Buying a used car or motorcycle in Punjab used to begin with a trip to the Excise office and a long wait in a queue. Today, the first and most important step takes less than a minute on a phone.
Token tax is the annual charge that keeps a Punjab vehicle legally on the road, and it is the figure most likely to ambush a buyer after a purchase, because unpaid tax follows the vehicle rather than the person who failed to pay it. The good news is that the dues position of any Punjab vehicle can be checked online in a few minutes.