About the tax amount of light vehicle tax classification
Update date: April 1, 2024
The tax amount for light vehicle tax is as follows.
Among light vehicles, those with three wheels and those with four or more wheels
Please check your vehicle inspection certificate for the timing of the first vehicle number designation (new inspection).
Please check the notes section of your vehicle inspection certificate for green exemptions (if applicable, check 3 to 5 below).
(Unit: yen)
Vehicle classification |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6. Notes | ||||||||
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Initial inspection date is April 2011 to March 2017 |
The initial inspection date is from April 2015 to April 2020, except for cases 3 to 5. |
The first inspection was conducted between April 2023 and March 2024. |
The first inspection was conducted between April 2023 and March 2024. |
The first inspection was conducted between April 2023 and March 2024. |
First inspection date was 2011 |
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| Old tax amount | New tax amount | The above and the following 3 apply → From the new tax amount only for the first time |
The above and the following 4 apply → From the new tax amount only for the first time |
If the above and the following 5 apply, the new tax amount will be applied for the first time only |
Age-related heavy burden | |||||||||
4 wheels or more |
7,200 | 10,800 | 2,700 | Not eligible for light classes | Not eligible for light classes | 12,900 | ||||||||
4 wheels or more |
5,500 | 6,900 | 1,800 | 3,500 | 5,200 | 8,200 | ||||||||
4 wheels or more |
4,000 | 5,000 | 1,300 | Not eligible for light classes | Not eligible for light classes | 6,000 | ||||||||
4 wheels or more |
3,000 | 3,800 | 1,000 | Not eligible for light classes | Not eligible for light classes | 4,500 | ||||||||
Three Wheels |
3,100 | 3,900 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 4,600 | ||||||||
1 For vehicle numbers whose initial inspection date was during the above period, the previous tax amount will be applied from this year onwards. (Then go to "Notes:" below)
2 The new tax amount is applied to vehicles that were first designated with a vehicle number after April 1, 2015. (Then go to "Notes:" below)
3 Applicable only to FY2020 for applicable electric vehicles and natural gas light vehicles (compliant with 2018 exhaust gas standards or achieving 10% reduction in 2009 exhaust gas standards). (From the next year onwards, the tax amount will change to 2)
4 Applicable only to FY2020 for the following gasoline and hybrid vehicles.
(Go to tax amount 2 from next year onward. Then go to "Notes:" below)
Passenger (commercial): Achieved a 50% reduction in the 2018 exhaust gas standards or a 75% reduction in the 2005 exhaust gas standards.Achieved a 90% reduction in the 2020 fuel efficiency standards and a vehicle that achieved the 2020 fuel economy standards.
5 This applies to the following gasoline and hybrid vehicles only for the fiscal year 2024.
(The tax amount will be 2 from the next fiscal year onwards. Then, go to "Notes" below.)
Passenger vehicles (for business use): Vehicles that meet the 2018 exhaust gas emission standards by 50% or the 2005 exhaust gas emission standards by 75%. Vehicles that meet the 2012 fuel efficiency standards by 70% and the 2020 fuel efficiency standards.
Note : Age-related surcharge
6 For vehicles such as light four-wheelers that have passed 13 years since the first year inspection date of new vehicle registration, special measures will be applied that impose a heavy taxation rate of approximately 20% of the tax base. (However, electricity, gas, methanol, mixed methanol, hybrids, and towed vehicles are not covered.)
Light vehicles other than those listed above
(Unit: yen)
| type | Tax amount |
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| motorized bicycle | 50cc or less |
2,000 | |||||||||
Specific small size (electric kick |
2,000 | ||||||||||
More than 50cc/less than 90cc |
2,000 | ||||||||||
More than 90cc/less than 125cc |
2,400 | ||||||||||
| mini car | 3,700 | ||||||||||
| Light motorcycle (over 125cc) | 3,600 | ||||||||||
Two-wheeled small vehicle (over 250cc) |
6,000 |
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| small special vehicle | for agricultural work | 2,400 | |||||||||
| For special work | 5,900 | ||||||||||
| Vehicles that drive exclusively on snow, towed vehicles (boat trailers, etc.) | 3,600 | ||||||||||
Inquiries regarding this page
Inagi City Citizens Department Taxation Division
2111 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi-shi, Tokyo
Phone: 042-378-2111 Fax: 042-370-7055
