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Calculate Belgian car import costs, including BIV or TMC

Estimate the purchase, tax, transport and registration costs.

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→Belgium

The purchase

As advertised, including any VAT.
Seller’s VAT status
Shown on the listing as “VAT deductible”, “MwSt. ausweisbar” or “IVA dedutível”. Not sure? Choose “Don’t know” to see both outcomes.
You are buying as

The car

Have a Dutch number plate? Fill in the vehicle details.From the official RDW register: first registration, fuel, CO₂ and engine size.

We use the plate only for this lookup.

Each region has its own registration tax: Flanders (BIV), Wallonia and Brussels (TMC).
First registration
First registration anywhere: it sets the car’s age for the tax tables.
On the registration certificate (field V.7) or the listing.
Maximum net power on the certificate of conformity (field 27) or the registration document (P.2). 1 hp ≈ 0.7355 kW.
Registration document field F.1 (CoC field 16.1), not the empty weight. Wallonia’s registration tax uses it.
On the certificate of conformity (field 47) or the registration document (V.9). Unknown counts as the dearest likely class.
Test cycle
Cars first registered from 2019 usually have WLTP values.

Registration

Tax tables and age reductions are taken on this date.

Transport

Transport
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Registering the car in another EU country? Registration taxes and fees depend on the destination. Check its rules before you buy.

In short

Belgium's registration tax depends on the region where the owner lives. Flanders (BIV) uses an environmental formula on CO₂, fuel and Euro norm, reduced by the car's age in months down to 10%, between €58.16 and €14,539.31; electric cars pay €61.50. For scale, the median dealer asking price for a used car in Belgium on 3 Nov 2026 was €20,900, across 2,902 cars. Tax rules in force on 4 Nov 2026; an estimate, not a tax assessment.

How it works

Taxes on a car imported into Belgium

BIV (Flanders) / TMC (Wallonia, Brussels)

Belgium's registration tax depends on the region where the owner lives. Flanders (BIV) uses an environmental formula on CO₂, fuel and Euro norm, reduced by the car's age in months down to 10%, between €58.16 and €14,539.31; electric cars pay €61.50. Wallonia (TMC, reformed in 2025) multiplies a base by power (kW), reduced by age, by the car's CO₂ (÷136 WLTP), its maximum authorised mass (÷1,838) and an energy factor (hybrids 0.8, electric 0.01–0.26), between €50 and €9,000. Brussels charges a base by power bracket, reduced by age, at least €78.88.

Then come the inspection before registration (with Car-Pass, about €90–100), the DIV registration and rear plate (€30) and a front plate. Rates are indexed every 1 July.

Official tools

Official sources

  1. Vlaamse Codex Fiscaliteit, art. 2.3.4.1.1; CTA, art. 97–98bis: regional registration taxes
  2. Vlaamse Codex Fiscaliteit, art. 2.3.4.1.1–2.3.4.1.4; CTA, art. 97–98bis: regional BIV and TMC
  3. Arrêtés royaux des 6 novembre 2010 et 15 mars 1968: registration and inspection fees

Questions about importing a car into Belgium

Which taxes apply when importing a used car into Belgium?

Belgium's registration tax depends on the region where the owner lives. Flanders (BIV) uses an environmental formula on CO₂, fuel and Euro norm, reduced by the car's age in months down to 10%, between €58.16 and €14,539.31; electric cars pay €61.50. Wallonia (TMC, reformed in 2025) multiplies a base by power (kW), reduced by age, by the car's CO₂ (÷136 WLTP), its maximum authorised mass (÷1,838) and an energy factor (hybrids 0.8, electric 0.01–0.26), between €50 and €9,000. Brussels charges a base by power bracket, reduced by age, at least €78.88.

Is VAT due in Belgium on an imported used car?

A car that is used for VAT purposes, bought from a dealer under the margin scheme or from a private seller in another EU country, carries no VAT again in Belgium. If VAT is shown separately, a VAT-registered buyer can buy without the origin country's VAT and account for VAT at the destination. For a used car under normal VAT rules, a private buyer collecting it abroad generally pays the seller-country VAT. Seller-arranged delivery can change the VAT treatment; confirm the invoice and delivery arrangements. A car first used six months ago or less, or driven 6,000 km or less, is a new means of transport for VAT and is taxed at 21% in the destination country, whoever buys it.

Is the result an official tax assessment?

The import calculator gives an estimate from published tax tables and the details you enter, with the legal basis for each tax line. The tax authority decides the amount due; official simulators are linked below where available.

Estimated cost in Belgium