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  "$comment": "Machine-readable companion to https://valem.run/calculators/china/car-tax. Formula, inputs, outputs, engine-verified test vectors, cited sources and the re-runnable Valem ModelSpec behind the page.",
  "url": "https://valem.run/calculators/china/car-tax",
  "dataUrl": "https://valem.run/calculators/china/car-tax.json",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "China 车辆购置税 (vehicle purchase tax) model by Valem (https://valem.run/calculators/china/car-tax), CC BY 4.0.",
    "note": "Covers the model — the expression of each rule and the arrangement of the catalog. The rates and thresholds themselves are law and are not licensed by anyone; the cited sources are where they come from."
  },
  "verificationUrl": "https://valem.run/calculators/china/car-tax/verify",
  "country": "china",
  "countryName": "China",
  "formula": "car-tax",
  "formulaName": "Vehicle purchase tax",
  "localName": "车辆购置税",
  "localLang": "zh",
  "englishName": "Vehicle purchase tax",
  "title": "车辆购置税计算器 2026 — China car purchase tax",
  "answer": "A car bought in China pays vehicle purchase tax of 10% of its price excluding VAT — half that for a new-energy car bought in 2026 or 2027, with the saving capped at 15,000 yuan — and then an annual vehicle and vessel tax set by the province within a national band for its engine size.",
  "lang": "en",
  "currency": "CNY",
  "taxYear": "2026",
  "verification": {
    "claim": "internal-consistency",
    "statement": "The Valem engine reproduces this model's stated formula through 7 self-test cases (below, and re-runnable against the spec). That asserts internal consistency, NOT that the formula matches current law — the cited sources are the evidence for that, and carry the date each was last checked.",
    "selfTestCases": 7,
    "ratesAreIllustrative": false,
    "sourcesCheckedOn": "2026-10-31"
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Vehicle Purchase Tax Law of the PRC (车辆购置税法, in force 1 Jul 2019; 有效 on the national laws database): art. 4 (10%) and art. 6 (price excluding VAT)",
      "url": "https://flk.npc.gov.cn/detail?id=ff8080816f135f46016f2147561d18ed",
      "checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "label": "MOF, STA and MIIT Announcement 2023 No. 10: new-energy vehicles bought 2026-01-01 to 2027-12-31 pay half, the reduction at most 15,000 yuan per passenger car",
      "url": "https://fgk.chinatax.gov.cn/zcfgk/c102416/c5207352/content.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "label": "Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law of the PRC (车船税法, as amended 23 Apr 2019; 有效 on the national laws database): the schedule of annual amounts per passenger car by engine displacement, which provinces apply within",
      "url": "https://flk.npc.gov.cn/detail?id=ff8080816f135f46016f215dc4071a64",
      "checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "label": "MOF, STA, MIIT and MOT, 财税〔2018〕74号 art. 2, through 2026 (as published by the STA Jiangsu Tax Service): plug-in hybrids exempt; battery-electric and fuel-cell passenger cars outside the vehicle and vessel tax",
      "url": "https://jiangsu.chinatax.gov.cn/art/2018/7/10/art_23636_1816.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "label": "MOF, STA and MIIT Announcement 2026 No. 19 (2 Jul 2026): from 1 Jan 2027 plug-in and range-extender hybrids pay vehicle and vessel tax; repeals 财税〔2018〕74号 arts. 1, 2(1)–(2), 3, 4, 7",
      "url": "https://szs.mof.gov.cn/zhengcefabu/202607/t20260703_3992823.htm",
      "checked": "2026-10-31"
    }
  ],
  "terminalOutput": "purchaseTax",
  "headlineOutput": "purchaseTax",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "name": "taxablePrice",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "Taxable price, excluding VAT (CNY)",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "powertrain",
      "type": "string",
      "label": "Powertrain",
      "enum": [
        "combustion",
        "phev",
        "bev"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "engineLitres",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "Engine displacement (litres) — combustion and plug-in hybrid cars",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 10
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "name": "vvtMin2027",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "From 2027 (plug-in hybrids taxed) — band from",
      "format": "currency",
