Completing a private motor vehicle or motorcycle tax (BPM) return
When you buy a new motor vehicle, it is the seller who usually registers it in the Dutch vehicle registration system and pays the BPM. In that case, you do not have to complete the tax form yourself. In some cases, however, you will have to complete the tax form yourself, if for example, you import a passenger car or motorcycle into the Netherlands.
Last updated on 15 December 2022
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When do you need to complete a BPM form?
In the following cases, you must complete a BPM form for your car or motorcycle:
- If you import a passenger car or motorcycle into the Netherlands and register it in the kentekenregister (national vehicle register).
- If you convert a delivery van into a passenger car.
- If you live in the Netherlands and drive a passenger car or motorcycle with a foreign number plate.
Before you can complete a BPM form for your car or motorcycle, it must pass an inspection at an Rijksdienst voor het wegverkeer – RDW (Netherlands Vehicle Authority) inspection centre.
Completing a BPM form
You can submit your vehicle tax form to the Belastingdienst (Tax and Customs Administration). Please use the Aangifte, melding of opgaaf BPM (vehicle tax form) (in Dutch).
Laws and regulations (in Dutch)
Wet op de belasting van personenauto's en motorrijwielen 1992