Blog No. 26: Ques: What are the tax benefits of purchasing an electric car or electric scooter?

𝟏. 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 π“πšπ±: Deduction of Rs. 1,50,000/- is allowed on the interest paid on loan taken to buy electric vehicles under section 80EEB of income Tax Act, 1961.

𝟐. 𝐆𝐒𝐓: Under GST the electric vehicles are taxable at a rate of 5% instead of 28% which is levied on non-electric vehicles.
πŸ‘. π†π«πžπžπ§ π“πšπ±:The government has announced a Green Tax policy in Budget 2021. Vehicles over a set of years (depending on the vehicle) would be subject to a new β€˜Green Tax’ on vehicle registration renewal. Personal vehicles will also be charged Green Tax at the time of renewal of Registration Certification after 15 years. Whereas, the electric vehicles will be exempt from the proposed green tax entirely.

πŸ’. 𝐍𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐒𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭: In order to promote the adoption of electric vehicles many states have come up with the policy of 100% exemption on road tax and registration cost for electric vehicles.

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