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They send tax on the sold car what to do. The car sold by the general power of attorney comes tax.

How often do situations occur that a citizen sold the car, and the tax comes, what to do in such cases?

First of all, it is necessary to understand for which specific period the accrual occurred. The existence of a clear error in the calculations of the tax authorities is an excuse to ask the traffic police for explanations. But let's talk about everything in order.

Payers of the transport tax are not only organizations, but also ordinary citizens. The obligation to transfer it is fixed by the norms of the tax code.

The duties of the payers are performed by all the owners of vehicles, that is, the person in whose name the car is registered. The exception is those who sold the car or took it off the register for other reasons.

Although in practice, there are cases when the car is sold, but the tax still comes. But we will talk about such situations a little later, as well as how to behave in them and how to correctly determine for which period the payment is made.

Who pays the transportation tax

As a rule, owning a car is an excuse to pay extra fees. Accordingly, the more vehicles you own, the more tax amounts you have to say goodbye to.

Citizens are taxed (receipts for payment) in whose name the following vehicles are registered:

  • cars (cars, trucks, buses, self-propelled vehicles);
  • motorcycles and scooters;
  • helicopters, aircraft;
  • yachts, sailing ships, motor ships, boats, motor boats, hydrocycles;
  • snowmobiles.

The most popular means of transportation is, of course, a car. Therefore, owners often have questions about why they sent tax on the car sold. Perhaps those who sold their aircraft, such situations do not arise. 🙂

At the same time, some technology is completely exempt from taxation.   This applies to cars for disabled people and passenger subcompacts (up to 100 hp), issued to citizens through social protection agencies. Will not be considered as an object of taxation and a more powerful car, purchased and converted for the needs of disabled people.

Also, duties are not charged to owners of agricultural machines, which include tractors, harvesters, milk trucks, veterinary cars and others.

How to calculate transport tax

The obligation to independently calculate the amount to be paid is available only to organizations. Citizens receive already generated receipts or notices. They calculate the tax authorities themselves. Therefore, from the current or former owner of the TS little depends. Perhaps this is why in practice the situation when a tax on a car that was sold long ago is not uncommon?

It is likely, because the tax authorities collect data exclusively from registration authorities. They include the traffic police offices, state bodies. supervision, monitoring the technical condition of self-propelled machines. Therefore, if the citizen sold the property, including sold the car by proxy, and the tax comes, it can mean that the tax does not have all the latest data.

Transfer of payment to the car is made at the place of its registration, regardless of the location of the payer himself. This fact gives a good option if not how to get rid of the tax completely, then at least reduce its size by registering a car in another region.

Pay the calculated amount is required until December 1 of the year following the settlement. At the same time, the Tax Inspectorate should provide documents for payment at least 30 days before the indicated date. For this reason, the term of payment can be designated as 30 days after receipt of the calculation, unless other dates are specified in the receipt.

Inspection can send the receipt by mail, electronically, hand over personally to the receipt. If, however, the notice of the calculation of the tax has not been sent, then there is no obligation to transfer the payment.

However, if this notification is not received for some reason, this can not be considered a cause for joy, as the law requires notification of the error, so that they (the tax authorities) still set a duty.

The delay in payment of a transport tax or its incomplete payment is fraught with penalties. If there is no desire to count large sums, even considering that the car has not existed for a long time, but the contract is lost, repayment of debts follows in time. Penalties are charged for each day of delay, can be collected forcibly along with the amount of the main arrears.

As for the calculation of the transport tax itself, in the issued notifications, the inspection lists all the indicators used, which include:

  • category of vehicle;
  • engine power;
  • tax rate;
  • number of months of ownership.

Why the car is sold and the tax comes

And yet many car owners are likely the situation when the tax on the sold car came, what to do in such cases? The answer depends on the specific situation.

First of all, you need to understand the timing of the sale. Many motorists for some reason overlook the fact that pay for property is only after the end of the tax period (year). And in the case of the payment of the transport fee before December 1, you can completely forget about the car sold earlier, say, more than a year and a half ago.

Therefore, many are surprised that after the sale came a tax. So what to do in such situations? I'll have to remember the exact date of transfer of rights to the car and compare the data specified in the notice.



