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Motor vehicle license plate tax exempt / apply for allocation green license plate
Service Description
Certain vehicles that are exempt from motor vehicle tax pursuant to Sections 3 and 10 of the German Motor Vehicle Tax Act (KraftStG) have license plates with green lettering and a green border on a white background. These include, for example
- Vehicles of certain non-profit organizations,
- agricultural and forestry vehicles, and
- certain trailers - exceptions to this are listed in Section 9 (2) of the German Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV).
The green license plate remains on the vehicle until it is taken out of service or re-registered in another registration district or until there is a change of owner. If the requirement for a green license plate is not met, a motor vehicle tax may be assessed by the main customs office. From this point on, the green license plate must be changed to black at the registration office.
Green license plates are for example the following types of motor vehicles
- self-propelled machines and forklifts > 20 km/h
- tractors (except for semi-trailer tractors) for which the tax exemption according to § 3 No. 7 KraftStG for vehicles used in agriculture and forestry is applied for
- special motor vehicles used in rescue services or for transporting the sick. (Prerequisite is that the vehicles are externally recognizable as intended for these purposes)
- Tractors and mobile homes with a permissible total weight of more than 3,500 kilograms, as long as they are used exclusively for the operation of a show business, and
- Vehicles in combined transport
and the following types of trailers
- Trailers for work machines
- special trailers for transporting sports equipment, animals for sports purposes or rescue boats of the rescue service, if these trailers are used exclusively for such transports
- trailers for which the tax concession for trailers according to § 10 paragraph 1 KraftStG is applied for
- caravans, each with a permissible total weight of more than 3,500 kilograms, and pack trailers with a permissible total weight of more than 2,500 kilograms, as long as they are used exclusively for the show business
- trailers in combined transport
to be allocated.
The corresponding application for tax exemption or tax reduction can only be submitted to the registration authority as part of the registration process. Otherwise, the application must be sent directly to the responsible main customs office Frankfurt (Oder), Sachgebiet B - Kraftfahrzeugsteuer, Postfach 1284, 15202 Frankfurt (Oder).
If an authorized representative is present, the application and the declaration on the application must be signed by the vehicle owner himself and submitted for registration.
Who should I contact?
Contact the registration authority of your district or independent city or the responsible main customs office. The responsibility depends on the place of residence of the vehicle owner, the main residence according to the identity card is decisive. In the case of legal entities, it is the registered office of the main branch or the registered office of the branch.
Which documents are required?
- completed application for tax exemption with required supporting documents (relevant applications can be obtained from the main customs office or at www.zoll.de).
The documents must be supplemented with further evidence in individual cases (especially because of the desired tax exemption). For more detailed information, please contact your registration authority.
- corresponding application for tax exemption or tax concession
- Travel trade card for showmen
- For the other documents required for registration or transfer, please refer to the service Vehicle registration, change of owner's address after moving in from outside or Vehicle registration - imported vehicles and new EU vehicles.
What are the fees?
Information on the fees can be obtained from the registration authority. There are no additional fees for the green license plate.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There is no time limit for the allocation of green license plates. In the event of a lapse of the requirements, the immediate appearance at the registration office is required.
Legal basis
- § 6 Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV) (Application for registration)
- § 8 Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV) (Allocation of license plates)
- § 9 Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV) (Special license plates)
- § 10 Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV) (Design and affixing of license plates)
- §3 Motor Vehicle Tax Act (KraftStG) (Exemptions from taxation)
- §10 Motor Vehicle Tax Act (KraftStG) (Special regulation for motor vehicle trailers)
Appeal
Applications for tax relief with the required supporting documents can be obtained from the main customs office or downloaded from www.zoll.de.
What else should I know?
License plates are issued by the relevant registration authority. The seal gives them the character of a document. This means that nothing may be changed on them - e.g. by bending or applying stickers or foils.
Green license plates must be firmly attached to the vehicle; they must not be mirrored, obscured or soiled.
Note on data protection
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO) and the new Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) apply from 25.05.2018. As part of the application process, personal data must be collected, stored and processed in accordance with the legal requirements. The deletion of data is also regulated by law. The legal basis can be found in particular in §§ 6, 30 - 46 of the Ordinance on the Registration of Vehicles for Road Traffic (Fahrzeug-Zulassungsverordnung - FZV) §§ 30 - 47 of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) and § 13 of the Motor Vehicle Tax Act (KraftStG). Your application cannot be processed without your required information.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
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