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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be refunding the Goods and Services Taxes (GST) charged for nine fees, that are regulatory in nature, for payments made in the last five years from 1 January 2019. These fees, which should be exempted from GST, are no longer charged GST today. The nine fees are:
- Class 2 Bus Service Licence Amendment Fee: Under the Bus Services Industry (Bus Service Licence) Regulations 2016, bus operators issued with the Class 2 Bus Service Licences must make an application to LTA to amend the operating schedules of their bus services. A fee is paid to LTA to assess and issue the revised operating schedule upon approval of the application.
- Conversion Fee (from Private Hire Car Driver’s Vocational Licence to Taxi Driver Vocational Licence): A Private Hire Car Driver’s Vocational Licence (PDVL) holder is only licensed to drive private hire cars while a Taxi Driver’s Vocational Licence (TDVL) holder is licensed to drive both a taxi and a private hire car. In March 2022, LTA introduced the option for existing PDVL holders to convert their PDVL into a TDVL by paying an administrative fee for the conversion.
- Export Processing Zone Entry (EPZ) Fee: Fee payable upon entry of a deregistered vehicle into the EPZ for storage pending export.
- Application Fee (Autonomous Vehicle Authorisation): Fee payable upon application to undertake trial or use of automated vehicle technology or autonomous vehicle on public roads.
- Application Fee (Keep deregistered/unregistered vehicles): Fee payable to emplace a vehicle into the Keeping Scheme.
- Application Fee (Change garage address of Keeping Scheme Vehicles): Fee payable to change garage address of a vehicle under the Keeping Scheme.
- Application Fee (Special Purpose Licence): Fee payable to apply for a special purpose licence to use a vehicle for research and development or special events on public roads.
- Application Fee (Change of Vehicle Particulars Requiring LTA’s approval): Fee payable to apply for LTA’s approval to make major modifications to a registered vehicle (e.g. change of engine, change of transmission, conversion of bi-fuel (petrol-compressed natural gas) to petrol vehicle).
- Application and Extension Fees (Vehicle Accessory Approval): Fee payable to apply for LTA’s approval for aftermarket vehicle accessories (such as exhaust and lighting systems) as pre-approved vehicle accessories to be installed on specific vehicle make(s) and model(s).
The GST refund process will be carried out progressively from 1 March to 30 June 2024.