  The algorithm itself for calculating the transport tax depends on the tax period. So, until 2015, in the number of months of ownership of the car, in any case, added a month of sale (de-registration).

Example. For example, citizen Kopeikin sold the car on February 5, 2015. The amount of payment in this case is calculated based on 2 full months of possession (January-February). In this case, the buyer is quite legitimately also charged the payment for February. Therefore, a citizen will receive a notice of payment of the tax on a seemingly long-sold car. After all, he will receive the receipt only by the end of 2016!

Since 2016, the situation has changed. Under the new rules, the full month of owning a car is the one whose sale occurred after the 15th day, or if the purchase was made before the 15th day inclusive. The same applies to taking cars off the register.

Another reason for the wrongfully assessed tax can be called unreliable information in the state registration authorities. If the citizen is sure that the car is not registered to him anymore, but how to remove the tax from the sold car does not know, then you should apply for explanations to the traffic police authorities.

If more timely information is received, the FTS will recalculate and cancel the previously charged amount. But despite the fact that the question of how to abolish the "transport tax" is not difficult, the situation is better controlled personally.

After all, as the well-known Ostap Bender used to say: "The rescue of drowning people is the work of the drowning themselves". Therefore, the actions taken in time will help to avoid additional misunderstandings with state structures.

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Notify the tax authorities about the sale of the car, as the law of the Russian Federation says, is due to its owner. That is, the one whose name is indicated in the passport for the car. The contract of sale and purchase is concluded, the copy is issued to the seller and the buyer. After that, the new owner removes the machine from the register and registers with himself. The tax service is notified of this by the traffic police.

But it happens that the former owner has long since sold out his "horse", and the transport tax on the car still comes. This happens for exactly one reason: de jure, the owner remained the same, since it is he who is addressed to all claims regarding the car.

In what cases does the TN come to sell the car?

A former car owner may be faced with the need to pay a tax notice after the sale of the car for several reasons.

First of all, it is worth remembering that the tax is paid in the current year for the last year. Do not rush to blame tax officials and traffic cops for the mistake. If you sold the car in January 2015, you will receive a second notice of the transport tax ( and you will have to pay it!): for 2014 - before October 1, 2015 and for the month of owning a car in 2015 - in time until October 1, 2016.

The transport tax is calculated for a full month, that is even if you sold the car of the first number, you will have to pay as for owning a car during the whole month   completely.

Are you sure that the notice indicates the period when the car did not belong to you? Then it is necessary to understand other reasons for the misunderstanding with TN, which can arise through the fault of the relevant authorities:

  1. The tax inspection is to blame. The fiscal authorities had earlier made a mistake, and then they identified it and sent you a notice in the past. In this case, the notice may contain information on the need to pay tax for the three preceding tax periods, not more than (paragraph 3 of Article 363 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation).
  2. Guilt of the State Traffic Inspectorate. The mistake could be made by the registration authorities of the MREO GIBDD when entering data on the new owner in the database, or when transferring information about the owners of vehicles to the tax service. In this situation, the Tax Inspectorate will assess the transport tax on the basis of available information, which is already obsolete, and the previous owner of the car will receive another notification.

The notice of the transport tax is sent by the IFNS on address, which was specified in the registration documents for the car when it is registered with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. Check if it matches your current mailing address and location. Then the risk of losing notifications is minimized, which means you will not have to pay right away for several years of ownership of the car when it is already sold.

But there are situations when problems with the determination of the payer TN are caused by the actions of not the controlling bodies, but the car owners themselves:


  1. The seller is guilty   - The former owner of the car. With his own hands, the car owner creates problems for himself, who draws up a purchase and sale transaction not by contract, but by transmits the TS by proxy. It does not matter what kind of power of attorney is issued - general, with resale right or just driving a car, it is certified by a notary or not - the owner does not change ownership in this case. Therefore, the former owner continues to act as a payer of the transport tax and will continue to receive a notification of his payment.
  2. Wines on the buyer   - the new owner of the car. Under the new rules, it is not required to remove the car from the register when changing the owner, the seller may not appear at the traffic police at all, but simply transfer the documents to the buyer and sign a sales contract. The buyer thus appears obligation to register a vehicle, visiting MREO within 10 days from the date of the transaction. A newly-made car owner may not comply with this requirement of the law and never re-register the vehicle in his name, and the former owner will remain in the status of a taxpayer for this regional fiscal collection.