      "formula": "powertrain = 'bev' ? 0 : ($l := $n(engineLitres); $l <= $const.litres1 ? $const.vvtMin1 : ($l <= $const.litres2 ? $const.vvtMin2 : ($l <= $const.litres3 ? $const.vvtMin3 : ($l <= $const.litres4 ? $const.vvtMin4 : ($l <= $const.litres5 ? $const.vvtMin5 : ($l <= $const.litres6 ? $const.vvtMin6 : $const.vvtMin7))))))"
    },
    {
      "name": "vvtMax2027",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "From 2027 — band to",
      "format": "currency",
      "formula": "powertrain = 'bev' ? 0 : ($l := $n(engineLitres); $l <= $const.litres1 ? $const.vvtMax1 : ($l <= $const.litres2 ? $const.vvtMax2 : ($l <= $const.litres3 ? $const.vvtMax3 : ($l <= $const.litres4 ? $const.vvtMax4 : ($l <= $const.litres5 ? $const.vvtMax5 : ($l <= $const.litres6 ? $const.vvtMax6 : $const.vvtMax7))))))"
    },
    {
      "name": "vvtMin",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "Vehicle and vessel tax 2026 — national band from",
      "format": "currency",
      "formula": "powertrain = 'combustion' ? vvtMin2027 : 0"
    },
    {
      "name": "vvtMax",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "Vehicle and vessel tax 2026, top of band / year",
      "format": "currency",
      "formula": "powertrain = 'combustion' ? vvtMax2027 : 0"
    },
    {
      "name": "purchaseTaxFull",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "Purchase tax at 10%",
      "format": "currency",
      "formula": "$round($n(taxablePrice) * $const.purchaseTaxRate, 2)"
    },
    {
      "name": "nevReduction",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "New-energy reduction (half, at most 15,000)",
      "format": "currency",
      "formula": "powertrain = 'combustion' ? 0 : ($h := $round(purchaseTaxFull * $const.nevReductionShare, 2); $h < $const.nevReductionCap ? $h : $const.nevReductionCap)"
    },
    {
      "name": "purchaseTax",
      "type": "number",
      "label": "Vehicle purchase tax (one-off)",
      "format": "currency",
      "formula": "$round(purchaseTaxFull - nevReduction, 2)"
    }
  ],
  "testCases": [
    {
      "description": "K1 a 150,000 yuan 1.5-litre petrol car: 15,000 purchase tax, 300–540 a year",
      "given": {
        "taxablePrice": 150000,
        "powertrain": "combustion",
        "engineLitres": 1.5
      },
      "expect": {
        "purchaseTax": 15000,
        "vvtMin": 300,
        "vvtMax": 540
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "K2 exactly 1.6 litres is still the 1.0–1.6 band (“1.6升（含）”)",
      "given": {
        "taxablePrice": 150000,
        "powertrain": "combustion",
        "engineLitres": 1.6
      },
      "expect": {
        "vvtMin": 300,
        "vvtMax": 540
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "K3 a 200,000 yuan battery-electric car in 2026: half, 10,000; no vehicle and vessel tax",
      "given": {
        "taxablePrice": 200000,
        "powertrain": "bev",
        "engineLitres": 0
      },
      "expect": {
        "purchaseTaxFull": 20000,
        "nevReduction": 10000,
        "purchaseTax": 10000,
        "vvtMax": 0,
        "vvtMax2027": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "K4 the 15,000 cap binds above 300,000: a 500,000 yuan EV pays 35,000",
      "given": {
        "taxablePrice": 500000,
        "powertrain": "bev",
        "engineLitres": 0
      },
      "expect": {
        "purchaseTaxFull": 50000,
        "nevReduction": 15000,
        "purchaseTax": 35000
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "K5 at 300,000 the half is exactly the cap; a 1.5-litre plug-in hybrid is exempt in 2026 and pays 300–540 from 2027",
      "given": {
        "taxablePrice": 300000,
        "powertrain": "phev",
        "engineLitres": 1.5
      },
      "expect": {
        "nevReduction": 15000,
        "purchaseTax": 15000,
        "vvtMin": 0,
        "vvtMax": 0,
        "vvtMin2027": 300,
        "vvtMax2027": 540
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "K6 a 4.4-litre car is in the top band, 3,600–5,400",
      "given": {
        "taxablePrice": 800000,
        "powertrain": "combustion",
        "engineLitres": 4.4
      },
      "expect": {
        "purchaseTax": 80000,
        "vvtMin": 3600,
        "vvtMax": 5400
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "K7 1.0 litre exactly is the lowest band, 60–360",
      "given": {
        "taxablePrice": 60000,
        "powertrain": "combustion",
        "engineLitres": 1
      },
      "expect": {
        "vvtMin": 60,
        "vvtMax": 360
      }
    }
  ],
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    "id": "car-tax-china",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
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          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0
