~ For vehicle tax, other payments ~
PHILIPSBURG--The Tax Administration Office (Receiver's Office) will be open late from today Monday, March 6, for the entire month of February for all payments such as the payment of motor vehicle tax and number plate purchase.
Acting Receiver Minerva Gumbs told The Daily Herald the department would be open from 8:00am to 6:00pm from Monday to Friday and from 9:00am to 2:00pm on Saturdays. All payments will be accepted during the extended opening hours, which will end on Friday, March 2.
Gumbs urges motorists and other persons to make use of the extended opening hours to make their payments.
February 28 is the deadline for motorists to pay their 2012 motor vehicle tax and collect their new number plates. This is the date set by law by which motorists should pay their motor vehicle tax. When the deadline has passed controls will be stepped up for defaulting motorists.
The Tax Administration Office has a number of additional temporary workers to accommodate the large number of motorists who are expected to show up to pay their motor vehicle tax and purchase their number plates. Seven windows are open currently, one specifically for senior citizens. Once all seniors in line have been serviced, the attendant will tend to regular motorists.
A total of 27,452 pairs of plates for motor vehicles were ordered as well as 800 singles for bikes. The new plates are yellow in colour and have a picture of Fort Amsterdam in the background. The cost of the plates remains the same as last year: NAf. 12.50 for regular vehicles and NAf. 7.50 for bikes and mopeds.
The motor vehicle tax also remains the same: NAf. 275 for regular gasoline vehicles, NAf. 300 for rentals, NAf. 200 for motorbikes, NAf. 50 for mopeds and NAf. 1,250 for other categories of vehicles weighing more than 7,700 pounds.
The Tax Administration collected NAf. 8.5 million in motor vehicle tax payment in 2011 and sold 27,196 pairs of number plates. More than NAf. 8 million in motor vehicle tax was collected in 2010 and 25,966 pairs of number plates sold, while NAf. 8 million was collected in 2008 and NAf. 7.5 million in 2007.
