Possibility of recovering overpaid road tolls (vignettes)

Information for your information on what to do if a farmer is entitled to an exemption from purchasing a road toll (vignette), but the road toll (vignette) has already been paid.

In accordance with Section 7, Part One, Clause 4 of the Road Use Charges Law The road toll is refunded if the toll has been paid for a vehicle for which the toll is not payable.  In this case, refund:

a) the entire fee paid, if the exemption from payment of the fee was applicable for the entire period for which the fee was paid,

b) a part of the amount of the monthly fee rate, if the exemption from payment of the fee was applicable for part of the period for which the fee was paid, and the amount to be refunded shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

Refundable amount = monthly fee payment x 1/30 x number of days remaining from the date on which the vehicle's period for exemption from payment of the fee begins to the date on which the vehicle's period for exemption from payment of the fee ends, or until the date on which the fee payment period ends.

In accordance with Section 7, Part Four of this Law The decision on the refund of the fee is made by the State Revenue Service.

If a farmer is entitled to an exemption from paying the road toll, but the farmer has purchased the road toll, the farmer must contact the State Revenue Service with a request to refund the overpaid feeon the basis that the farmer is entitled to an exemption from the road use fee in accordance with Section 6, Clause 11 of the Road Use Fee Law.

For reference!!!

In accordance with Section 6, Part One, Clause 11 of the Road Use Charges Law The road use fee is not paid from July 10 to September 30 of the current year - for vehicles whose owner or keeper is a natural or legal person included in the Rural Support Service payment recipient database:

a) if a person owns or holds a registered one vehicle, the exemption from the fee for this applies if the taxpayer's income from agricultural production in the last submitted annual report of the company or in the last submitted annual income declaration is at least 5,000 euros (excluding state and European Union support received for agriculture and rural development),

b) if the person owns or holds registered several vehicles, for the first The exemption from the fee applies if the taxpayer's income from agricultural production in the last submitted annual company report or the last submitted annual income declaration is at least 5,000 euros (excluding state and European Union support received for agriculture and rural development), and for each subsequent vehicle The fee exemption applies for every 70,000 euros income from agricultural production in the last submitted annual report of the company or the last submitted annual income declaration (excluding state and European Union support received for agriculture and rural development).

Source: Ministry of Agriculture