Things To Remember, if you decided to formalize the transfer of a car into someone else's possession and thus save yourself from unnecessary trouble? In the legislation of the Russian Federation in general there is no such thing as "sell by proxy". Sale involves the transfer of things into property, and the power of attorney allows it to use.

How to solve a problem with a TN on an already sold car?

The car owner, who sold the vehicle and received the next notice for the period after the transaction, will need to correct this misunderstanding. Otherwise, ignoring the notifications from the Tax Inspectorate threatens with penal sanctions   for tax evasion.

It is necessary to understand what caused the notification of TN in your address. If necessary (tax for past periods), pay it, or send a notice to a new owner who uses the machine by proxy.

If the claim has arisen illegally, it is necessary apply to the tax service and MREOto justify their refusal to pay tax for the car sold. When the notification is sent by mistake of these instances, you need to write a statement to both the Tax Inspectorate and the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate with a request to bring everything in line.

But from your own mistakes when concluding a deal you need to get rid of in another way. Unpleasant surprises in the sale of vehicles under a contract of sale can easily be avoided. To do this, after 10 days the seller of the machine can contact the traffic police and request information about a particular machine   - whether it is re-registered to a new owner or is still listed on it.

Well, when you can call the new owner - then you should ask him to put the car on the record. However, it is not a fact that beliefs will work. You can then contact the traffic police with a request to search for a car, or about recycling.


Actions of the seller should be directed to that after the transaction to remove the car from the account from its own name. Since the buyer is not in a hurry to comply with the requirements of the law and register it for himself, it is necessary to write an application for recycling or to file for theft of a car to to receive grounds for decommissioning   of the car that was sold.

However, the accrued transport tax alone will not disappear   - one way or another he will have to pay the former owner. That is why in such a situation it is necessary to turn to a competent auto-dealer or independently to restore justice.

We admit, nevertheless the car has been reissued. You need to do the following:

  • in the traffic police you need to take a certificate confirming the re-registration of the car;
  • with the original certificate - to the branch of the tax inspection, where the notification came from;
  • a statement is written where the date of the transaction and the data on the new owner are indicated;
  • to the application you need to attach a copy of the contract of sale. There should be signatures of the parties, the date, the amount for which the car was sold.

After this, a resolution will be issued, which will remove from you an undue payment.

More and more often citizens complain: "I sold the car, but the tax comes!" What should I do in this situation? How much can this be considered legitimate? In fact, everything is easier than it seems. It is enough to understand some of the features of the transport tax, as well as Russian legislation. And then there will be no problems for citizens. What should I look for? Why can there be a tax on the vehicle sold? Where and in what order should I apply in a similar situation?

About the transport tax

The first step is to understand what payment is involved. is an annual tax that is paid by all owners of vehicles. It is calculated at the regional level, taking into account many features.

Accordingly, to pay for the car, which is owned, will have from year to year. But you can get rid of this payment. How exactly? Change the owner of the car. And not only in fact, but also documented. Only so it turns out not to pay money for the car on legal grounds. And nothing else.

When changing the owner

If the seller suddenly came tax on the car sold, there should not be panic. Under the rules established in Russia, the change of the owner of property removes from the previous owner the responsibility for tax payments. This prerogative passes to the new owner. The rule is relevant for any property.

That is, as soon as the car changes owner, the previous owner should not receive taxes for the vehicle. But there are exceptions. In any case, there is no reason for panic. Came the tax for the car sold? To pay or not? The answer depends on the specific situation. What development options can take place?

About the features of payments

In order to fully understand how legitimate the requirements are set by the tax authorities, it is necessary to learn about certain features of tax payments. What is it about?

The fact is that if a citizen sold the car and the tax comes, then the phenomenon can be considered legal. Especially in situations where the sale took place recently. Why?

Under the established rules, a citizen pays for his property in the year following the one in which the property was purchased. In other words, if the car was bought in 1999, then the tax will come in 2000.

