Apply for exemption from the base tax of vehicle tax

If you do not have a parking card, you can apply for one from Traficom.

When you apply for an exemption for the first time, you may receive the exemption retroactively. The exemption may begin no earlier than the start date of the parking card’s validity and no more than three years before the application date.

When you transfer the exemption to another vehicle, the transfer takes effect on the same day.

The exemption can remain valid until the parking card expires.

You can check the validity period of the exemption under Details on tax exemption in Services for people with reduced mobility in My e-Services.

The exemption may end earlier, for example, if you decommission or sell the vehicle.

When your parking card expires, the exemption from the basic vehicle tax also ends. After this, you must pay the basic vehicle tax unless you apply for a new parking card and receive a new exemption based on it.

Apply for a new parking card well before your current card expires. Once you have received a new parking card, apply for an exemption for the vehicle based on the new card.

Use the Transfer exemption from the base tax of a vehicle tax service. The exemption is transferred to the other vehicle on the same day.

The exemption ends automatically when the buyer registers the vehicle in their name.

Apply for an exemption for the new vehicle in My e-Services.

If the sold vehicle is still shown as being owned or held by you, transfer the valid exemption to another vehicle using the Transfer exemption from the base tax of a vehicle tax service.

Yes. The exemption ends on the date when you decommission the vehicle.

When you commission the vehicle again, apply for the exemption again using the Apply for exemption from the base tax of vehicle tax service.

If you are the person liable for tax on the vehicle, you can apply for an exemption in My e-Services based on your child’s parking card.

If you are applying for an exemption for a vehicle for which another person is liable for tax, the child’s guardian must apply for the exemption using a paper form.

You can apply for an exemption from the basic tax of vehicle tax based on a parking card issued by the police by submitting a written application to Traficom. Attach a copy of the parking card issued by the police to the application.

Send the application form to:

Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom
PO Box 320
FI-00059 TRAFICOM

• Complete, print and sign the exemption application form (PDF, available in Finnish) Ulkoinen verkkopalvelu.

If the Finnish Tax Administration has granted you a refund under section 26, 50 or 51 of the Car Tax Act, the exemption from the basic tax of vehicle is activated automatically. You can check the exemption under Services for people with reduced mobility.

Under Details on tax exemption, you can see the vehicle’s registration number, the validity period of the exemption and the grounds for the exemption (sections 26, 50 or 51 of the Car Tax Act).

If you decommission the vehicle, the exemption ends on the date of the notification. When you commission the vehicle again, you must request that the exemption be reactivated, for example by calling Traficom’s vehicle tax service.

The exemption ends automatically on the parking card holder’s date of death. Information about the date of death is provided to Traficom by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. There may be a short delay before the information is updated.

A deceased person’s parking card cannot be used to apply for an exemption from the basic tax of vehicle tax. A disabled parking card is personal and therefore does not transfer to the deceased person’s estate.