Do I need to register an account to pay road tax?

No. No registration or account is required. You enter your vehicle registration number, the owner's reference number and the renewal period directly on the portal.

What do I need to renew my road tax?

A valid certificate of suitability (MOT), active insurance from a Cyprus-licensed insurer, your vehicle registration number, and the last three digits of the owner's reference number (ID card, passport, company registration or Alien's book), shown at point C.9 of the registration certificate.

Can I pay road tax for less than a full year?

Yes. You can pay for three, six, nine or twelve months.

When is road tax due and what happens if I pay late?

The payment period opens in the first week of January and closes in mid-to-late March. Late payment carries a 10 euro surcharge plus 10 percent of the annual fee. Check rtd.mcw.gov.cy for the exact current-year deadline.

Are electric cars exempt from road tax in Cyprus?

Yes. Fully electric vehicles are exempt from road tax in Cyprus.

How is road tax calculated in Cyprus?

For vehicles registered on or after 1 January 2014, the fee is based on CO2 emissions on a progressive scale: 0.50 euro per gram up to 120 g/km, 3 euro per gram from 120 to 150, 5 euro per gram from 150 to 180, and 10 euro per gram above 180 g/km. Vehicles registered before that date are taxed on engine capacity (cc).

Is there a surcharge for diesel or older engines?

A surcharge applies by Euro emissions class and fuel type. Euro 6 petrol carries no surcharge, while Euro 6c or 6d diesel adds 100 euro. Euro 5 adds 100 euro for petrol or 250 euro for diesel. Euro 4, Euro 3 and earlier add 300 euro for petrol or 600 euro for diesel.

What if I will not use my car this year?

You must declare the vehicle immobilised before the renewal deadline, otherwise the fee remains payable. Immobilisation can be declared online at rtd.mcw.gov.cy.

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Road tax calculator

How is the annual fee calculated, when it has to be paid, and what it costs to be late. Enter your CO₂ figure below for an estimate on the 2026 scale.

How road tax is calculated

This calculator covers vehicles first registered on or after 1 January 2014, where the fee is built from CO₂ emissions plus a surcharge for Euro class and fuel type. Vehicles first registered before that date are assessed on engine capacity instead, and the figures are confirmed directly by the Road Transport Department (RTD).

This calculator applies to vehicles registered after January 1, 2014. For older classifications, please contact the RTD directly.

Electric vehicles

Fully electric vehicles are currently 100% exempt from the annual road tax, supporting the island's transition to sustainable mobility.

Before you start

Three things have to be valid before the system will take your money, and it checks all three automatically:

A current MOT. An expired inspection blocks the payment outright.

An active insurance policy. Your insurer uploads the policy to the government database; without it the transaction will not complete.

Your vehicle registration number and owner reference. The reference is the last three digits of the owner's ID card, Alien Registration Card, passport or company registration number, shown on the vehicle datasheet.

Paying online, step by step

Open the RTD portal
Open rtd.mcw.gov.cy and select the road tax renewal service.
Enter the registration number
Enter the vehicle registration number and the owner reference described above.
Choose the period
You can pay for three, six or nine months, or for the full calendar year.
Check the amount
Check the amount the system returns against the figure from the calculator above. They should match; if they do not, the discrepancy is usually the Euro-standard surcharge.
Pay by card
Pay by card and either print the road licence or save it to your device. The licence shows the issue date and the month of expiry.

JCC Smart no longer handles road tax

This catches people every year. The JCC Smart platform used to process road tax payments and no longer does — it now redirects to the RTD portal. If you have the old JCC link bookmarked, replace it with rtd.mcw.gov.cy. Banks no longer take road tax at their counters either.

If you would rather not pay online

Post offices across Cyprus accept road tax during normal business hours, as do RTD district offices in Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos and Famagusta. You need the same details as online: registration number, owner reference and a means of payment.

Deadlines and what late payment costs

The payment window opens in the first week of January. For 2026 it opened on 7 January, and the deadline was extended to 31 March after the government portal came under load.

Missing it costs a flat €10 penalty plus 10% of the annual amount. On a car paying €500 that is €60 for being late.

One thing worth knowing before you choose a period: paying quarterly rather than annually costs roughly 10% more across the year. On €300 of tax that is about €30 for the convenience of spreading it.

If the car will not be driven

You can declare the vehicle off-road rather than pay. The non-use declaration, sometimes called immobilisation, has to be submitted by the same deadline — 31 March for 2026. It is not automatic and it is not retroactive.

Checking your status

The same RTD portal shows whether road tax is currently paid on a vehicle and when it expires. If you have just bought a car, check this before you drive it: an unpaid road licence is the new owner's problem, not the seller's.

For anything the portal cannot answer, the Road Transport Department is on 22 807000.

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Frequently asked questions

Road tax is paid online only, through the Road Transport Department (RTD) portal at rtd.mcw.gov.cy, available in English and Greek. The JCC Smart payment system is no longer used, and banks do not process road tax at their counters.