If you are planning to sell, scrap, or export your car, knowing your PARF rebate value upfront helps you understand exactly what you should be getting back and whether a dealer’s offer is fair. Here is how to check it yourself, directly from LTA, in under a minute.

What Is A PARF Rebate?

When you first registered your car, you paid something called the Additional Registration Fee (ARF), a tax based on your car’s Open Market Value (OMV). PARF (Preferential Additional Registration Fee) rebate refunds you a portion of that ARF when you deregister your car, but only if your car is under 10 years old, and has never had its COE renewed.

The younger your car is when you deregister, the bigger the percentage of ARF you get back. Once your car crosses the 10-year mark, or if you’ve already renewed its COE once, this PARF rebate is gone for good.

Your PARF rebate is separate from your COE rebate (which refunds any unused COE time). Together, they make up what’s often called your car’s “paper value.”

How To Check Your PARF Rebate In 4 Steps

Step 1: Log In To OneMotoring to retrieve your Access Code

Go to OneMotoring here, click on the “Request Access Code” tab and login with your Singpass

Step 1: Log In To OneMotoring to retrieve your Access Code

Step 2: Go To Digital Services

Navigate  to Digital Services, and look for “Enquire PARF/COE Rebate for Registered Vehicle.”

Step 3: Enter Your Vehicle Details

Enter your vehicle registration number and your intended deregistration date here. If you are not sure exactly when you’ll deregister, you can simply enter today’s date to get an estimate based on current values.

Step 4: View Your PARF And COE Rebate Amounts

The system will show you both your PARF rebate and COE rebate values instantly, based on the date you entered. These figures update daily, since your COE rebate shrinks slightly every day that passes.

Checking PARF Rebate On Behalf Of Someone Else

If you are a dealer, family member, or anyone checking a rebate on behalf of the vehicle’s owner (not yourself), you won’t be able to use the NRIC-and-plate-number method anymore. LTA discontinued this from 30 June 2025. Instead, the vehicle owner needs to generate a 6-digit Access Code through OneMotoring and share it with you. This code is valid for up to 14 days and can be used multiple times during that period.

Your PARF Rebate Is Not The Same As Your Car’s Total Value

Here is something dealers won’t always tell you: your PARF rebate is not the full value of your car.

Some dealers use this to their advantage. Say you check your PARF rebate above and it comes out to $20,000. A dealer might tell you that’s what they will offer in total for your car. That is not fair, and it is a common trick to pay you less than your car is actually worth.

Your car’s value has two parts:

  1. PARF/COE rebate: the “paper value” you just checked above using OneMotoring.
  2. Body value: what your car is worth as a physical vehicle, separate from the rebate. This varies by make, model, age, and condition.

So if your PARF rebate is $20,000 and your car’s body value is $4,000, a fair offer should be $24,000 as of your handover date. Not just $20,000.

Before accepting any offer, compare the offer with other scrap car dealers and car exporters in Singapore. And ask each dealer to break down how much is the rebate and how much is body value. If they can only quote one number, that is worth questioning.

Frequently Asked Questions Around PARF Rebate

1. How accurate is the PARF rebate shown on OneMotoring?

It is the official, authoritative figure. This is the same value LTA will pay out if you deregister on the date you entered. It updates daily, so if you check again on a different day, expect a slightly different number, especially for the COE rebate portion.

2. Why does my PARF rebate show $0?

This usually means your car is either over 10 years old, or its COE has already been renewed once. Both situations make you ineligible for PARF rebate. Only COE rebate would still apply, if there is unused COE time left.

3. Can I check the PARF rebate of a car I’m thinking of buying, not my own?

Yes, but you’ll need the seller to generate a 6-digit Access Code for you, since the NRIC-and-plate method no longer works for anyone other than the registered owner checking their own vehicle.

4. How long is my PARF rebate valid once I deregister?

Once deregistered, you have 12 months to redeem your PARF rebate and COE rebates before they expire.

5. How do I claim my PARF rebate?

Checking your PARF rebate is different from claiming it. To actually claim it:

  1. Deregister your car before its first 10-year COE expiry.
  2. Find a scrap car dealer or car exporter to dispose of your car, through scrapping or export.
  3. Submit proof of disposal to LTA.
  4. Encash your rebate through OneMotoring. Payouts are credited via GIRO or PayNow within 14 working days of your application being processed.

You have 1 month from your deregistration date to submit your proof of disposal and encash your rebate. If you miss this window, you forfeit the rebate entirely and you won’t be able to claim the rebate after that point.