Accordingly, this feature must be taken into account by every citizen. So, if there is a transport tax on a recently sold car, you do not need to be surprised. The demand is legal. After all, in the coming year will have to pay for the previous 12 (or less) months of possession of property. In this situation, you will have to pay.

By proxy

Now in Russia very often property passes in the property by proxy. That is, the buyer and the seller conclude an unspoken deal with the settlement, but the documents form the power of attorney. In fact, there is a sale and purchase of a vehicle.

If this is the case - a person sold the car and the tax comes, - then such actions can also be considered legitimate. After all, the transfer of property in ownership by proxy is the provision of temporary rights to the car. The real owner of the property is the former owner of the documents.

Accordingly, it will be necessary to pay for the car in full. That is why it is not recommended to conclude an imaginary purchase and sale by proxy. Such frauds bring many problems to sellers.

Under contract

And if the transaction was concluded according to all established rules? What if the tax on the car sold under the contract of sale has come? It has already been said that everything depends on the concrete situation.

In the year that follows the year of the transaction, it is necessary to pay the tax in full, but taking into account the number of months of ownership of the car. It should be noted that even if in a given month the transport was in the property for several days, rounding will take place in a larger direction. In other words, the month goes into credit as complete when calculating the tax.

But if transport taxes continue to come after that period, they should not be paid. But to leave the phenomenon without attention also does not follow. It is property owners who must pay for their cars!

Excluding

Came tax on the car sold? This is a common phenomenon that should not cause panic. If the transaction was concluded officially, the reason for this phenomenon may be that the buyer did not register with the traffic police in a 10-day period. It is the amount of time a citizen is allowed to set up a car in the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate after signing a purchase and sale transaction.

In this situation it is recommended to apply to the tax service at your place of residence, as well as in the traffic police. Employees will have to show evidence of transferring the car into the ownership of another citizen. And then taxes will stop coming to the seller's name.

Causes causes

And why the situation can arise at all? All problems have their own reasons. In the case of taxes, there are more than enough. Why is the tax on the car that I sold?

Among the most common reasons are the following:

  1. The deal was fictitious. For example, property is transferred by proxy to the buyer's property. Taxes come to the seller legally.
  2. This is a tax for past years, in which the seller still owned the car. Also a legitimate requirement. To pay such a tax is necessary in any case.
  3. Failure in the tax service. Sometimes tax notifications come to citizens by mistake. Pay in this situation is not necessary, but it is necessary to clarify all the nuances concerning the invoice.
  4. The buyer did not register on time at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. If the tax on the sold car came under a sales contract that was legalized, it will not be necessary to pay. All responsibility for the property will be borne by the buyer. It is enough to prove the legality of the transaction.
  5. Failures in the traffic police system. They are equivalent to failures in the tax authorities. As a rule, they do not occur very often. You will not need to pay.

From now on it is clear why the notice of payment of the transport tax can come. This situation requires a lot of attention from both the buyer and the seller.

Where to go

The car is sold, but does it come? If the transaction was legal, and payments for all previous months of ownership of transport are paid off, the seller must apply to certain authorities. Where exactly?

There are several options for action.

  1. Handling of documents confirming the transaction and the transfer of property to another owner, to the tax authorities at the place of his residence. A citizen in this situation confirms the fact that the car no longer belongs to him. And therefore, he should not pay for it.
  2. Writing an application of the standard in the GAI. The process differs little from the appeal to the tax authorities. Came a tax on the car sold, the contract is lost? Then you will either have to prove in other ways the fact of concluding the transaction, or pay. Most often it is possible to realize the first option.

The court is treated extremely rarely under the circumstances studied. As a rule, they are judged mainly with buyers who have not fulfilled their obligations.

How to proceed if taxes come

So, the citizen came tax on the sold car. What to do? You can use several tips to help you get rid of unnecessary problems.

More precisely, a citizen can:

  1. To settle matters with the buyer personally. For example, call and find out what's wrong. It is required in all ways to try to contact the buyer. If the number is unknown, a notification letter is sent. It describes in detail the situation, as well as the request to formalize the car by law. All documents that can confirm attempts to communicate with the buyer must be retained.
  2. To contact the traffic police with documents confirming the transaction, as well as payment of tax for the period of ownership of a vehicle before the sale. Usually, after this step, the search for a buyer will start, with the aim of imposing on him the responsibility for the illegal use of cars without registering them.
  3. Break the previously concluded contract. Came tax on the car sold? What to do? As an option - to abandon the concluded transaction, pay the tax and then either use the transport, or draw up a similar deal with the responsible person. Money for the car will have to be returned to the buyer.

