Foreign lorries to be exempt from road tax in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on changes to the Tax Code. According to these changes, foreign trucks and vehicles with trailers and semi-trailers will be exempt from road tax for three years.
According to the decree, trucks and vehicles with trailers and semi-trailers registered abroad are exempt from road tax in Azerbaijan for three years from June 1, 2016 in the following cases:
- If the goods at the last railway station on the territory of Azerbaijan are unloaded to a truck or a vehicle with a trailer or semi-trailer registered overseas and transported to other country via the nearest customs border checkpoint;
- If the goods are transported to the first railway station on the territory of Azerbaijan by trucks and vehicles with trailers and semi-trailers, registered abroad, through the nearest border checkpoint.