Not everyone managed to avoid the new tax: after knowing the amount, some refused to register the car and left

In the “Delfi diena” program, S. Šumin says there was no increase in traffic last week, although for some people this rate was unexpected, a few days before July 1, traffic increased.

“It just came to our attention then. I would suspect that some people are like students and they are postponing until the last day. I would also like to make it clear that this is not a pollution tax, but a registration tax. If someone were to Pollution tax occurs from next year, we will be a little intertwined. It is simply calculated according to the pollution parameters, but it is a registration fee. We did not notice a sharp increase in traffic last week. And on Monday , there were bottlenecks of such a level that our employees could not even go to work. It was really unexpected, “said the interlocutor.

“The biggest queues were formed when the car had to be physically inspected and delivered. There appeared to be 320 cars on Tuesday, and today we see that of those remaining 200 cars that have been registered for identification. We can clearly see that it has decreased.” added.

When asked if everyone knows that there is a registration fee, the interviewee assured that certainly not. According to him, many are surprised to learn that such a charge exists.

“I don’t think everyone knows, some are surprised. This morning, we and the team people were at the Vilnius branch, watching how everything was going. There were times when we calculated the tax and people simply refused to register the car. and left. That means they were in for a surprise. We have a registration service fee of around € 30 with tuition, so maybe a person doesn’t have that much money to take with them. And if we say 30 euros more Another 150 euro registration fee, so maybe not everyone is ready for that, ”said S. Šumin.

According to him, until now it has not been noticed that there are problems in the system, the work is working without problems.

“It just came to our attention then. We’re glad we were able to start without much interruption. Probably, unlike other institutions, we can’t stop for a few days and say we want to wait. Various installations and tests were done. Of course, we sat down until midnight, we started today, we got stuck somewhere, but we fixed it, the programmers work, but everything is calm enough, “he said.

When asked if it could be that a client would be served longer, the man assured that this would probably not be the case.

“It just caught our eye then. The calculator works pretty well, there are no additional steps, but in any case, two payments will be formed, but at the same time. We designed it all so that the customer didn’t even feel that someone else had contributed. A person won’t have to walk anywhere twice, the same procedure, the difference, maybe just a minute. I’m sure people won’t feel the difference, “he says.

We remind you that the tax will be applied according to the type of fuel and its combinations, which emit more than 130 g / km of CO2. This fee must be paid to Regitrai. The amount of the fee will range between 13.5 and 540 euros.