VEHICLES

Companion Card

Centrelink and Department of Veterans’ Affairs Health Care Card

Commonwealth Seniors Health Card

Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

Department of Human Services Pension Concession Card

Seniors Card

Department of Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card

Department of Veterans’ Affairs Commonwealth Seniors Health Card

or

VEHICLES

vehicles

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  Duty on vehicle registration

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  A 100 per cent exemption from duty on vehicle registration applications and transfers is available for a vehicle with a gross vehicle mass not exceeding 4.5 tonnes to people who:

  • receive a TPI Pension
  • are members of the Transport Access Scheme (for people with a severe disability).

  Note: This concession only applies to one vehicle registered in the name of the eligible person.

  For more information:

  Department of State Growth
  Phone: 1300 135 513
  Email: vru@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au

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  Motor tax (40 per cent rebate)

  

  Department of Human Services Pension Concession Card; Department of Human Services Health Care Card; Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria; Department of Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card

  The 40 per cent rebate on motor tax (which is included in motor vehicle registration) is available for:

  • goods carrying vehicles (such as utes and vans), not used for any trade or business purposes, with a gross vehicle mass not over 4.5 tonnes.

  The rebate is available to people who hold a:

  • DHS or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
  • DHS Health Care Card
  • DVA Health Card – All Conditions (“Gold Card”)
  • DVA Health Card – For Specific Conditions (White Card)

  or

  • eligible asylum seekers.

  Note: This concession only applies if a concession has not already been granted on another motor vehicle registered in the name of the eligible person.

  For more information:

  Department of State Growth
  Phone: 1300 135 513
  Email: vru@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au

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  Motor tax (100 per cent exemption)

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  The 100 per cent exemption on motor tax (which is included in motor vehicle registration) is available for a:

  • vehicle with a gross vehicle mass not exceeding 4.5 tonnes.

  Note: This exemption only applies to one vehicle registered in the name of the eligible person.

  The exemption is available to people who:

  • receive a TPI Pension
  • are members of the Transport Access Scheme (for people with a severe disability).

  For more information:

  Department of State Growth
  Phone: 1300 135 513
  Email: vru@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au

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  Motor vehicle registration compulsory third party insurance (MAIB)

  

  Department of Human Services Pension Concession Card; Department of Human Services Health Care Card; Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria; Department of Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card

  A concession of $59 on MAIB third party insurance premiums is available for:

  • motor vehicles (other than motorcycles) not over 4.5 tonnes (applies to one vehicle registered in the name of the eligible person).

  The concession is available to people who hold a:

  • DHS or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
  • DHS Health Care Card
  • DVA Health Card – All Conditions (“Gold Card”)
  • DVA Health Card – For Specific Conditions (White Card)

  or

  • are a member of the Transport Access Scheme (for people with a severe disability)
  • eligible asylum seekers.

  Note: The discount listed above is based on a 12 month payment period.

  For more information:

  Department of State Growth
  Phone: 1300 135 513
  Email: vru@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au

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  Vehicle registration

  

  Department of Human Services Pension Concession Card; Department of Human Services Health Care Card; Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria; Department of Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card

  The discounts listed below are based on a 12 month payment period. Discounts on vehicle registration fees are available for:

  • motor vehicles (other than motorcycles) not over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass ($50.95)
  • trailers (including caravans) ($25.99)
  • motorcycles ($44.95).

  Vehicle registration discounts are available to people who hold a:

  • DHS or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
  • DHS Heath Care Card
  • DVA Health Card – All Conditions (“Gold Card”)
  • DVA Health Card – For Specific Conditions ("White Card")

  or

  • are members of the Transport Access Scheme (for people with a severe disability)
  • eligible asylum seekers.

  Note: This concession only applies to one vehicle of each type (i.e. one car, one motorcycle, one trailer, one caravan) registered in the name of the eligible person.

  For more information:

  Department of State Growth
  Phone: 1300 135 513
  Email: vru@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au

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  Duty on the transfer of motor vehicle ownership (deceased estate)

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  A 100 per cent exemption from duty on the transfer of a motor vehicle to a beneficiary of a deceased estate is available to:

  • the surviving owner or registered operator if the vehicle was jointly owned by all of the registered operators and one of the joint owners is deceased
  • a person to whom the vehicle is bequeathed under a deceased person’s will
  • a person entitled to it as a beneficiary under the Intestacy Act 2010.

  Detailed and specific conditions apply to this exemption.

  For more information:

  Department of Treasury and Finance
  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: dutyhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Duty on the transfer of motor vehicle (matrimonial changes)

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  A 100 per cent exemption from duty on the transfer of a motor vehicle from one party to another is available to persons involved in a:

  • marriage that is dissolved or annulled
  • breakdown of a de facto relationship
  • breakdown of a personal relationship.

  Detailed and specific conditions apply to this exemption.

  For more information:

  Department of Treasury and Finance
  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: dutyhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Duty on the transfer of motor vehicle (company cessation)

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  A 100 per cent exemption from duty on the transfer of a motor vehicle to a shareholder/s on the winding-up or deregistration of a company is available in certain circumstances.

  Detailed and specific conditions apply to this exemption.

  For more information:

  Department of Treasury and Finance
  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: dutyhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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