A change is being proposed to the motorbike registration fee after the province and city merge.

Currently, the registration fee (LPTB) in the city is 5%, in the countryside it is 2%. Many people are worried that when merging into the city, they will have to pay higher LPTB for motorbikes.

The Ministry of Finance proposes to synchronize registration fees with motorbikes. Photo: Xuyen Dong

However, the Ministry of Finance is seeking comments on the draft Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 10/2022/ND-CP dated January 15, 2022 of the Government regulating registration fees.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the number of provinces and centrally run cities will be merged from 63 to 34 provincial-level administrative units. Some provinces will be merged into centrally run cities. For example: Hai Duong will be merged into Hai Phong city, Quang Nam will be merged into Da Nang city...

If the calculation and collection of LPTB is applied according to the provisions of Decree No. 10/2022/ND-CP, people in provinces (except provincial cities) merged into centrally-run cities when registering motorbikes will have to pay LPTB at a higher rate (an increase of 3%).

According to the policy of administrative unit arrangement, the district level will be abolished and the current communes and wards will be merged, reducing by about 60%. Thus, the administrative boundaries of communes and wards in provincial cities and towns as prescribed in Decree No. 10/2022/ND-CP mentioned above will change compared to the current one.

The Ministry of Finance said that, implementing the Party and State's policy on the arrangement of local administrative units (merging provinces and communes; abolishing district level), it is necessary to review and amend a number of provisions in Decree No. 10/2022/ND-CP (on the LPTB collection rate for different vehicles according to district level, LPTB exemption for organizations and individuals according to commune, ward, town level...), ensuring smooth LPTB collection without any problems.

Regarding the amendments related to the review and arrangement of the apparatus, the Ministry of Finance proposes: Amending and supplementing Clause 4, Article 8 of Decree No. 10/2022/ND-CP on the LPTB collection rate according to the percentage as follows: "Motorbikes: Collection rate is 2%. For motorbikes paying LPTB for the second time onwards, the collection rate is 1%".

The reason and basis for the proposed amendment and supplement is that according to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 8 of Decree No. 10/2022/ND-CP, vehicle owners in 6 centrally-run cities and 83 provincial cities when registering a motorbike for the first time must pay a registration fee of 5%.

The draft proposes to amend and supplement Clause 3, Article 7 on the price of calculating LPTB for cars and motorbikes; Clause 1 and Clause 4, Article 13 of Decree No. 10/2022/ND-CP in the direction: The price of calculating LPTB for cars and motorbikes is implemented according to the LPTB price list issued by the Provincial People's Committee.

According to the Ministry of Finance, this proposed amendment and supplement is based on the following: Documents of the 13th National Party Congress stipulate "Innovating the decentralization of the state budget, clearly defining revenue sources and expenditure tasks of budget levels in the direction of strengthening the leading role of the central budget, while ensuring autonomy, self-responsibility, encouraging and promoting creativity of local governments".

In addition, the State Budget Law stipulates that LPTB is a revenue item belonging to the local budget.

In addition to LPTB for vehicles, the Ministry of Finance said it is necessary to review and amend some provisions on LPTB calculation prices for LPTB-exempt land to ensure consistency with the provisions of the 2024 Land Law.

Decree No. 10/2022/ND-CP stipulates that the price for calculating the LPTB for houses and the price for calculating the LPTB for land shall be implemented according to the price list issued by the provincial People's Committee. Therefore, the amendment of the authority to issue the LPTB price list transferred to the provincial People's Committee ensures consistency in the spirit of organization and arrangement of the apparatus according to the Party and State's orientation on decentralization and delegation of power to local authorities and creates conditions for localities to be proactive in applying the price for calculating and collecting LPTB.

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