No entry tax – Karnataka – Sensible judgement.
Wah. I was waiting for this stupidity to end. Thank God for a sensible judge who overruled it. Karnataka forces people to pay entry tax (and it is as steep as 12% for cars/scooters/…) whenever you buy a vehicle outside the state and bring it in. It was the main reason, why I sold my WagonR in Noida, came to Bangalore, and then bought my new car. Add to the woes, the road tax in KA is probably the highest in the country too.
…road tax in the state is supposed to be the country’s highest. Road tax on cars below Rs 5 lakh is roughly around 10.8%, and from above Rs 5 lakh it varies between 13.75% and 17.5%. The tax in New Delhi is 4% and in Kerala it’s 6%. –source
Phew, and now a sensible judge has overruled this. I particularly like the wordings that were used. Beautiful.
Justice Kumar observed that the makers of the Constitution had favoured free movement and exchange of goods throughout India, which is necessary for the economy and for improving living standards of the country. In his 200-page judgment, he noted that Article 301 emphasises that the economic unity of the country would provide the main sustaining force for stability and progress of the political and cultural unity of the country. Justice Kumar pointed out that in the present context of globalisation, privatisation and free economy, the national boundaries and barriers should be sidelined for the benefit of economic development of the world, “If a state’s economy should be prosperous, because of the tax holidays and lower tax rates, it only shows a mature political leadership vibrant tax planning and marshalling resources available in the state. It is worthy of emulation by other states by free flow of trade and commerce from such a state to neighbouring states.”
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Hi Mouli,
I read this news in TOI but am confused. I am planning to bring my vehicle bought from Kerala three months back. So what does this judgement mean to me? How much will I have to pay now?
Is entry tax and road tax same?
Bala
You should check with the RTO concerned ; since I am not an authority in these things. But from what I understand,
* road tax and entry tax is not same. entry tax was one absurd tax only in KA, which one had to pay if you want to bring in a vehicle bought in another state.
* road tax – if you paid lifetime road tax in a different state, theoretically, you do not need to pay it anywhere else. But in KA, the police harass you to pay lifetime tax again here – they urge you to ask for refund in the other state (which in my opinion is absurd). I hope, some judgement happens for this also
Thanks Mouli
This is the query most of the people would be having. Also, is there a method by which this “absurd” road tax gets calculated. Andhra pradesh also charges this road tax that i paid for my car. there it was claulcted as per the age of the car and the cc value.
hello gcmouli
the court has said.no need to pay the entry tax its means the road tax itself.we dont need to ant thing if we bring any vehicles from any other states..these entry tax and road tax are sme
i bring my bike from keala here.so i enquired abt the tax.so i got the inf that i have to pay 12 % of vehicles invoice as raod tax.so it wil be around 5850 for me.that rule has been removed now
Like I said in my previous reply, please enquire with the RTO, and pay the taxes accordingly. I am not an expert in these things.
Nope. Everything is getting confused here. Entry tax is not road tax. Road tax is for using your vehicle on the KA roads. Imagine you pay 3000 Rs road Tax for your bike in Kerala which goes to the kerala govt. And now you ride your bike in KA where the local govt spends money to lay these roads. You are actually not helping the state in providing you the service ( forget the condition of roads in reality) because your money is in kerala and your bike on KA roads.
Also, imagine from now on everyone in KA buys vehicles from other states.Then who pays for the roads ? if no one pays, the govt doesnt have money to lay good roads nor repair old ones. What happens next ?
Entry tax is different. If you read the full article in the newspaper, they also refered to toyota being benifitted. How can a car manufacturer be benifitted by abolishing the road tax ? the ones who should be benifitted are the people who buy the vehicles.
Thanks for the info, I have never purchased a vehicle in my life so far.
In future, this info will be useful for me
Hello Mouli. Thanks for sharing the same. I came to Bangalore around 2 yrs ago. I have a AP state registered bike, which is roughly 6 yrs old. I was actually planning to pay the road tax in KA. Does this rule mean that I dont have to pay the road-tax I was planning to? I tried looking for the source of the news in TOI, could not locate any. Please share.. Thanks a million!
guys;
entry tax on cars is to paid only if your car is less than 15 months old when you brought the car from other state to karnatka. I paid 8000 for my santro. entry tax has nothing to do with road tax. Entry tax is collected by department which handles octroi/VAT etc. however RTO has instructions that if the vechicle is less than 15 months old..first send the person to pay entry tax then ..only you will be allowed to pay road tax & change the registration number.
Now this article ask about refund of entry tax..anybody knows how that is going to be implemented?
Dead friends,
Hi, i am a student in Bangalore and i had got my Karizma from Goa 2 years ago . Till date i have not paid my road tax but i am planning to pay it this time soon. So far i have been fined say roughly 600 rs by various cops during various occasions due to non payment of the road tax.
I would be in Bangalore for another year and i would like to know whether the road tax in now exempted by some new rule which has been implied. My friend wold me he read in the paper that it would be in 2 months from now.
Is this genuine news can anyone post me a link to this new’s page….
Help would be greatly appreciated…
Thanks for your help..
Shawn Fernandes
The article can be accessed on epaper.timesofindia.com website for Bangalore edition of date 25th July 2009.
Article appeared on the first page of newspaper of that day.