January is a month to be marked in red on the calendar, especially when it comes to payments and deadlines to be met.
For Italian motorists, the first month of the year is dedicated to the payment of the car tax, the car tax managed by the Regions and Autonomous Provinces of Bolzano and Trento.
The Friuli Venezia Giulia and Sardinia regions are exceptions for which the tax is managed by the Revenue Agency.
One of the novelties of this year is that also for the payment you can benefit from the cashback bonus.
The payment of the car tax at a tobacconist's or in any authorized point of sale that allows you to pay by debit card, credit card or an app like Satispay, is one of the transactions that give you the right to a refund of 10% recognized by the State (for each transaction the maximum cashback amount is 15 euros).
The cashback bonus is undoubtedly good news for the millions of motorists who are called to pay car tax, even in the coming months of the year.
However, there are also those who in 2021, and in many cases not only this year, will not pay the car tax at all: the exemption can be total or partial, or be recognized on a national or regional basis.
On the Aci website is available the practical and fast system to calculate the amount of the car tax that provides the exact amount of the payment to be made, depending on the reference region.
To make the calculation just indicate the type of vehicle concerned, select the type of payment and enter the license plate number.
In a few seconds the result will be displayed in the table showing the details of the vehicle, payment deadline and the amount of the road tax.
In addition, exemptions and / or concessions are provided for the protected categories (based on the disability of the car owner) and in the case of eco-friendly cars, those with cleaner alternative power supplies.
Different payment terms also concern the areas affected by the earthquake of 24 August (Central Italy) and the earthquake of December 2018 (Catania).
Finally, suspension of payments, without the application of penalties and interest, are established at the discretion of the individual Administrations in relation to the pandemic situation linked to Covid-19.
According to the guide published by Aci, as regards the cars in circulation, the road tax must be renewed by February 1st for those with a power greater than 35 KW if registered from 1/1/1998, or greater than 9HP if registered until 31 / 12/1997, whose possession tax expired in December 2020.
The car tax must be paid by 1st March for cars with power up to 35 KW if registered from 1/1/1998, or with fiscal power up to 9HP if registered up to 31/12/1997, for motor vehicles, trucks, freight trailers, special vehicles, road tractors and buses whose ownership tax has expired in January 2021. By May 31, however, the stamp duty must be renewed for cars with a power exceeding 35 KW if registered from 1/1/1998, or higher than 9HP if registered up to 31/12/1997, whose ownership tax expired in April 2021.
The other deadlines to be marked are those of June 30 for trucks, trailers freight transport, special vehicles, road tractors and buses whose ownership tax has expired in May 2021; on August 31 for cars with power up to 35 KW if registered from 1/1/1998, or with fiscal power up to 9HP if registered up to 12/31/1997, as well as for motor vehicles whose ownership tax has expired in July 2021.
By 30 September the renewal is valid for cars with a power greater than 35 KW if registered from 1/1/1998, or greater than 9HP if registered until 31/12/1997, whose ownership tax is expired in August 2021.
By November 2, however, the payment must be made for owners of trucks, freight trailers, special vehicles, road tractors and buses whose ownership tax has expired in September 2021 And finally, by January 31 of next year, the renewal will concern cars with a power greater than 35 KW if registered from 1/1/1998, or greater than 9HP if registered until 31/12/1997, whose possession expired in December 2021.
For vehicles of first registration ione, the stamp must be paid within the month of registration of the car. If the purchase takes place in the last 10 days of the month, however, the car tax can be paid within the month following that of registration, without prejudice to the effective date from the month of registration. The payment terms are different for the residents of the municipalities affected by the seismic events of 24 August 2016 (central Italy) and December 2018 (Sicily).
During the year 2020, the Regions / Autonomous Provinces have provided for suspensions of the terms of payment of the vehicle tax due to the epidemiological emergency from Covid-19 which depends on the decisions of the individual Administrations regarding the provision of the suspension, indicating the deadline for the payment of the tax without application of penalties and interest.
The calculation is done in a simple way, through the Aci portal: it is necessary to refer to the Community legislation on polluting emissions shown on the registration certificate to determine which directive the vehicle complies with (Euro 0, 1, 2, 3, 4.5, 6 ) and multiply the corresponding value shown in the following table for each kW of power of the car for private use or HP, for cars whose registration documents still show the maximum power expressed in HP. For vehicles with a power exceeding 100 KW (or 136 HP) the calculation must be made by adding to the basic amount multiplied by 100 KW (or 136 HP) the single KW exceeding 100 (or HP exceeding 136) multiplied by the amount unitary shown in the next line. In the case of payments less than one year, it is necessary to refer to the unit values shown in the "split payments" columns and multiply them by the number of KW (or CV), divide the product obtained by 12 and multiply this result by the number of months for which you intend to pay the car tax.
