Check and pay vehicle tax

You can use the registration number or the vehicle identification number to check the technical and tax information of any vehicle entered in the Transport Register free of charge. 

You can change your vehicle tax instalment by paying the tax bill according to the instalment table or in My e-Services.

No, you cannot. The vehicle tax must be paid in full according to the amount stated on the tax bill. However, you can choose to pay the vehicle tax in 1, 2, or 4 instalments by adjusting the payment schedule in the My e-Services portal.

Check the unpaid amount of vehicle tax in My e-Services. Only pay the vehicle tax listed as unpaid in My e-Services.

You do not have to pay the vehicle tax twice for the same period, so you can remove one of the payments. 

Please note that when you pay through an online bank or OmaPosti, it takes 1–3 days for the payment status to update in My e-Services.

When paying through an online bank or OmaPosti, it takes 1–3 days for the payment status to update in My e-Services.

If you have paid the tax but it shows unpaid in My e-Services, you may have used incorrect payment information or the payment is still pending.

You can use My e-Services to check whether the invoice (the vehicle tax bill) is still unpaid. If your vehicle does not show any unpaid taxes, all taxes have been paid.

Please note that when you pay through an online bank or OmaPosti, it takes 1–3 days for the payment status to update in My e-Services. However, you can drive the vehicle while carrying the receipt.

If you have used incorrect payment information, please contact our vehicle tax advisory service.

Always check the vehicle's tax information before purchase. You can check tax information in e.g. Traficom’s My e-Services. The service will display all vehicle taxes with upcoming or past due dates.

Please note that the vehicle will also be subjected to a prohibition of use due to the vehicle taxes of the previous owner or holder if they are not paid by the due date. Take this into account especially if tax information shows unpaid taxes with upcoming due dates. This means that the vehicle is not subject to a prohibition of use yet, but it may happen. 

However, if you wish to pay the previous owner's unpaid taxes, we recommend that you first register the vehicle in your own name. This will update the tax information and make you officially responsible for the tax. This prevents you from paying too much taxes on behalf of the previous owner, which you will not be able to have refunded.

As the seller, you are still liable to pay the tax on the day of sale. The new owner or holder is liable for the tax as of the following day.

Please note that as a seller, you can confirm that the payments end on the right date by submitting a notification of transfer.

• The vehicle will be subject to a prohibition of use.
  • A vehicle subject to a prohibition of use may not be
    • used in traffic
    • commissioned
    • inspected
    • exported, not even if towed or transported by trailer.
• Where necessary, overdue tax may be recovered by enforcement without a separate court order. 

The duties of Traficom, the police, the Border Guard, and customs officials include monitoring vehicles in traffic use to check that they do not have over due and unpaid tax and that they have not been decommissioned. The driver of a vehicle subject to a prohibition of use is guilty of an offence for which the police may impose a fine.

If you do not pay the tax by the due date, you must also pay the interest rate, which is a minimum of 3,00 euros. The interest rate is 9.5% in 2026.

• Unpaid tax is only recovered from the estate and recovery measures are not targeted at recipients of the estate.
• To prevent the recovery of unpaid tax, make a free-form application to Traficom stating that the estate is without means. Attach to the application the deceased person’s extract from the Population Information System or the first page of the estate inventory deed to prove that you are a party to the estate. 
• After a decision not to take action to recover the tax, a vehicle tax invoice will still be sent to the estate, but unpaid tax is not sent for enforcement.
• The prohibition of use on the vehicle for which the vehicle tax has not been paid remains in force, however, and the overdue vehicle tax must be paid before the vehicle can be used in traffic.