Road tax
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Use of Luxembourg-registered motor vehicles on public roads is subject to the payment of a road tax.
Road tax is collected annually by the Customs and Excise Agency by way of a road tax disc.
The amount of tax payable is calculated according to the type of vehicle concerned and its usage. Some vehicles are exempt, and in some cases the tax can be partially refunded.
Who is concerned
Road tax must be paid by any natural or legal person who has:
- a Luxembourg-registered vehicle or a vehicle with a special licence plate (red number plate), for road use or immobilised in Luxembourg;
- a commercial vehicle registered in a Member State other than Luxembourg using Luxembourg's public roads;
- a private vehicle imported for more than 6 months a year into the territory of Luxembourg by a natural person residing in an EU Member State other than Luxembourg;
- a non-motorised vehicle that is designed and built to be towed by a motor vehicle (particularly semi-trailers from articulated vehicles and trailers).
Road tax does not apply to:
- cross-border workers who use a vehicle registered in their country of residence abroad to travel between their residence abroad and their place of work in Luxembourg;
- students staying in Luxembourg solely to study who use a vehicle registered in the Member State which is their normal country of residence.
How to proceed
Calculation
The tax is calculated according to the tables established by the Customs and Excise Agency:
- either on the basis of CO2 emissions for M1 category passenger cars registered for the first time after 1 January 2001;
- or on the basis of the engine size for vehicles registered before 1 January 2001.
For vans, trucks, tractors, trailers and other vehicles, the tax payable is calculated according to the type of vehicle concerned, by applying the criteria detailed on the registration certificate, in particular:
- the weight of the vehicle;
- the maximum allowed weight;
- the number of axles; and
- the suspension type.
Payment
Road tax must be paid to the road tax revenue department of the Caisse centrale of the Customs and Excise Agency (Caisse Centrale des Douanes et Accises, Service Recette-Autos).
Proof of payment is made via a road tax disc to be kept with the vehicle documents.
Exemption/Refunds
Exemption
The following vehicles may benefit from an exemption from the tax:
- vehicles used exclusively by the State, the communes or public or public interest institutions;
- vehicles used for agricultural, forestry and wine-growing activities;
- self-propelled machinery;
- passenger cars used as personal transport by disabled individuals.
Refunds
If a vehicle is sold or taken off the road before its road tax disc expires, some of the tax paid may be refunded on a pro rata basis according to the time remaining in the year from the date it was sold or taken off the road.
For a refund to be granted, the SNCT must be informed that the vehicle has been taken off the road, and the road tax disc must be returned to the road tax division (service recette autos) of the Customs and Excise Agency along with the bank details of the holder.
Good to know
Subscribe to the eDelivery service for road tax (Autosteier) invoices and/or discs
You can enable the eDelivery feature to receive the road tax (Autosteier) invoices and/or discs electronically in your private eSpace on MyGuichet.lu. You can subscribe under 'Services catalogue › Bodies › Administration des douanes et accises'.
This step is essential in order to receive these documents in your private eSpace. Without explicit activation of the subscription, neither the invoice nor the road tax disc will be sent to you in electronic form.
Once you have subscribed to this feature, you will be automatically notified by email as soon as an invoice is posted in your private eSpace. Once the invoice has been paid, the road tax disc will also be posted in your private eSpace: all you have to do is print it out and keep it in your vehicle.
For security reasons, and to reduce the risk of phishing, the notification emails do not contain any links. To view the invoice and/or road tax disc, please log in to your private eSpace (via the browser version or the mobile application).
If you use the MyGuichet.lu mobile app and have enabled push notifications, you will also be notified on your mobile device.
By subscribing to the eDelivery service, you agree to no longer receiving invoices and road tax discs by post.
You may also withdraw your consent at any time to receive your invoices and road tax discs by post again. You can also unsubscribe under 'Services catalogue › Bodies › Administration des douanes et accises'.
Online services and forms
Who to contact
Customs and Excise Agency (ADA) Customs and Excise Directorate
- Address:
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22, rue de Bitbourg
L-1273
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
B.P. 1605, L-1016 Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 28 18 28 18
- Fax:
- (+352) 28 18 92 00
- Email address:
- ida@do.etat.lu
- Website:
- https://douanes.public.lu/fr.html
Customs and Excise Agency (ADA) Caisse centrale
- Address:
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3, rue des Prés
L-7561
Mersch
Luxembourg
B.P. 182, L-7502 Mersch
- Phone:
- (+352) 27 48 84 88
- Fax:
- (+352) 27 48 83 00
- Email address:
- caisse.centrale@do.etat.lu
- Website:
- https://douanes.public.lu/fr.html
Closed ⋅ Opens Monday at 8.00
- Sunday:
- Closed
- Monday:
- 8.00 to 17.00
- Tuesday:
- 8.00 to 17.00
- Wednesday:
- 8.00 to 17.00
- Thursday:
- 8.00 to 17.00
- Friday:
- 8.00 to 17.00
- Saturday:
- Closed
Related procedures and links
Procedures
Links
Further information
sur le Portail des douanes et accises
Legal references
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Loi modifiée du 22 décembre 2006
promouvant le maintien dans l'emploi et définissant des mesures spéciales en matière de sécurité sociale et de politique de l'environnement
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Arrêté grand-ducal modifié du 23 novembre 1955
portant règlement de la circulation sur toutes les voies publiques