All these are the most common options for action. It is clearly not necessary to leave the situation without attention. And pay for all who came too.

Before decisive action

If the citizen has come road tax on the car sold, you do not need to rush to collect evidence documents of the concluded car sale transaction. The first and very important point will be the careful study of the receipt that has come.

It is likely that the period for which the tax is charged is the time in which the citizen owned one or another property. For him, as has been repeatedly said, you will have to pay. Non-payment threatens not only with a fine, but with penalties, which are charged for late payment of tax payments.

Accordingly, before you go to the tax or the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, you need to make sure that the payment is not legal. Only in this case it is possible to start resolute actions. Otherwise, all manipulations will only take away the citizen's time. And in the end, taxes will still have to be paid in full.

Each vendor of the vehicle can be given several recommendations that will help to avoid problems in the future when making deals. Citizen sold the car, but does the tax come? To avoid such situations, it is enough:

  1. Conduct a deal only with bona fide buyers. It is advisable to find out all contacts for communication with a citizen in advance. This applies to both residence permits and telephones.
  2. Simultaneously, to remove transport from the register and to require the buyer to register the property in the traffic police on the day of the transaction, for example. Most often this is the case.
  3. To remember, that there is no legal wording "sale by proxy" in Russia. Under similar circumstances the property is transferred only for a while. And payments (penalties, taxes, etc.) will be legally based on a potential seller. Therefore, it is best to exclude transactions related to power of attorney.
  4. It is advisable to conduct escorts by a lawyer. So both sides will be protected from the unscrupulous behavior of sellers or buyers.
  5. All documents must be stored in one place, stored, copied and certified by a notary. It is important not to lose evidence pointing to the fact of transfer of property to the new owner. Otherwise, taxes will come in the name of the seller. And to avoid them will not work.

All these are excellent ways that will protect both the buyer and the seller from unnecessary problems. In fact, everything is easier than it seems. In fact, only the right preparation helps solve tax problems.

Results and conclusions

From now on it is clear what to do if the car is sold, and the car tax comes. In fact, everything is easier than it seems. Sold by all the rules the machine will not cause inconvenience to the seller.

Do not be afraid to claim your rights and the transaction. After all, not always these or that organs work properly. And everyone should remember this. If a citizen can accurately say that the tax comes illegally, it is not necessary to pay it. We will have to take decisive action to achieve justice.

The notification of the tax service regarding the purchase and sale of the vehicle is due to the owner of the unit, the individual whose first name and surname are recorded in the technical passport.

As a result of the conclusion of the contract of sale, a copy of the document is issued to both parties of the process, using which the new car owner registers the car on himself in the traffic police.

In this case, the traffic police are involved in questions concerning the notification of the tax service.

Recently, a frequent occurrence was nonsense, when the owner had sold the car a year ago, but the transport tax comes to this day. Why does this happen?

And the reason is one: all fines and taxes go to the actual owner of the car, that is, the new owner simply did not re-arrange the car for himself (did not register) and all claims are presented to the old owner.

Why does the notice for a sold car come?

The old owner may face a problem regarding the payment of the transport tax for the car sold. The reasons for this error can be several, both through the fault of the buyer and the traffic police.

The first thing to remember is extremely important, that the transport tax is paid not for the current year, but even more so for the next year, and the past 12 months. That is, do not throw off the blame for the staff of the GIBD.

For example, if you got rid of the car in early January of 2105, a notice about paying the vehicle tax will be sent to your address at least twice.

In fact, you will have to pay a fee for the period of using the vehicle in 2014. The second reminder of payment is the use of the vehicle for the month of 2105.

Charging duty is for the whole month. If you sold the unit on the 1st and the 2nd of the production month, you will have to pay transportation tax for all 30 days.

In fact, if you bought a car in early October, when the notification arrives, you will pay for the past time use, and for what will be credited from October 1 this month.

