Paper Road Tax Discs

Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Transport (a) what is the purpose for the road tax disc to be displayed on motor vehicles; and (b) whether LTA will consider doing away with the paper road tax disc.

The paper road tax disc, which has to be displayed on the windscreen, shows that the vehicle has been licensed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), has adequate insurance coverage and complies with all other regulatory requirements. In recent times, Singapore Government agencies do not rely on the discs for checks on vehicles anymore, as they do these checks electronically. We have, therefore, been studying doing away with the discs.

However, for Singapore-registered vehicles entering Malaysia, the Malaysian authorities still rely on the discs as proof that the vehicle complies with LTA's regulatory requirements. LTA is reviewing how we can address the Malaysian authorities’ concerns.