Truck owners owe 50 million in road tax

Czech tax authorities have asked some 4,000 truck owners in the country to pay the taxes they owe on their vehicles, amounting in total to around 50 million crowns, a spokeswoman for the authority said. The authorities found that most truck owners failed to pay the road tax despite the fact that vehicles heavier than 3.5 tonnes are subject to taxation regardless of whether they are used for business. The Czech Republic each year collects around six billion crowns in road tax, which represents about 1 percent of total tax revenues, according to the daily Hospodářské noviny.

Author: Jan Richter