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See the evidence, the supported workbook branches and the questions that still need review.

Sources checked 2026-09-10
Current customs assessments are not enabled. The calculator reproduces selected July 2025 workbook templates. The source review is evidence tracking, not an approval of current valuation or import eligibility.
Historical illustration available

Ordinary motor vehicles

Three workbook excise branches with confirmed HS heading, fuel and capacity checks. Import duty, VAT, IDF and RDL remain the workbook values.

Guided workbook helper available

Direct-import depreciation

Uses the difference between illustration year and year of first registration, following the workbook counter. It is not an exact elapsed-age calculation or import eligibility decision.

Manual historical input only

Previously registered scenario

The workbook has a separate depreciation table. Automatic date mapping and the permitted legal use cases remain unverified.

Rule review required

Electric vehicles & prime movers

Duty labels and formulas disagree in the supplied template. These branches remain unavailable.

Rule review required

Motorcycles

The fixed excise label and entered value differ. Applicable dated charges and exemptions need confirmation.

Rule review required

Heavy machinery

Direct-import VAT references cells in the other scenario. The calculation must be resolved before enabling it.

Rule review required

Hybrids, exemptions & other special uses

Do not infer eligibility, an exemption or a normal tax rate from a catalogue fuel label or model name.

The direct-import depreciation helper

The helper subtracts the year of first registration from the year of the illustration date. This follows the workbook’s year counter; it does not calculate exact elapsed age. At a calendar-year change, the counter changes. Values outside these bands require a documented manual input. This is separate from any import age-limit decision.

Published bandDepreciation
More than 1, up to and including 2 years20%
More than 2, up to and including 3 years30%
More than 3, up to and including 4 years40%
More than 4, up to and including 5 years50%
More than 5, up to and including 6 years55%
More than 6, up to and including 7 years60%
More than 7, up to and including 8 years65%

Example: illustration year 2025 − first-registration year 2018 = counter 7, mapping to 60%. This does not establish eligibility to import that vehicle.

Primary sources reviewed

2025-05-30

KRA: July 2025 CRSP announcement

Announces the July 2025 reference schedule. This does not establish its applicability to every assessment today.

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2023-08-31

KRA: treatment of used motor vehicles

Uses the year of first registration and publishes seven depreciation bands, effective 1 September 2023. Those bands match TEMPLATE 2025 B3:C9.

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2026-09-07

KRA: cargo clearance and vehicle valuation clarification

Says motor-vehicle valuation is before the Court. It does not resolve the method or schedule applicable to a particular transaction.

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