Guide to De-register a 10 Year Old Car in Singapore
Singapore LTA (Land Transport Authority) requires the vehicle owner to either de-register his/her car or renew the COE (Certificate of Entitlement) when it reaches its 10th year mark. COE renewal are available for another 5 or 10 years and you will need to pay the moving average of the COE prices (QPs) in the last 3 months(Click Here for Average 3 months Price), however due to the cost of COE most owner would choose to de-register his/her vehicle after 10 years.
Before the owner can only make an informed decision on whether to de register or renew the COE, only if the owner needs to know what is his PARF/COE Rebate at De-registration. If he choose to renew the COE, he will NOT be entitled to the PARF/COE Rebate, on top of that he will need to pay for the moving average COE price from the past 3 months.
So, how is the deregistration value calculated? There are two parts to the rebate value:
First part of the rebate – COE rebate.
The COE rebate, is the remaining unused COE, it is calculated as per the below example:
COE Rebate = (COE paid Eg.$60,000 x Duration left until COE expires exp. 1 yrs)
S$60,000/10yrs x 1 year = S$6, 000
Next, the Second part of the rebate; PARF rebate.
PARF is the Percentage of the ARF (Additional Registration Fees) which is the tax paid when Vehicle is registered.
Age at De-registration (years)
PARF Rebate as % of ARF
Less than or Equal to 5 = 75%
Greater than 5 but Less than or Equal to 6 = 70%
Greater than 6 but Less than or Equal to 7 = 65%
Greater than 7 but Less than or Equal to 8 = 60%
Greater than 8 but Less than or Equal to 9 = 55%
Greater than 9 but Less than or Equal to 10 = 50%
Greater than 10 = 0.00%
100% of OMV (Open Market Value) will be used for the example.
Let’s say the OMV is $15000 for Car A, the ARF would be also $15000
Since Car A have just reach 5yrs the Parf rebate will be 75% of ARF.
So PARF rebate for Car A will be $11250
So the Scrap Value for the Vehicle would be:
$6000 COE rebate + $11250 PARF rebate = $17,250
As this can get confusing for most vehicle owner, you can simple use this LTA *LINK* to help you with the Calculations on the Rebate value.
After some calculations and if you decide to de-register your vehicle after knowing the Rebate Value, the below are the guide to the procedures to de-register your car:
1. Obtain a Transaction PIN from the LTA. A transaction PIN is a password you can use for certain transactions such as de-registering your car, dividing PARF (Preferential Additional registration Fee) rebate, transferring vehicle ownership, etc.
2. Submit an online application to de-register your car. You can do that by logging-in to your e-Services@ONE.MOTORING account using one of the following:
· SingPass (for Singaporeans or Singapore PRs)
· EASY (for companies with EASY account and ACRA-registered business)
· User ID and password issued by LTA (for foreigners and companies/business without EASY account)
This online application is basically an authorization that you make for a submitter to de-register the car .
3. Within 5 days of the online application, send the car to an LTA Appointed Scrapyard. You should also bring some documents including:
· Completed Form D01 (de-registration application form)
· Original NRIC (for Singaporean, Singapore PRs, and Malaysian) or Passport (for foreigner other than Malaysian) of the submitter that you authorize
· Road Tax Fees
4. Proof of disposal of the de-registered car is submitted to LTA
Also, do note that Owners who wants to retain their vehicle registration number due to sentimental value; having had it for 10 years or even some memorable windfall from 4-D winning, you should do a Number Retention at LTA BEFORE the de-registration of your vehicle, the fee payable is S$1,300 to LTA, the retained number can be kept for up to 1 year. Thereafter when you replace the Retained Number to a New Car, LTA will refund you a S$1,200 and if you Replace it on a Used Car, there will be no refund (S$1300 for number replacement to used car).
The above procedures might not be easy and deem confusing for some, you might even need to travel to LTA a number of times to get a de registration or Number Retention done.
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