Road tax increased in six provinces

Six of the twelve provinces have increased their rates for road tax, also known as motor vehicle tax, for this year. These are relatively modest increases of less than 2 percent. Except in Utrecht, where the rate increases by more than 3 percent. Road tax remains the same in five other provinces. Only Zeeland lowers its rate by 7.6 percent. In Groningen, car drivers pay the most. Anyone who has a petrol car with a weight of 1,200 kilograms in that province will pay €640 this year. The cheapest is Noord-Holland, where you pay €568 for the same vehicle.

In total, Dutch car drivers spend slightly less on road tax than last year. This is partly because buyers have more often opted for a (partly) electric car instead of one that runs on petrol or diesel. Then you pay less or no road tax. You pay the road tax, also known as motor vehicle tax, to both the central government and the province. Motorists are expected to spend a total of €6 billion this year. €4.2 billion of this will go to the central government and €1.7 billion to the provinces.

Average road tax per province