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Road tax (cukai jalan)

Calculate Malaysia's annual road tax (cukai jalan) for a private saloon car from its engine capacity.

Formula

flat rate up to 1,600cc, then a base rate plus a per-cc charge for the engine size band above that

Assumptions

• Applies to individually-owned private saloon cars registered in Peninsular Malaysia only.
• Company-registered vehicles are charged at a different (typically higher) schedule.
• Sabah and Sarawak use their own, generally lower, rate schedule.
• Non-saloon vehicles (e.g. certain SUVs/MPVs classified separately by JPJ) may use a different schedule.
• Electric vehicles moved to a power-output (kW) schedule on 1 January 2026 when the earlier EV exemption ended — that schedule is not covered here.

Frequently asked questions

Why is my actual road tax different from this estimate?
This covers the most common case — an individually-owned private saloon car in Peninsular Malaysia. Company-registered vehicles, Sabah/Sarawak registrations, non-saloon body types, and electric vehicles all use different JPJ rate schedules.

Does this apply to electric vehicles?
No — EVs are taxed on motor power output (kW), not engine displacement (cc). Their exemption ended on 31 December 2025 and a banded kW schedule took effect on 1 January 2026, starting around RM20 for the lowest-output cars. Locally assembled (CKD) EVs stay exempt until the end of 2027.

Why does the rate jump so much above 2,000cc?
JPJ's schedule is designed to tax larger-engined cars more steeply — both the base rate and the per-cc charge increase substantially in each higher bracket, well beyond a simple linear scale-up.

Sources

• JPJ — Road tax rate schedule