Calculate your Dutch road tax in seconds. Enter your license plate — we'll fetch weight and fuel type automatically via RDW.
Dutch road tax (motorrijtuigenbelasting, MRB) is the tax you pay to drive on public roads in the Netherlands. The amount depends on three factors: your vehicle's unladen weight (massa ledig voertuig), fuel type, and the province you live in — each province adds its own surcharge (opcenten) on top of the national base rate.
From 1 January 2026, significant changes apply: plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) lose their MRB discount entirely and now pay the same rate as regular petrol cars. Fully electric vehicles retain a discount but pay 70% of the petrol rate from 2026. The full EV exemption ended in 2025. The classic car exemption remains: vehicles 40 years or older are exempt from road tax.
This calculator determines your quarterly road tax from your licence plate. Vehicle data — weight and fuel type — are fetched automatically from the Dutch RDW registration database. You can view the amount per month, quarter, or year.
Motorrijtuigenbelasting (MRB) is a quarterly tax you pay for using a motor vehicle on public roads in the Netherlands. The rate depends on the vehicle's unladen weight, fuel type, and the province where you live.
MRB is calculated per three-month period (quarter). You can choose to pay monthly or annually via the Belastingdienst, but the quarterly amount is the official reference rate.
Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) lose their MRB discount entirely from 1 January 2026 and pay the same rate as petrol cars. Fully electric vehicles still pay 70% of the petrol rate in 2026; this discount is reduced to 25% in 2029 and disappears entirely in 2030.
Noord-Holland has the lowest provincial surcharge (82.1% in 2026), followed by Overijssel at 82.2%, almost identical. Zuid-Holland has the highest surcharge (104.4%), resulting in the highest road tax.
Passenger cars 40 years or older are fully exempt from MRB and may drive year-round. For petrol and LPG vehicles between 26 and 40 years old, a transitional scheme applies: roughly 25% of the standard rate, provided you don't drive in January, February, or December. Note: from 2028, the full exemption applies only to vehicles built before 1988.