In other cases, when in the transport tax the indicated date does not correspond to the time you use the vehicle, the error can arise for the following reasons:

The culprit is the tax inspectorate itself. Bodies in their work can make mistakes and send notifications of payment of fees for the period in which you have no cars on hand.

To screw up with the transport tax could and in traffic police.

The mistake could have been the wrong entry of a new car owner into the technical passport or the transmission of erroneous information about the owner to the tax authorities.

The body will calculate the old and incorrect names and send a warning to the person that has no relation to the car sold.

The transport tax is forwarded to an individual whose data was used to register the vehicle.

It is necessary to check the correspondence of the addresses recorded in the registration documents with your current place of residence.

This should be done to ensure that in the future, when the car is sold, you did not have to pay the transport tax already on your car because of the loss of notices from the tax.

But state structures - this is another 50% of the mistakes and confusing with the taxation of vehicles. The rest falls on the actions of buyers and sellers of units.

Most of the problems associated with taxation are created first and foremost by the owner and seller of the machine.

It means when the transfer of ownership of the vehicle is transferred not under a contract of sale, and drawing up a power of attorney for the car.

And here the type of power of attorney is no longer important, whether it is a general, or simply the right to use the machine (management). The main point is the lack of a procedure for changing the owner of the vehicle.

In this case, all taxes and penalties will come to the name of the previous owner, who will have to pay them.

The perpetrator is the acquirer of the unit. According to the new rules for re-registration of the vehicle, the procedure for removing the car from the register was withdrawn from the process, and the personal presence of the seller of the car when re-entering the traffic police was not mandatory.

The fate of the owner in the transaction is limited to several signatures in the contract of sale and transfer of all documents to the car.

The person who bought the vehicle must undergo the procedure of registration with the subsequent registration of the machine on himself within ten days after the purchase.

But there are cases when an unscrupulous buyer for some reason does not fulfill the requirements and does not register the car.

Therefore, the former owner continues to pay taxes, which will come to his own address.

Transmission of the machine by proxy is not a good option. The legislation of Russia does not provide for the procedure of "selling cars by proxy", such a concept is generally absent.

In case of sale, the thing passes, and the buyer receives all the property rights, and the power of attorney is the right to use someone's thing.

Documentally, as a result of the transfer of rights by proxy, the owner of the unit remains unchanged, which receives notification of taxes, delinquencies, fines and accidents.

From what time does the seller of the car cease to pay the transport tax

As a result of the sale-purchase transaction, the new owner becomes the owner of the car, and all taxes come to him.

The old car owner pays taxes for the past or the current year - all while using the car.

If the unit was sold at the beginning of the month, the old owner pays the duty until the end of the month.

The seller completely ceases to pay the transportation tax for the next month after the sale of the car, and all the notifications will be sent only for the last period when you were still the owner of the car.

What to do in this case

If it already happened that one of the parties has screwed up, and all the ends lead to you, you will have to solve the problem and correct the misunderstanding.

After all, if you ignore the notifications and the lack of your reaction to letters from the tax, additional fines and penalties may be imposed on you, for avoiding the duty fee.

The first thing that needs to be done is to establish the reason for the error and send receipts for the payment of the transport tax to your address. It is good to understand the periods of taxation.

If the tax came for the last year, when you used the car, then you should immediately pay the duties.

When the time indicated in the letter does not capture the period of your personal use by the unit - notify the former owner that he is using the machine by proxy or he is driving on a non-re-issued vehicle.

When the payments are illegal and do not have justifications, you need to apply to the tax or MREO and prove their rightness, refuse to pay.

In case of errors on the fault of the above-mentioned authorities, an application is written to the IFTS, in which you are asked to fix the documents and understand the situation.

If misunderstandings have arisen as a result of your mistakes and not competent actions, the situation is completely different.

The first thing that needs to be done as a result of selling the machine under the contract is to make an inquiry in the MREO on the number and the specific model and find out at what stage the re-registration of the unit to the acquirer is and whether it is registered to it.

You can call the new owner and try to settle the conflict peacefully by requesting the car registration.

If he refuses to do this, you need to contact the traffic police, where to write a statement that the car you are looking for.

That is, it is necessary to speed up the process of registering the unit with a new name by any possible means and remove it from its account.

