Proposes an exemption for car owners from the car pollution tax



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Regitra says that in July-October, this tax was applied to around 1.3 thousand. cars that were re-registered after the death of the former owners.

Algirdas Butkevičius, a parliamentarian who registered the amendment to the Motor Vehicle Registration Tax Act, which allows heirs to the property of deceased persons not to pay this tax, says the change was prompted by appeals from residents.

“People who have lost their spouse or other relative and have inherited a car have to pay a vehicle registration fee of up to 540 euros signing it with their own name,” the parliamentarian told BNS.

“When acquiring property by inheritance, a resident does not even have a choice,” he added.

According to Regitra, the registration fee applies in all cases when you change drivers.

“These cases also include those in which there is an inherited vehicle, because another person is responsible for it,” said Emilija Bardauskienė, representative of the Regitra Communication Department.

According to her, in July-October, the registration fee was applied to about 1.3 thousand. cars that were re-registered after the death of the former owners. That was about 1.5 percent. in all cases of tax application.

E. Bardauskienė noted that this number also includes those cases where the tax was paid not by the heirs of the car, but by its new buyers in cases where the heir did not need the car and it was sold.

According to Regitra, in July-October 10.8 million LTL of polluting car tax was collected. euros.



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