The State Government of Kerala vide its notification dated 1st April 2022 has extended the one-time settlement scheme for vehicles with tax arrears of four years or more, till March 31, 2023.
The vehicle owners who are willing to remit the arrears of tax under the scheme shall be exempted from the remittance of Green Tax and also exempted from the production of registration certificate.
The demand of tax for motor vehicles, for which arrears of tax has been paid under the above scheme and the whereabouts of which are not known or the vehicle is already dismantled, shall be stopped subjected to the production of an undertaking by the registered owner or possessor of the vehicle testifying that he shall remit the entire arrears of tax of the vehicle with additional tax with effect from 1st April 2022 if the vehicle is found used on road in contradiction of the facts submitted in the undertaking.
Provided further that this facility can be availed also for the owners of those vehicles against whom revenue recovery steps have already been initiated for realizing tax arrears from their vehicles.
Under this scheme, vehicle tax arrears up to March 2018 was completely waived, while the tax arrears of transport vehicles and non-transport vehicles in the remaining period can be settled by paying 30% and 40%, respectively, till March 2022. This deadline has now been extended till 31st March 2023.