        },
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          "enum": [
            "combustion",
            "phev",
            "bev"
          ]
        },
        "engineLitres": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 10
        },
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          "type": "number",
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        },
        "vvtMax2027": {
          "type": "number",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "vvtMin": {
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          "readOnly": true
        },
        "vvtMax": {
          "type": "number",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "purchaseTaxFull": {
          "type": "number",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "nevReduction": {
          "type": "number",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "purchaseTax": {
          "type": "number",
          "readOnly": true
        }
      }
    },
    "constants": {
      "purchaseTaxRate": 0.1,
      "nevReductionShare": 0.5,
      "nevReductionCap": 15000,
      "litres1": 1,
      "litres2": 1.6,
      "litres3": 2,
      "litres4": 2.5,
      "litres5": 3,
      "litres6": 4,
      "vvtMin1": 60,
      "vvtMax1": 360,
      "vvtMin2": 300,
      "vvtMax2": 540,
      "vvtMin3": 360,
      "vvtMax3": 660,
      "vvtMin4": 660,
      "vvtMax4": 1200,
      "vvtMin5": 1200,
      "vvtMax5": 2400,
      "vvtMin6": 2400,
      "vvtMax6": 3600,
      "vvtMin7": 3600,
      "vvtMax7": 5400
    },
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      {
        "path": "$",
        "expr": "{ 'taxablePrice': 150000, 'powertrain': 'combustion', 'engineLitres': 1.5 }"
      }
    ],
    "derivations": [
      {
        "path": "$.vvtMin2027",
        "expr": "powertrain = 'bev' ? 0 : ($l := $n(engineLitres); $l <= $const.litres1 ? $const.vvtMin1 : ($l <= $const.litres2 ? $const.vvtMin2 : ($l <= $const.litres3 ? $const.vvtMin3 : ($l <= $const.litres4 ? $const.vvtMin4 : ($l <= $const.litres5 ? $const.vvtMin5 : ($l <= $const.litres6 ? $const.vvtMin6 : $const.vvtMin7))))))"
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    "viewDefinition": {
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      "views": [
        {
          "id": "main",
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          "layout": "vertical",
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              "id": "price",
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                {
                  "value": "phev",
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                  "format": "currency",
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                  "bind": "$.vvtMax",
                  "format": "currency",
                  "currency": "CNY"
                },
                {
                  "label": "From 2027 (plug-in hybrids taxed) — band from",
                  "bind": "$.vvtMin2027",
                  "format": "currency",
                  "currency": "CNY"
                },
                {
                  "label": "From 2027 — band to",
                  "bind": "$.vvtMax2027",
                  "format": "currency",
                  "currency": "CNY"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "note",
              "type": "staticText",
              "text": "Vehicle purchase tax (车辆购置税) is a one-off 10% of the taxable price — for a car bought from a dealer, everything you pay the seller EXCLUDING the VAT on the invoice (so a 113,000 yuan invoice is a 100,000 yuan base). A new-energy car (battery-electric, plug-in or range-extender hybrid, fuel cell) on the MIIT exemption list bought from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027 pays half, with the reduction capped at 15,000 yuan per passenger car — so the cap starts to bite above a 300,000 yuan taxable price. The annual vehicle and vessel tax (车船税) is set by each province inside the national band for the engine size; the page shows the band, not your province’s figure. Battery-electric and fuel-cell passenger cars are outside the vehicle and vessel tax. Plug-in and range-extender hybrids are exempt through 31 December 2026; MOF/STA/MIIT Announcement 2026 No. 19 ends that exemption from 1 January 2027, so they then pay the band for their engine, shown as “From 2027”; energy-saving combustion cars on the official list pay half, which is not modelled. The tax is collected with the compulsory third-party insurance. Estimate, not tax advice."
