Mr. Tran Manh Tu bought liquidated cars from the State with blue plate, but the cars have stopped circulating and finished registration for 5 years, had invoices and full liquidation contracts. Mr. Tu would like to ask, is this case subject to road toll collection?

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

Clause 2, Article 1 of the 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: “For confiscated cars then they are sold for sale, liquidated by banks or auction organizations. asset prices, the time of calculation of road use charges shall be counted from the time the vehicles are registered for circulation.

In case the vehicle is liquidated or sold and paid through the time of re-registration for circulation, the vehicle owner shall pay the charge starting from the time of serial counting according to the payment period of the previous cycle. "