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As of March 12, Tajikistan will implement new legislation raising vehicle tax rates by an average of 59 percent, Asia-Plus reports.
The increase will not affect motorcycles, scooters, or waterborne vehicles. As before, the tax will be calculated per unit of horsepower and paid annually.
The tax burden for passenger vehicle owners will depend on engine power. Under the new rates:
👉 For vehicles with engines up to 250 horsepower, the tax will rise from 5.63 somoni ($0.50) to 9 somoni ($0.80);
👉 For engines between 250 and 300 horsepower, from 7.5 somoni ($0.70) to 11.25 somoni ($1);
👉 For engines between 300 and 350 horsepower, from 9 somoni ($0.80) to 11.25 somoni ($1);
👉 For engines exceeding 350 horsepower, from 11.25 somoni ($1) to 15 somoni ($1.40).
For buses of any capacity and trucks with a payload of up to 40 tons, the tax rate will be 11.25 somoni ($1) per horsepower. Owners of heavy trucks and freight haulers will be taxed at a rate of 15 somoni ($1.40) per horsepower.
Tax rates for tractors and railway locomotives will double to 3 somoni ($0.27) and 1.5 somoni ($0.13) per horsepower, respectively.
This marks the second vehicle tax increase this year. As of January 1, rates had already risen by 4.2 percent due to adjustments in the tax code.
Asia-Plus notes that under Tajikistan’s Tax Code, certain categories remain exempt from vehicle tax, including:
✅ Tractors, grain harvesters, cotton harvesters, and other specialized agricultural machinery;
✅ Buses and trolleybuses used for public transportation;
✅ Specialized medical transport;
✅ Military vehicles and equipment registered with the armed forces;
✅ One passenger car owned by a person with a Category I or II disability;
✅ Industrial railway transport, excluding locomotives;
✅ Vehicles owned by organizations in Tajikistan’s football sector;
✅ One passenger car owned by a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor, or Hero of Tajikistan titles, as well as holders of the “Star of the President of Tajikistan” order, the “Zarrintoch” order, the Ismoili Somoni order, veterans of World War II and equivalent groups, participants in other military operations defending the Soviet Union, internationalist soldiers, and those involved in the cleanup of the Chernobyl disaster.
