. EUR or more, and when the car costs 2-3 thousand.
<...> Our fleet of cars is 70 percent. diesel. “I’m not sure if this will severely deter drivers of diesel cars, because they are probably cheaper and consume less fuel,” Schumin said.
However, it seems that Lithuanians are buying less used cars and diesel. According to data from AutoTyrimus, in 2020. In January-December, 147,104 used cars were registered in Lithuania for the first time, which represents 25.7 percent. less than in the corresponding period in 2019.
2020 Up to 42.5 percent was registered in December. fewer used cars than in December 2019. The average age of these cars was 10.9 years. The share of diesel cars this year was 67.1 percent, and last year it was 69.1 percent.
The upcoming changes in the tax base may also change the buying habits of Lithuanian cars. Even before he became minister, Simon Gentville hinted that a new car tax was being considered.
“We have to say that this tax must be for pollution. That it should not be a budgetary income tax, but to create an alternative, and it should be paid by all polluters <...> The registration fee offers very little incentive to make green decisions.
<...> Each tax that affects pollution must help people to switch to a greener alternative or change their lifestyle to a more sustainable one “, said S. Gentvilas in the current talk show of the news portal tv3.lt” Dienas pjūvis ”.
However, it is not yet clear what the new tax will look like.
“We cannot yet name a specific model or specific prices. So far, the minister’s priorities with the team include modeling long-term structural change. Guidelines for the renewal of the car pollution tax will likely appear in the second quarter. this year, “said Marijus Gailius, spokesperson for the Minister of the Environment.
According to the advisor, in this case the laws would probably not change and the market will be ready by July 1, which means that it would come into force in half a year, at the earliest from 2022. January 1
According to him, the Ministry of the Environment so far only has a vision of the future car tax, which is reflected in the government’s advertising and program.
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