Information on Vehicle Tax Penalty Waiver in Various Regions
The removal of vehicle tax penalties is often organized to raise public awareness about taxpayers. So, which regions frequently implement this policy? For more details, please refer to the following review.
Regions Organizing the Removal of Vehicle Tax Penalties
Here are some regions that often organize the penalty removal policy or vehicle tax amnesty. In the year 2023, here are some regions that will implement the amnesty until the end of the year.
- Bali
- DKI Jakarta
- North Sumatra
- South Sumatra
- Central Sulawesi
- South Sulawesi
- North Sulawesi
- West Sulawesi
- Papua
- East Nusa Tenggara
- West Nusa Tenggara
- North Maluku
- North Kalimantan
- South Kalimantan
- West Kalimantan
- Jambi
- Gorontalo
- Banten
Meanwhile, the regions that extended the implementation of tax penalty removal or vehicle amnesty in 2023 are Aceh and Sidoarjo. In Aceh, the amnesty was conducted from January 2 to February 28, 2023. Meanwhile, in Sidoarjo, it was held from the end of 2022 until March 31, 2023.
Requirements to Obtain Tax Penalty Removal on Motor Vehicles
Here are some requirements you need to fulfill to obtain the removal of tax penalties on motor vehicles.
- Bring the original ID card and vehicle registration certificate along with photocopies. Ensure that the ID card you attach matches the name of the motor vehicle owner.
- Bring the original vehicle ownership book along with photocopies as a requirement for paying the annual motor vehicle tax.
- Bring proof of vehicle purchase receipt or original ownership receipt that has been stamped and signed. Don’t forget to photocopy it as well to attach.
- Bring proof of physical examination of the motor vehicle.
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How to Process the Removal of Motor Vehicle Tax Penalties
After you know the requirements, now you must know how to process it. Here are the complete steps.
1. Complete all requirements
Before processing the removal of tax penalties for motor vehicles, you need to complete all the requirements as explained above.
2. Visit the local Samsat office
If your residence is close to the Samsat office, you can visit the local Samsat office. Bring all the complete requirements for processing, then visit the processing counter.
Submit all these requirements to the counter officer, so that all the requirement documents can be checked. The officer will instruct you to process the name transfer if your vehicle is from a different region when purchased.
3. Visit the physical examination section for motor vehicles
If the officer has validated the complete requirement documents. Next, you need to bring your vehicle for a physical examination of the motor vehicle.
Here, your vehicle will be checked by the officer starting from the vehicle chassis number to the vehicle engine number. After you have completed the inspection, you can request a proof of inspection from the officer. This proof can later be taken to the name transfer validation counter.
4. Visit the name transfer validation counter
After conducting the physical test of the motor vehicle, you can register the ownership of the car or transfer the name.
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5. Visit the counter to settle the tax penalties
After you submit all the name transfer requirement documents and complete the vehicle name transfer process. Next, you can visit the tax payment counter. You can settle the tax penalties that you have owed all this time. Don’t forget to bring the requirements explained above.
Once you have completed the payment process, you can wait a moment until the officer calls your name and hands you the new vehicle registration certificate.
Thus, the review regarding information on the removal of tax penalties for motor vehicles. Don’t forget to keep monitoring the information on tax penalty removal through the internet, or the E-Samsat application.