Road tax in Moldova
A car with a 1,600 cm³ engine: 960.00 lei a year. Work it out for your car.
Road tax a year
960.00 lei a year
1,600 cm³ × 0.60 lei/cm³
Yearly, paid at the technical inspection. Electric cars pay since 2026, by total mass.
In short
The road tax of a car registered in Moldova is paid once a year, at the technical inspection. For a 1,600 cm³ engine it is 960.00 lei: 0.60 lei per cm³ up to 2,000 cm³, then the rate rises in bands to 1.80 lei per cm³ over 5,000 cm³. Electric cars pay by total mass, motorcycles a fixed sum of 300.00 lei or 600.00 lei a year. The rates are from Codul fiscal nr. 1163/1997, Titlul IX, Anexa nr. 1.
How the tax is worked out
A car: its engine size in cm³ times the rate of its band. An electric car: its total mass in kg times its rate. A motorcycle: a fixed sum.
Lei per cm³ a year, by engine size
- up to 2,000 cm³0.60 lei/cm³
- 2,001–3,000 cm³0.90 lei/cm³
- 3,001–4,000 cm³1.20 lei/cm³
- 4,001–5,000 cm³1.50 lei/cm³
- over 5,000 cm³1.80 lei/cm³
Electric cars: lei per kg of total mass
- up to 1,500 kg0.60 lei/kg
- 1,501–2,500 kg0.90 lei/kg
- 2,501–3,500 kg1.20 lei/kg
- 3,501–4,500 kg1.50 lei/kg
- over 4,500 kg1.80 lei/kg
Motorcycles
- up to 500 cm³300.00 lei
- over 500 cm³600.00 lei
Examples: the tax a year
- 1,200 cm³720.00 lei
- 1,600 cm³960.00 lei
- 2,000 cm³1,200.00 lei
- 2,500 cm³2,250.00 lei
- 3,000 cm³2,700.00 lei
Data sources
Every figure comes from an act or a public page, with the day it was read.
- read on 6 November 2026 Road tax for cars registered in Moldova Codul fiscal nr. 1163/1997, Titlul IX, Anexa nr. 1
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Questions and answers
What is the road tax for a 1,600 cm³ car?
960.00 lei a year: 0.60 lei per cm³ for engines up to 2,000 cm³.
How is the road tax worked out?
The engine size in cm³ is multiplied by the rate of its band: up to 2,000 cm³: 0.60 lei/cm³, 2,001–3,000 cm³: 0.90 lei/cm³, 3,001–4,000 cm³: 1.20 lei/cm³, 4,001–5,000 cm³: 1.50 lei/cm³, over 5,000 cm³: 1.80 lei/cm³.
What does an electric car pay?
By total mass, in lei per kg: up to 1,500 kg: 0.60 lei/kg, 1,501–2,500 kg: 0.90 lei/kg, 2,501–3,500 kg: 1.20 lei/kg, 3,501–4,500 kg: 1.50 lei/kg, over 4,500 kg: 1.80 lei/kg.
What does a motorcycle pay?
A fixed sum a year: up to 500 cm³: 300.00 lei, over 500 cm³: 600.00 lei.
When is the road tax paid?
Yearly, paid at the technical inspection. Electric cars pay since 2026, by total mass.