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Vehicle transfer fee calculator

Buying a used car or bike? The excise office charges a transfer fee, FBR collects s.231B(2) advance tax from the buyer (10% less for each year of age, three times for a non-filer), and Punjab and Islamabad add capital value tax on cars over 1300cc.

Completed years. FBR’s transfer tax falls 10% for each one.

Only needed for capital value tax on cars over 1300cc in Punjab and Islamabad.

Province of registration
Buyer’s tax status

Total to transfer

Rs 22,040

  • Transfer feeRs 4,540

    Fixed Rs 4,540

  • FBR advance tax on transfer (s.231B(2))UnverifiedRs 3,500

    Rs 5,000, less 10% for each of 3 years since first registration

  • Lifetime token on transferUnverifiedRs 14,000

    Rs 20,000, less 10% for each year since registration

Estimate from published rates. The excise office’s challan is final. Excludes biometric verification, agent charges and any late-transfer fine.

Sources

Provincial transfer fees

Punjab

Official

Cars

  • Up to 1,000ccRs 4,540
  • 1,001–1,800ccRs 9,075
  • 1,801cc and aboveRs 18,150

Motorcycles

  • AllRs 910

Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Dept, Punjab: motor vehicle tax

Islamabad

Unverified

Cars

  • Up to 1,000ccRs 2,750
  • 1,001–1,800ccRs 5,500
  • 1,801cc and aboveRs 11,000

Motorcycles

  • Up to 200ccRs 550
  • 201–400ccRs 1,000
  • 401cc and aboveRs 1,500

ICT Excise fee schedule (archived copy, Nov 2025)

Balochistan

Official

Cars

  • AllRs 1,000

Motorcycles

  • AllRs 250

Balochistan Excise, Taxation & Anti-Narcotics Dept: schedule of taxes and fees (taxes from 1 Jul 2025, fees from 15 May 2025)

FBR advance tax on transfer, s.231B(2)

Tax year 2027. Reduced by 10% for each year since first registration.

EngineFilerNon-filer
Up to 850ccNilNil
851–1,000ccRs 5,000Rs 15,000
1,001–1,300ccRs 7,500Rs 22,500
1,301–1,600ccRs 12,500Rs 37,500
1,601–1,800ccRs 18,750Rs 56,250
1,801–2,000ccRs 25,000Rs 75,000
2,001–2,500ccRs 37,500Rs 112,500
2,501–3,000ccRs 50,000Rs 150,000
3,001cc and aboveRs 62,500Rs 187,500
FBR Withholding Tax Rates Card, tax year 2027 (Finance Act 2026)

How a transfer works

  1. 1Buyer and seller complete biometric verification at a NADRA-linked point.
  2. 2Submit the transfer form, original registration book or card, CNIC copies and the sale letter at the excise office.
  3. 3Pay the transfer fee, FBR’s s.231B(2) tax and any CVT on the challan.
  4. 4Collect the new registration card or book in the buyer’s name.

General steps; your excise office may ask for more documents.

Before you pay for a used vehicle

Check the registration on your province’s official vehicle verification service, make sure there is no hire-purchase (bank) endorsement, and match the chassis and engine numbers with the papers.

Questions

Who pays the transfer fee, buyer or seller?

The law collects it when the registration moves to the buyer, so the buyer normally pays; the two can agree otherwise. FBR’s s.231B(2) tax is collected from the buyer and depends on the buyer’s filer status.

Does the FBR transfer tax go down with age?

Yes. FBR’s rate card says the s.231B(2) amount falls by 10% for each year since first registration in Pakistan, so it reaches zero after ten years.

Is a motorcycle transfer taxed by FBR?

No: motorcycles up to 200cc are outside s.231B. You pay only the provincial transfer fee (and in Punjab the lifetime token on transfer within ten years).

What about KP and Sindh?

We could not read an official transfer-fee table for KP or Sindh. FBR’s s.231B(2) applies everywhere; ask the excise office for the provincial fee.