            },
            {
              "id": "sources",
              "type": "sourceList",
              "label": "Sources",
              "layers": 3,
              "items": [
                {
                  "label": "Vehicle Purchase Tax Law of the PRC (车辆购置税法, in force 1 Jul 2019; 有效 on the national laws database): art. 4 (10%) and art. 6 (price excluding VAT)",
                  "url": "https://flk.npc.gov.cn/detail?id=ff8080816f135f46016f2147561d18ed",
                  "date": "2026-10-31",
                  "covers": [
                    "purchaseTaxRate"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "MOF, STA and MIIT Announcement 2023 No. 10: new-energy vehicles bought 2026-01-01 to 2027-12-31 pay half, the reduction at most 15,000 yuan per passenger car",
                  "url": "https://fgk.chinatax.gov.cn/zcfgk/c102416/c5207352/content.html",
                  "date": "2026-10-31",
                  "covers": [
                    "nevReductionShare",
                    "nevReductionCap"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law of the PRC (车船税法, as amended 23 Apr 2019; 有效 on the national laws database): the schedule of annual amounts per passenger car by engine displacement, which provinces apply within",
                  "url": "https://flk.npc.gov.cn/detail?id=ff8080816f135f46016f215dc4071a64",
                  "date": "2026-10-31",
                  "covers": [
                    "litres1",
                    "litres2",
                    "litres3",
                    "litres4",
                    "litres5",
                    "litres6",
                    "vvtMin1",
                    "vvtMax1",
                    "vvtMin2",
                    "vvtMax2",
                    "vvtMin3",
                    "vvtMax3",
                    "vvtMin4",
                    "vvtMax4",
                    "vvtMin5",
                    "vvtMax5",
                    "vvtMin6",
                    "vvtMax6",
                    "vvtMin7",
                    "vvtMax7"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "MOF, STA, MIIT and MOT, 财税〔2018〕74号 art. 2, through 2026 (as published by the STA Jiangsu Tax Service): plug-in hybrids exempt; battery-electric and fuel-cell passenger cars outside the vehicle and vessel tax",
                  "url": "https://jiangsu.chinatax.gov.cn/art/2018/7/10/art_23636_1816.html",
                  "date": "2026-10-31",
                  "covers": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "MOF, STA and MIIT Announcement 2026 No. 19 (2 Jul 2026): from 1 Jan 2027 plug-in and range-extender hybrids pay vehicle and vessel tax; repeals 财税〔2018〕74号 arts. 1, 2(1)–(2), 3, 4, 7",
                  "url": "https://szs.mof.gov.cn/zhengcefabu/202607/t20260703_3992823.htm",
                  "date": "2026-10-31",
                  "covers": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "tests": [
      {
        "description": "K1 a 150,000 yuan 1.5-litre petrol car: 15,000 purchase tax, 300–540 a year",
        "given": {
          "$.taxablePrice": 150000,
          "$.powertrain": "combustion",
          "$.engineLitres": 1.5
        },
        "expect": {
          "$.purchaseTax": 15000,
          "$.vvtMin": 300,
          "$.vvtMax": 540
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "K2 exactly 1.6 litres is still the 1.0–1.6 band (“1.6升（含）”)",
        "given": {
          "$.taxablePrice": 150000,
          "$.powertrain": "combustion",
          "$.engineLitres": 1.6
        },
        "expect": {
          "$.vvtMin": 300,
          "$.vvtMax": 540
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "K3 a 200,000 yuan battery-electric car in 2026: half, 10,000; no vehicle and vessel tax",
        "given": {
          "$.taxablePrice": 200000,
          "$.powertrain": "bev",
          "$.engineLitres": 0
        },
        "expect": {
          "$.purchaseTaxFull": 20000,
          "$.nevReduction": 10000,
          "$.purchaseTax": 10000,
          "$.vvtMax": 0,
          "$.vvtMax2027": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "K4 the 15,000 cap binds above 300,000: a 500,000 yuan EV pays 35,000",
        "given": {
          "$.taxablePrice": 500000,
          "$.powertrain": "bev",
          "$.engineLitres": 0
        },
        "expect": {
          "$.purchaseTaxFull": 50000,
          "$.nevReduction": 15000,
          "$.purchaseTax": 35000
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "K5 at 300,000 the half is exactly the cap; a 1.5-litre plug-in hybrid is exempt in 2026 and pays 300–540 from 2027",
        "given": {
          "$.taxablePrice": 300000,
          "$.powertrain": "phev",
          "$.engineLitres": 1.5
        },
        "expect": {
          "$.nevReduction": 15000,
          "$.purchaseTax": 15000,
          "$.vvtMin": 0,
          "$.vvtMax": 0,
          "$.vvtMin2027": 300,
          "$.vvtMax2027": 540
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "K6 a 4.4-litre car is in the top band, 3,600–5,400",
        "given": {
          "$.taxablePrice": 800000,
          "$.powertrain": "combustion",
          "$.engineLitres": 4.4
        },
        "expect": {
          "$.purchaseTax": 80000,
          "$.vvtMin": 3600,
          "$.vvtMax": 5400
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "K7 1.0 litre exactly is the lowest band, 60–360",
        "given": {
          "$.taxablePrice": 60000,
          "$.powertrain": "combustion",
          "$.engineLitres": 1
        },
        "expect": {
          "$.vvtMin": 60,
          "$.vvtMax": 360
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
