Vehicle Registration Rebates & Exemptions
Concessions
Concessions are applied to the client. To be eligible for a concession a person must be in receipt of a pension or allowance issued under the Social Service Act 1991 (i.e. Centrelink) or Veteran Entitlement Act 1981 (DVA) and hold a pensioner concession or health care card. Transport Access Scheme (TAS) members are also entitled to a concession for more information see Rebates and Concessions.
The client selects which vehicle the concession is to be applied to and until this vehicle is renewed or disposed of the concession cannot be transferred to another vehicle.
Concession/Rebate Amounts for Eligible Persons
Eligible clients receive a rebate on MAIB 1 and 2 class vehicles. The rebate is currently.
- $66.00 rebate on MAIB premium
Rebates for all pensioners defined above under the Social Security Act 1991 & Veterans' Entitlements Act 1981
- $33.15 rebate on registration fee (For MAIB Class 1 and 2 Vehicles)
- $8.00 rebate on the Road Safety Levy
Note: A rebate on the registration fee is also applicable on other classes of vehicles such as trailers, caravans and motorcycles. For information refer to the specific fees (see index under 'Calculations of Fees Payable') for the vehicle being registered.
Goods Carrying Vehicles only
- 40% motor tax rebate for pensioners registering a commercial goods vehicle for private use with a GVM <=4.5t.
Note:
Application for 40% Motor Tax Rebate must be completed annually by the pensioners eligible for the 40% motor tax rebate.
Totally & permanently incapacitated (TPI) and TAS recipients
- $33.15 discount on the registration fee
- Full exemption on duty. See note below
- Exemption on motor tax for vehicles with GVM no greater than 4.5t (see note below)
- $8.00 discount on the Road Safety Levy
Note:
Eligible clients can only be in receipt of the rebates for one vehicle only. TPI must be registered in single names.
A rebate on the registration fee is also applicable on the other classes of vehicles such as trailers, caravans and motorcycles. For information refer to the specific chapter in the schedule.
Rebates/Exemptions applicable to Registration
A rebate is applied to the vehicle based on its construction or use.
| Vehicle | Duty | Registration fee | Motor tax | Maib |
| Commercial vehicle (including heavy trailers) used for farming horticulture, and beekeeping purposes (Conditional registration plates to be issued to motor vehicles with GVM >15.9t and Trailers with GVM > 4.5t) |
no rebate | no rebate | *40% rebate | no rebate |
| Farm Tractor (a tractor or agricultural machine used solely for farming purposes) |
100% exemption | Payable on first issue but not on renewal | 100% exemption | no rebate |
| Tractor (A vehicle constructed primarily to tow or push trailers or implements but not capable of carrying goods or more than 1 passenger) |
no rebate | no rebate | no rebate | no rebate |
|
3 Axle Buses Rebate 3 Axle Buses greater then 12 tonnes Gross vehicle mass and not exceeding 60 000 kilometres travelled per annum |
no rebate | no rebate |
*Charged at 2B2 |
no rebate |
|
Interchangeable Trailer Rebate |
no rebate | no rebate | *40% rebate | no rebate |
|
Road Construction or earth moving machinery |
100% | no rebate | 100% | no rebate |
| Vintage Car | 100% | no rebate | 100% | no rebate |
|
Special Interest Vehicle |
no rebate | no rebate | 50% rebate | no rebate |
* Must complete a declaration on first issue then annually
Duty exemptions - Transfer of Registration
| Type of Pension or class of vehicle | Duty Rebate |
|
TPI Repatriation Act Pensioners |
100% exemption on one vehicle registered in their name. |
| Vehicles exempt from the payment of motor tax (vintage & veteran vehicles (annual declaration required), fork lift trucks, bulldozers, front-end loaders etc) | Vehicles which are exempted from the payment of motor tax are automatically exempt from the payment of duty. |
Beneficiaries and Family Law Court Orders
| Applicant for Registration Transfer | Exemption |
| Beneficiaries under the terms of a will where the beneficiary is a joint registered operator with the deceased |
No duty payable |
| Beneficiaries under the terms of a will where the beneficiary is not a joint registered operator with the deceased |
No duty payable |
| Transfers of registration where the applicant is granted a vehicle under an order of the Family Law Court |
No duty payable |
