Calculate excise duty, customs duty, VAT and official fees for a vehicle from abroad. Official amounts are pre-filled; market costs you can override.
Excise rate for this capacity: 3.1% — engine up to 2000 cc
EU country — no customs duty or clearance.
Fetching the rate from NBP…
The office converts at the average NBP rate from the day the tax obligation arises. For a car bought before import that is usually the day it is moved into Poland — a date you do not know yet, so enter your own rate.
These two fields serve one purpose: checking whether the car counts as a new means of transport. If it does, 23% VAT is added.
Converted price: PLN 64,587
Suggested car-carrier rate: PLN 2,400. This is a market cost — enter your own quote.
Estimated calculation based on the legal status as of 2026-08-13. This is not tax advice — final amounts are determined by the customs and tax office and the registration authority.
Intra-Community acquisition — Germany
The on-the-road price is the amount paid to the seller plus transport to Poland, taxes due in Poland and official fees. For a used car from Germany the only tax is excise duty — no customs duty and no Polish VAT, because the vehicle is already in free circulation in the EU. Only an import from outside the Union adds customs duty and 23% VAT, charged in sequence: duty on the customs value, excise on the customs value plus duty, VAT on all of it.
The rate depends on engine capacity, not CO₂ emissions. Up to 2000 cc the duty is 3.1%, above that 18.6% of the tax base. Electric and hydrogen vehicles are exempt indefinitely. The hybrid exemption covers plug-ins up to 2000 cc only and runs until the end of 2029 — a conventional hybrid that cannot be charged from a socket pays 1.55%, because the provision refers to a definition requiring an external power source. Hybrids in the 2000–3500 cc range pay 9.3%. The base is the amount the buyer is required to pay, converted at the average NBP rate from the day the tax obligation arises.
Passenger cars carry a 10% duty on the customs value, that is the price plus transport and insurance. From 1 July 2026 vehicles originating in the United States enjoy a zero rate. The preference follows the country of manufacture, not the place of purchase — a Japanese car bought at a US auction still pays the full 10%. The first character of the VIN identifies US production: 1, 4 or 5.
A used car bought in the EU from a private seller or under the VAT margin scheme creates no VAT liability in Poland. The exception is a new means of transport: up to 6,000 km on the clock or first registered no more than six months ago. Either condition alone triggers 23% VAT, private buyers included. The VAT-25 certificate is no longer required for registration.
Registering a passenger car with new plates costs PLN 160: registration certificate, plates, temporary permit and control sticker. The records fee has been abolished and is not charged separately. An imported vehicle needs a first technical inspection — PLN 149 for a passenger car, PLN 245 with an LPG system. The PLN 500 recycling fee has not applied since 2016, although it still shows up in competing calculators.
The AKC-U excise declaration is due within 14 days of the tax obligation arising and the tax itself within 30 days — in both cases no later than the registration date. The registration application is due within 30 days of import, or 90 days for a vehicle trader. Missing the deadline costs PLN 500, and after 180 days of delay the penalty doubles.
Transport, sworn translation and customs agency handling are market prices — we pre-fill a realistic range, but the actual quote comes from your carrier. The exchange rate is an estimate too: the office converts the base at the average NBP rate from the day the car enters Poland, and that day is not known yet. Treat the result as a budget with headroom, not a binding tax calculation.