How to write an application in tax

As a result of errors in the tax or traffic police, a statement is being written asking you to review your documents and register the car sold:

  1. First of all you need to take a certificate in MREO, which confirms the re-registration of the unit to the new owner.
  2. Further, an application is written to the head of the tax service, who sends you a notice of non-payment.

The application states that the vehicle was sold (indicating the date, time, place), which confirms the transfer of rights from you to the former car owner.

What you need to attach to the application

To the application to the tax service, a certificate from the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate is attached, which confirms the re-registration of the unit to the new owner and the contract of sale (copy).

Notices on the payment of transport tax on the sold car can come both through the fault of state structures, and as a result of errors of the seller or buyer.

There are ways to unleash conflicts, both peacefully and with an application to the tax service.

Video: What if I have a transport tax on a car that you have not had for a long time?



Sometimes you can face a very interesting and unpleasant situation. You sold the car, issued the transfer, correctly compiled all the necessary documents. However, after a while you will receive a notification with a demand, in which you will be indicated by the owner of the transport. And accordingly the question arises: what if the unpaid tax on the sold car came?

Why the tax for the sold car can come even after renewal of the car?

  • The tax for the car sold was added late, or the notice came later than usual.

When you receive a notification, check the date first. It is possible that the tax is calculated even during the period when you sold the car. In this case, pay the fee in the usual way if you have not already done so. If the tax was paid, but it is not documented anywhere, then you should contact the prosecutor's office.

  • The tax for the car sold is calculated on the date after the sale of the car.

The new owner did not issue all the papers for the purchased transport. In this case, the tax will still be charged in your favor, regardless of whether you are the owner of the car according to the documents or not.

  • The tax for the sold car has come to you even after the buyer has completed all the documents.

In this case, it is likely that the data were lost somewhere in the tax or traffic police. To see this, you can ask the traffic police to clarify the owner of the car.

  • The new owner uses the sold car by proxy.

In this case, the error was committed even during the sale process. It is necessary to compile a complete act of purchase and sale with documentary confirmation of the change of ownership. Giving the machine by proxy the owner, in fact, remains the same.

How to stop paying taxes for an already sold car?



If the culprit was a new buyer, then there are three options for solving the problem:

  • Negotiate with the buyer.

The easiest way. The fact is that when buying a car, the new owner is obligated to submit an application to the tax for ten days that the vehicle has changed owner. If he did not do this, the tax will send a notice to the previous owner.

  • Cancel the contract of sale.

If the tax for the sold car is accrued through the fault of the buyer, according to the standard contract of sale, the transaction can be canceled. This is due to the fact that the contract implies compliance with the requirements of the law on both sides. If the buyer refused to pay the tax or reissue it, then the transaction can be canceled even after the documented sale of the car.

  • Dispute notification.

The longest and most complex process. The fact is that every tax return notification will have to be challenged. This will require a lot of information and a trial. It will also require the involvement of the traffic police and the tax inspection. This is the longest and most laborious of possible processes. And he will give the least results - the new owner of the tax for the sold car will be accrued only after he puts it on the record.

If the reason is an error in the traffic police or the tax inspection:

  • Prove that you have already paid the tax.

If you received a receipt for the period in which the owner was you, then to resolve the misunderstanding you have to provide a tax receipt for payment. Then the notice must be canceled and the information corrected.

  • Check who is indicated by the car owner in the tax inspection. You can do it in the traffic police. Get a certificate of the owner of the car with the date of the last reissue. With it you should go to the tax. In it, you must write an application for the change of the car owner and the recalculation of the tax. To the application must attach a certificate from the traffic police. After this operation, the new owner should receive a notice of payment of the tax.

Why not delay with the re-registration of the tax after the sale?

The reason is very simple. If these taxes go unheeded, they will continue to accumulate until you get a case. In this case, you will face heavy fines and proceedings with bailiffs. After that, we will have to appeal each application separately, which is very long, tedious and costly. Therefore, it is very important to inform the new buyer about the need to re-arrange transport in the tax. And do not be too lazy to request all the necessary extracts to make sure that you have not been deceived. Well, if the new owner can not or does not want to cooperate, then simply terminate the transaction - you have every right to do so.

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