Malaysia Road Tax (LKM) Calculator

Frequently Asked Questions

• How is Malaysian road tax calculated?+
  For a petrol or diesel car, from four things: the engine capacity, whether JPJ registered the car as a saloon or a non-saloon, whether a person or a company owns it, and the area it is declared in. Up to 1,600cc the tax is a flat amount for each band. In the Peninsula an individually owned saloon pays RM 20 up to 1,000cc, RM 55 to 1,200cc, RM 70 to 1,400cc and RM 90 to 1,600cc. Above 1,600cc it becomes a base figure for the band plus a rate for every cc over the band floor, and that rate steepens as the engine grows. Electric cars are charged on motor power instead.
• What happens at 1,600cc?+
  The tax takes its largest single step. An individually owned Peninsular saloon of 1,600cc pays RM 90 a year; at 1,601cc it pays RM 200 plus 40 sen for each cc above 1,600, or RM 200.40. One extra cubic centimetre more than doubles the bill, because the car crosses from the flat bands into the progressive ones. The same step is the largest in every one of JPJ’s schedules.
• How much more does a company-owned car pay?+
  Only a saloon in the Peninsula (or on Langkawi) pays a separate company rate. At 1,000cc and below it is the same RM 20. From 1,001 to 2,000cc it is exactly double: RM 180 against RM 90 in the 1,401–1,600cc band. Above that the gap widens, to between 2.8 and 3 times the individual rate above 3,000cc. A non-saloon pays one rate whoever owns it, and in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan a company saloon pays the same as an individual’s. Switch the owner selector to see both.
• What do Sabah, Sarawak, Langkawi and Labuan pay?+
  Sabah and Sarawak share one schedule, lower than the Peninsula’s. A saloon there pays four-fifths of the Peninsular individual rate from 1,001 to 1,800cc, and the gap widens with engine size, to about a third of the Peninsular bill at 5,000cc. Above 1,000cc Langkawi pays half the Peninsular rate and Labuan half the Sabah rate; at 1,000cc and below both pay RM 20. JPJ’s 2009 guideline also names Pulau Pangkor alongside Langkawi, but its 2026 documents do not, so Pangkor is not offered here.
• What is the difference between a saloon and a non-saloon?+
  They are two of JPJ’s registration classes: Motokar Salun (codes AB and AC) and Selain Salun (codes AD and AE). What counts is the class on the car’s registration, not how it is marketed, so check yours or compare both. In the Peninsula a non-saloon pays more than an individually owned saloon for every engine from 1,001 to 2,299cc. The two cost the same RM 680 at 2,300cc, and above that the non-saloon pays less.
• How much road tax does an electric car pay in 2026?+
  Electric cars were exempt from 2022 to 2025. A new power-based table was announced to take effect on 1 January 2026, and JPJ’s circular setting it out (Surat Pekeliling Bahagian Pelesenan Kenderaan Bil.01 Tahun 2026) is dated 1 April 2026. It is one national table for private cars: RM 20 up to 50 kW, then a rate for each 10 kW step, and a flat RM 20,000 above 1,010 kW. There is no saloon, company or East–West difference, but Langkawi and Labuan pay half. Choose Electric to look up a motor’s rate.
• Is the 2026 EV rate really 85% lower than before?+
  That was the minister’s headline in June 2024, and it holds only for some motors. Against JPJ’s 2011 table, the rate the exemption waived, the 2026 saloon rate is about 29 to 32% lower from 51 to 80 kW, roughly 74% lower at 100 kW, and around 85% lower only near 150 to 170 kW and 400 to 460 kW. It is never higher. The calculator shows the 2011 rate and the reduction for the motor you enter.
• Does a diesel car pay more?+
  Not on the private-car schedules. Every one of them is headed “Petrol/diesel/diesel hijau”, so a private diesel car pays the same as a petrol car of the same capacity. The one exception the guideline notes is Sabah, where four-wheel-drive diesel vehicles stay on an earlier rate it does not print; this calculator does not cover them.
• Do I still need a road tax sticker?+
  Not for most private cars. JPJ’s MyJPJ FAQ says the physical LKM disc no longer has to be printed or displayed, starting on 10 February 2023 with privately owned vehicles of individual Malaysian citizens, and that the fee did not change. Company-owned cars and those owned by non-citizens renew at counters, Pos Malaysia, MyEG or PUSPAKOM.
• Can I pay road tax every six months?+
  Yes. JPJ renews a private vehicle’s LKM for six months or one year, only once the current licence is within two months of expiry, and only if insurance covers the period applied for. The figures here are the twelve-month rates JPJ prints. Check the six-month amount at renewal.
• Where do these rates come from?+
  From JPJ’s own documents. Petrol and diesel rates are from the Garis Panduan Pengiraan Kadar Lesen Kenderaan Motor (Pindaan Selepas Bajet 2009); JPJ re-uploaded the same file in July 2026 as its current guideline. Electric rates are from circular BPK Bil.01 Tahun 2026, dated 1 April 2026. The full schedule for your choice is shown beneath the result, so you can check the band and the arithmetic.
• Is the Malaysia road tax calculator free?+
  Completely free, with no account and no usage limit. It runs entirely in your browser, collects no data, and keeps working offline once the page has loaded.