Vehicle Tax Calculator

Written byOleh Soloninupdated 5 October 2026

Engine power, hp

Regional rate per hp

Each Russian region sets its own rate by power band; the Federal Tax Service's rates and reliefs lookup lists them.

Months owned in the year

The month of registration counts if it was on or before the 15th, the month of deregistration if it was after the 15th.

Advanced options

Average price on the Ministry of Industry list, ₽

The multiplier of 3 applies only to listed models: 10–15 million ₽ and up to 10 years old, or from 15 million ₽ and up to 20 years old.

Years since the model year

Result

Tax for the period5,250.00 ₽
Tax for a full year5,250.00 ₽
Luxury multiplier1
Months owned12
Per month437.50 ₽
Rate per hp35.00 ₽
Base rate in the Tax Code per hp3.50 ₽

The region sets the rate, not the federation

Road tax from engine power and your region's rate, adjusted for a partial year of ownership and the luxury multiplier.

The calculation itself is trivial — horsepower times the rate. The complication is that each region sets its own rate, and the spread is wide enough that the same car costs several times more to tax in one region than in another.

The second factor is a partial year. The month a car is registered counts in full if registration happened on or before the 15th; the month of sale counts only if deregistration came after the 15th. That is where the fractional month count comes from.

How to use

Enter the engine power in horsepower from the registration documents.
Look up your region's rate for that power band in the Federal Tax Service's rates and reliefs lookup and enter it.
Enter the months the car was registered to you in the year: the month of registration counts if it was on or before the 15th.
If the model is on the ministry's list of expensive cars, open the extra fields and enter its average price and the years since the model year.

Base rates in the Tax Code

This is a Russian tax. Article 361 of the Tax Code sets base rates for passenger cars in power bands, and each region may raise or lower them up to tenfold; for cars up to 150 hp there is no limit on lowering, down to zero. The rate applies to the whole engine, not to the power above a threshold, so a 151 hp car is taxed entirely at the higher band.

Article 361(1)–(2) of the Russian Tax Code, checked in September 2026.
Passenger car power	Base rate, ₽ per hp	Regional ceiling, ₽ per hp
up to 100 hp	2.5	25
over 100 to 150 hp	3.5	35
over 150 to 200 hp	5	50
over 200 to 250 hp	7.5	75
over 250 hp	15	150

The luxury multiplier and the 15th-of-the-month rule

The multiplier of 3 depends on the model's average price on the ministry's list, not on what you paid. A listed car at 20 million roubles that is fifteen years old still pays triple; one at 12 million of the same age pays the normal amount. The lower price tiers, from 3 million roubles, have been removed from the code.

Months are counted whole. Register a car on 15 March and March counts; register it on the 16th and the count starts in April. When a car is sold, the month is not split: if the seller deregisters on 20 May and the buyer registers on 25 May, the seller pays for May and the buyer from June. Individuals pay by 1 December of the following year.

What this calculator shows

Tax for the period entered and for a full year, for comparison
The luxury multiplier, where the car qualifies
The monthly equivalent, useful for budgeting

What to keep in mind

Take the rate from your regional law — the tax service publishes it by region and power band.
A multiplier of 3 applies under Article 362(2) of the Tax Code: an average price of 10 to 15 million roubles and no more than ten years since the model year, or from 15 million roubles and no more than twenty.

Where the numbers come from

Checked against Articles 361–363 of the Russian Tax Code and regional rate laws · verified September 2026.

FAQs

Where do I find my region's rate?

In the tax service's reference section on rates and reliefs: pick region, year and vehicle type. Rates step up by power band — under 100 hp, under 150, under 200 and so on.

How is a partial year counted?

By months. The month of purchase counts in full if registration was on or before the 15th; the month of sale counts if deregistration was after the 15th.

What is the luxury multiplier?

A factor of 3 for expensive cars on the Ministry of Industry and Trade's list: 10 to 15 million roubles and up to ten years since the model year, or from 15 million roubles and up to twenty. The list for a year is published by 31 March of that year.

When is the tax due?

By 1 December of the year following the tax year. If no notice arrives, the tax is still owed — the duty to declare property sits with the owner.

Why does 251 hp cost twice as much as 250?

The rate applies to the whole output, not to the horsepower above the threshold. At the base rates in Article 361, 250 hp is 250 × 7.5 = 1,875 ₽ a year, while 251 hp falls into the next band: 251 × 15 = 3,765 ₽.

Does this apply to cars registered outside Russia?

No. It is the Russian regional vehicle tax, charged on cars registered in Russia; other countries tax cars under their own rules.

Worked example

A 150 hp crossover for a full year

Input: 150 hp, rate 35 ₽, 12 months

Output: 5,250 ₽ for the year

Note: 35 ₽ is the ceiling for the 100–150 hp band, ten times the base rate of 3.5 ₽. In a region charging 10 ₽ per horsepower the same car would cost 1,500 ₽, so finding your own region's rate matters more than anything else here.

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