Road tax collection at Kadena this week

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  • By 18th Wing Public Affairs
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --  It's time to pay.

Officials from the Joint Service Vehicle Registration Office will be collecting annual road tax payments at Kadena's Keystone Theater from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. now until Friday.

All vehicles not de-registered before April 1 must pay the annual road tax.

Patrons must bring original copies of their: military registration, 2009 road tax receipt, vehicle title, Japanese compulsory insurance and American insurance.

The rates are by license plates series:
License plate series 40/400, 50/500, 77/78.....................    ¥7,500
License plate series 33/300 (4,500cc & below)............... ¥19,000
License plate series 33/300 (above 4,500cc)..................  ¥22,000
License plate series 11/100, 88/800.................................. ¥32,000

Mini-car and motorcycle taxes must be paid between April 1 and May 31 at local city, town, or village offices from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Bring your road tax receipt to the JSVRO at Camp Foster (near the commissary) or a road tax collection site on base to receive the 2010 road tax sticker.

Mini-car road tax.......................................................................... ¥3,000
Motorcycle road tax (126cc or more)....................................... ¥1,000
Motorcycle road tax (125cc or less).........................................   ¥500

All taxes must be paid in yen. Upon payment of the tax, patrons will be issued a 2010 road tax sticker that must be displayed before June 1, or risk being stopped by security forces. Drivers found without a current road tax payment will be cited and restricted from using their vehicle until the tax is paid.

For more road tax information, call the JSVRO at 645-7481/3963.