PUBLISHED : 22 Aug 2023 at 04:00
More than 7 billion baht’s worth of annual vehicle tax has been collected in the first 10 months of this fiscal year on the back of easier tax payment “from anywhere”, according to the Department of Land Transport (DLT).
The owners of 5.5 million vehicles paid their vehicle tax from October last year to July, generating 7.64 billion baht. The fiscal year begins in October.
The tax is understood to be payment for annual vehicle registration renewals and for registration of new vehicles.
DLT spokesman Seksom Akkrapan said vehicle tax can be paid through a variety of channels, with those made available online fast gaining popularity.
Payments can be made via the DLT’s webpage, the DLT Vehicle Tax application, a counter service at convenience stores, the mPay application and the TrueMoney wallet system.
More people were using the online services to renew their vehicle registrations and pay the vehicle tax to avoid queues at DLT offices. The DLT’s “from anywhere” payment scheme has reduced the long queues at its offices.
Of the total annual payments, 113,906 vehicle owners paid their tax via the DLT Vehicle Tax application, 687,452 paid via the department’s website, 145,766 used the counter service and 8,977 via mPay and TrueMoney.
The DLT’s five offices in Bangkok recorded 3.7 million owners who made the annual tax payment during the first 10 months of the fiscal year. Of them, 746,190 paid through the Drive Thru for Tax service, 6,375 through post offices, 17,003 through tax kiosks installed at the offices and eight through commercial banks.
For those who pay via the DLT Vehicle Tax application, after they have completed the payment procedures, they can have the renewed vehicle registration sticker and receipt mailed to them, or they can go to a DLT office and print the sticker out at a tax kiosk there.