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Jamaica vehicle ownership cost planner

Estimate monthly and annual private-car costs from driving, fuel or charging, licence duty, fitness, insurance, upkeep, financing, and depreciation.

Your numbers

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Private car power source
Use the whole-number capacity on the title or licence certificate. Hybrids with an internal-combustion engine are screened by cc.
Use the station price you actually pay, not Petrojam's pre-markup billing price.
The authority may issue a shorter period based on age, history, or condition. Use the certificate, not an assumption.
Motor insurance is a required ownership cost. Use the monthly equivalent of your actual premium or quote.
Upkeep, parking, and financing
Added only to the cash-flow view.
Added only to the economic-cost view, not cash flow.

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Add the required ownership details

Enter driving, energy, insurance, licence-duty, and certificate-validity facts. The planner will keep financing cash flow separate from depreciation.

How this estimate works

For a private car with an internal-combustion engine, annual licence duty is J$9,240 up to 1,199cc, J$12,600 from 1,200cc to 2,999cc, J$28,800 from 3,000cc to 3,999cc, and J$43,650 from 4,000cc upward.

The Act lists J$9,240 for a car not powered by an internal-combustion engine. JIS describes the time-limited waiver as applying to electric vehicles “three years old or less at the time of importation.” Because public material does not safely resolve the end-date mechanics for every vehicle, the planner requires the actual TAJ-confirmed EV amount instead of deciding exemption from dates.

The J$4,500 private fitness fee is spread across the one-, three-, or five-year validity printed on the certificate. The separate statutory inspection line is not added to this ownership planner.

Cash flow includes an entered loan payment but excludes depreciation. Economic cost includes depreciation but excludes loan payments, preventing principal and value loss from being counted twice.

Questions people ask

What costs are included in the monthly running total?

Fuel or charging, annual licence duty spread monthly, the fitness fee spread over its actual validity, and any insurance, maintenance, parking, and toll amounts entered.

Why are loan payment and depreciation shown separately?

A loan payment is cash flow and includes principal. Depreciation is value loss. Adding both to one headline can double-count part of the vehicle's cost.

Does every electric car pay J$9,240 a year?

Not necessarily. The Act's schedule shows J$9,240 before any exemption, while a time-limited waiver can affect qualifying battery EVs. Enter the actual amount TAJ confirms for the vehicle.

Which fuel price should I enter?

Use the pump price on a current station receipt. Petrojam's published billing price excludes retailer markups and should not be treated as the price every driver pays.

Sources

  1. Road Traffic Act 2018Law or regulation

    The Third Schedule supplies annual private motor-car licence duties.

    lawSource: Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transportchecked
  2. Road Traffic Regulations 2022Law or regulation

    Part B of the Third Schedule supplies the private motor-vehicle fitness fee shown. Other vehicle and driver-service amounts remain withheld pending full verification.

    lawSource: Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transportchecked
  3. Updated vehicle fitness guidelinesGovernment page

    Explains the current one-, three-, and five-year validity framework and authority discretion.

    government pageSource: Jamaica Information Servicechecked
  4. Electric vehicle duty and licence measuresGovernment page

    Documents a time-limited licence-fee waiver for qualifying battery EVs. The planner therefore requires the owner to enter the actual TAJ-confirmed amount.

    government pageSource: Jamaica Information Servicechecked