I have a car of 2016 August(6.00 lakhs) registered in Chennai and want to move it to Bangalore. As I intend to be in Bangalore, Is re-registration a must? Do i need to pay life tax again? If yes, how much?. As I am a PSU retired, is there any exemption? If yes, What are the documents needed? Ás I have paid lifetime road tax in TN, whats the refund expected. Please tell the Process involved.Do you have any helpline where I can talk?

If you intend to stay in Bangalore for more than 11 months, then you need to get your vehicle re-registered in Bangalore.

You need to pay lifetime tax again, but for the remaining period of the age of the vehicle. When you bought your vehicle in August 2016, lifetime of the vehicle was considered to be 15 years. So you paid tax for 15 years on August 2016. As you have used your vehicle for 3 years now, you need to pay tax for remaining 12 years in Bangalore.

Based on your vehicle price and age, you need to pay a tax of INR 75524 in Bangalore. This is an approximate figure, found out from the calculator below.

Road Tax Calculator in Karnataka

You can check this video to find out how to use the calculator.

There is no exemption for central government employees.

Regarding the refund, you can use the same calculator mentioned above to calculate the refund as well. You are expected to get (12/15) of the road tax as a refund. For example, if you paid INR 50,000 as road tax, then you will get INR 40,000 as refund. You will get refund only when you pay road tax in Bangalore and get your vehicle re-registred in Karnataka.

Vehicle Re-registration Process

Re-registration of vehicle involves the following tasks.

1. Get NOC for your Vehicle from Chennai RTO

An NOC is valid only for 6 months. So you need to get re-registration of vehicle or transfer the ownership of vehicle with in this period. Following documents are required for NOC of vehicles. 

• Registration certificate

• Insurance certificate

• Pollution Under Control certificate

• Consent of Financier on CMV form 28 (if the vehicle is covered by Hypothecation, HPA or a lease agreement)

• Permit and fitness certificate (applicable for commercial vehicles)

• Pencil print of the chassis number for the CMV 28 form

• Photo identity and address proof.

2. Pay Life Time Tax (Road Tax) in Bangalore.

Details about payment of road tax is provided above.

3. Get a Registration Certificate of your Vehicle and New Vehicle Number from RTO in Bangalore.

The following documents are required to obtain new vehicle number from RTO.

• Copy of LTT payment

• FORM-14 which had the Tax calculation on it

• Form KMV 27: This form is required for informing RTO about migration of your vehicle to Karnataka

• Form CMV 33: This form is required for informing RTO about change of address of your vehicle

• Form CMV 27: This form is required for obtaining the Karnataka Registration mark

• Address Proof: If you are new to Bangalore, you can get a notarized affidavit stating your local address as rental agreement is not accepted by RTO

• Insurance Copy

• PUC copy

• ID proof

• Attach the self-addressed envelope with required postal stamps

You can check this link for what to do when you bring your vehicle to Bangalore.

What to do when you bring you car or bike to Bangalore ?