Taiwan Scooter Tax & Fees
License tax, road fee and compulsory insurance for scooters in Taiwan, in one calculator.
Enter your scooter's engine size or motor power to see the yearly license tax, road fee and compulsory insurance in Taiwan, plus emission inspection dates and e-scooter subsidies, from official tables.
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What does a year cost?
- License taxExempt
- Road feeNT$450
- Compulsory insuranceNT$658
TotalNT$1,108
125 cc petrol scooter · ordinary heavy class · one-year insurance
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- Yearly cost calculator125 cc: NT$1,108/yrPick petrol or electric, enter the engine size or motor power, the class on your registration certificate and the insurance term, and see what a scooter costs each year in Taiwan.
- Insurance premiumsfrom NT$424/yrCompulsory scooter insurance in Taiwan is a flat rate by vehicle class, not by age: NT$658 for one year or NT$1,200 for two for an ordinary heavy motorcycle. Payouts rose on 1 July 2026 with no change to premiums.
- License taxFree up to 150 ccTaiwan's scooter license tax: nothing up to 150 cc, NT$800 a year for 151–250 cc, and a separate table by motor power for electric scooters, which local governments may exempt until the end of 2030. Paid in April.
- Road fee125 cc: NT$450The scooter fuel fee, renamed the highway use, maintenance and safety management fee in 2026, goes by engine size at NT$2.5 per litre of assumed fuel use and is billed every July. Electric scooters are currently exempt.
- Buying insuranceYou can buy compulsory scooter insurance directly from an insurer in person or online, and the rate table requires at least NT$60 off a one-year policy and NT$80 off a two-year one. What to check before you buy.
- Payment calendarApril · JulyScooter license tax is due in April and the road fee is billed in July. Compulsory insurance renews on your own policy date, and the emission check falls around your original registration month. The whole year on one page.
- Emission inspectionYearly from age 5Petrol scooters in Taiwan need an emission check every year once they are five years old, within a month either side of the original registration month. The test is free. The Ministry of Environment's rules, fines and lookup tools.
- Inspection deadline calculatorEnter the manufacture date and original registration month from your registration certificate to see when your scooter turns five and the exact dates of its next emission check, with a month-by-month table.
- E-scooter subsidiesuntil 2026-12-31Taiwan's 2026 e-scooter subsidies: NT$7,000 or NT$5,100 per scooter from the Industrial Development Administration, NT$3,000 extra for locally made battery cells, NT$1,000 for scrapping an old petrol scooter, and NT$1,000 from the Ministry of Environment. This round ends on 31 December 2026.
- Electric vs petrolTax exempt to 2030Electric scooters in Taiwan currently pay no road fee, and local governments exempt them from license tax until the end of 2030. Compulsory insurance is the same as for petrol. The yearly legal costs compared item by item.