Persons with disabilities who have been approved of exemption from vehicle license plate tax do not need to apply for such a tax exemption every year, if their qualification remains the same. They, however, must start to pay the license plate tax on the date when a change in their status takes place, said the Local Tax Bureau of Taichung City Government.

Local Tax Bureau explained further that all the approved tax-free vehicles are listed by the Household Registration Office, the Social Affairs Bureau, and the Motor Vehicles Office. The competent authorities must regularly check the accuracy of the filed data. In the case that there is a change in the applicable reasons for tax exemption (e.g., the decease of the holder of the disability manual or of the owner of the vehicle, that the disability manual has been expired without reassessment, that there is a difference in the household address of the owner of the vehicle and the disabled person, that the address given on the vehicle registration form and in the household registration are not identical, that kinship relationship has disappeared, that the owner of the vehicle or the disabled person has moved out, that the person is considered fully mentally or physically competent, and that tax-exempted vehicle has been transferred or changed in usage), the disabled person is deemed unqualified for the tax exemption and should pay the vehicle license plate tax from the time when he/she loses the status.

If you have any questions related to license plate tax, please call toll-free service hotline 0800-086969 or 04-22585000 ext. 1 for the call center of Local Tax Bureau.