Road tax can be renewed from the end of the first week of January until a date around the middle of March each year without penalty. Historically the cut off date has often been extended. Any changes are published locally and in the news section of this site.
From the March cut off date the police will prosecute. After the cut off date a fine of €10 + 10% of the rate of tax for the vehicle will be levied on renewal. If the tax is not renewed for a full year, further penalties apply.
Road tax can be paid in monthly instalments on application. Failure to keep up the payments will result in revocation of the licence. Road Tax arrears can also be paid in instalments.
This can be done through the methods outlined below.
A circulation licence cannot be renewed if the vehicle requires, but does not have, a current Biennial Vehicle Inspection Certificate (MOT). This information is logged on the DoRT database. If the MOT expires during the currency of the circulation licence, and is not renewed, the circulation licence becomes invalid and you are likely to be prosecuted for both offences.
To renew your road tax for 2024 online, click the link below.
Road Transport Department online services page
The site is in Greek and English.
You are able to pay for 3, 6, 9, or 12 months.
Insurance certificate number may be required if cover commenced recently and has not yet been entered onto the database.
You will require:
You can apply at the local Department of Road Transport.
You will require:
Do Not Display Any Tax Disc
As of the 12th of March, 2010, the writing, attaching or displaying of any object on the windscreen of a vehicle is prohibited. This includes tax discs.
If you are not going to use your car, going to the UK on an extended stay for example, you can obtain a rebate of some of the road tax unused during your absence or delay having to renew your road tax.
Or as soon as the vehicle is off the road, fill in a form TOM 12 and take it with your log book to the Department of Transport Offices or Citizen Service Centers.
You will have to nominate a place, off the road, where it will be kept during your absence so that it can be inspected.
I have been informed of a change in procedure in that;
You should now take your bank IBAN number with you as any refund is paid directly into your account. On your return re-tax the vehicle.
The notification cannot be backdated and is similar to the Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) in the UK.
You can download a printable form TOM 12 for completion and an English translation of form
Changes in road tax rates applicable to vehicles registered in the Republic after the law comes into force at the beginning of 2019.
The changes will see a rise in the road tax of passenger vehicles with high CO2 emissions and a rise in the road tax of newly registered passenger vehicles and vans according to their age.
Road tax for those two vehicle categories will take into consideration the combined cycle CO2 emissions – euros per gramme per kilometre.
Annual road tax cannot exceed €1,500.
On top of this, road tax charged on used vehicles imported after the law comes into force will also include additional charges based on their age.
Vehicles designed to carry goods with a gross weight of less than 3501, that is pick-up trucks and larger vans, the way the tax is calculated has changed. It is now calculated at .05 cents per cc up to 1650cc and .10 cents for 1651cc and above plus the appropriate special fee in each case. A cap of €299 has been reinstated. Those that have paid over that sum will be refunded the difference.
