Mr. Tran Manh Tu bought a liquidated car from the State, which has blue license plate, but stopped circulating and finished registration 5 years ago. The car has invoices and full liquidation contracts. Mr. Tu would like to ask, in this case, in order to use this car, is he required to pay for the road charge?

Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Transport responds as follows:

According to Clause 2, Article 2 of Circular No. 293/2016 / TT-BTC dated November 15, 2016 of the Ministry of Finance:

“2. The automobiles defined in Section 1 of this Article shall not incur the road use fee when:

a) Being damaged by an accident or natural disaster.

b) Being seized or stripped of certificate of vehicle registration or number plate.

c) Being rendered inoperative by a serious accident and requiring repair for at least 30 days.

d) Being commercial transport vehicles of cooperatives and transport companies, which cease operating in at least 30 consecutive days.

dd) Neither entering the traffic flow nor employing the roadways in the road transport system but operating within the land area under the management of relevant companies or cooperatives; for example, in a station, port, mine, agricultural or forestry zone; and automobiles used by driver training centers for examination.

e) Being registered and inspected in Vietnam but operating abroad in 30 consecutive days or more.

g) Being stolen for a minimum period of 30 days.”

At Point a6, Item a, Clause 1, Article 6 of Circular 293/2016 / TT-BTC stipulates:”The road use charge on a seized vehicle sold by a bank or auction organization shall be charged from the date of vehicle inspection for operation. In the event that the fee on the vehicle seized and sold has been paid after the re-inspection for operation, its owner shall pay the fee for a duration that succeeds the paid duration of the previous interval.”

In the case of Mr. Tran Manh Tu asked, buying liquidated cars of State agencies, blue license plate, stopped circulating, expired registration for 5 years, has not been specified in Circular 293/2016 / TT-BTC. as above.

However, based on the actual situation, it can be applied similarly to the case where the confiscated car is later sold for sale, liquidated by banks or property auction organizations, vehicle owners will bear the road use charge from the time the car goes to register for circulation.