Currently, road tax for registered commercial goods vehicles in Sabah and Sarawak are calculated differently – in Sabah, it’s based on gross weight (Berat Dengan Muatan, BDM) while in Sarawak it’s based on kerb weight (Berat Tanpa Muatan, BTM). This makes road tax in Sabah higher than it’s neighbour state.
This discrepancy will be no more come April 1, as road tax for registered commercial goods vehicles in both states will be standardised to the BTM criteria, resulting in lower road tax for Sabah. Transport minister Anthony Loke said this was to create a fair and competitive business environment among owners of commercial goods vehicles in the two states, Bernama reports.
“This means all transactions for road tax applications or renewals for commercial goods vehicles in Sabah will enjoy the new rates from April 1,” he said, adding that the standardisation would involve 14 categories or codes of commercial goods vehicles in Sabah.
Loke revealed that the standardisation would result in government revenue being reduced by RM9 million to RM15 million a year. “This will not have a drastic effect on the government or JPJ’s revenue collection from these two states as they account for only about 2.6% of total road tax collection nationwide,” he said.
There was plenty of leakage anyway, as many Sabah owners registered their vehicles in Sarawak. “Based on data from 2009 until 2014, it is estimated that the revenue leakage of vehicles registered in Sarawak was RM64 million, so the standardisation will simplify the control and monitoring of revenue collection,” the minister said.
The difference is quite big. Currently, road tax for a prime mover container lorry in Sabah using the BDM criteria is RM2,478, while a lorry of of similar weight in Sarawak is only taxed RM718.
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Previous 61 year Govt did nothing
LOL previous rulers April fool prank there subjects for 6 decades…
The government of today is full of fools and jokers. Nobody can take what they say seriously because it’s either ridiculous nonsense or they would U-turn what they said!
Lol previous rulers better sell special car plate number… Lagih kuat untung boss,
You are right, 61 years was filled with dedak and corruption. Nothing much was done.
You sure love to create fake personas and talking with “them” eh? Such a lonely existence.
Does it matter anyway? We’re going to have flying cars soon. BDM doesn’t apply.
Anthony Loke why busybody.. so free izzit. Lower gov income due to cheap sabah roadtax.
Why do we need different rates of roadtax in West & East Malaysia? Couldn’t it be all same rates ? Not only commercial vehicles.. sedan.. mpvs.. suvs..
West Malaysians who complain about the tax differences should come have a go on East Malaysian roads. I bet they are gonna wet their pants when they have to overtake lorries in a single lane, on uneven roads full of potholes.
Even on main roads, only drunk people drive straight. Public transport is dismal. No LRT, no MRT.
Sandakan to Telupid, Beluran to Lahad Datu, all these so called main roads are so badly maintained, 4 out of 10 cars passing through would suffer vehicular damage. Heck, we have to pay extra for A/T tyres cause the usual ones will just burst.
Dont get started on the ‘build better roads’ speech when ya’ll are basking in modernization fueled by our resources.
While the peninsular still paying double…
Roads in east malaysia are horrible. Putting the upcoming Pan-Borneo highway aside, their roads are poorly maintained and small. With all that i think it’s fair that they pay cheaper road tax
I think road tax in east Malaysia should be increased across all segments, including individual cars to increase quality of roads.
Kadazan is right
I was working in a district hosp in kinabatangan for 2 years.
The roads there were horrible. My bumper fell off twice coz of a huge pothole.
Hence why a lot of people are driving navara (and the likes).
I think it’s fair that their road tax is cheaper than semenanjung.
Kota Kinabalu has it better.
Telupid, Kinabatangan, Sukau – avoid these area if you’re driving a sedan
Why just commercial vehicles? The timber tycoons all rich ppl. Shld have do the same for private vehicles.
PH and businesses, berpisah tiada. Where got care for the rakyat?
private car is always standardised for both sabah and sarawak
why private cars no cheaper road tax…older cars should be cheaper also