OT: Car Registration/Property Tax
Not sure how many states do this but in North Carolina you have to pay property tax on your vehicle. Mill rate looks to be around 1%. I’m like whatever I’ll pay.
Go online, search by license plate and title number. Turns out my car, WHICH IS LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD, needs to be inspected. Really? What a crock of shit.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
JustInTime wrote:
Not sure how many states do this but in North Carolina you have to pay property tax on your vehicle. Mill rate looks to be around 1%. I’m like whatever I’ll pay.Go online, search by license plate and title number. Turns out my car, WHICH IS LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD, needs to be inspected. Really? What a crock of shit.
No such thing in Arizona. Only emissions testing is required, but only within city limits, not rural areas. Testing is every other year if the vehicle is over 5 yrs. old, then every year if the vehicle is over 10 yrs. old.
StickierBuns wrote:
$$$$$ for the state.Cars suck from a financial perspective. Such a f-ing waste of money. Little value, depreciate immediately and constantly.
Most definitely. Unfortunately I’ve been diagnosed with an addiction to new car smell. This will be the last new car for a good long while.
ArizonaViking wrote:
No such thing in Arizona. Only emissions testing is required, but only within city limits, not rural areas. Testing is every other year if the vehicle is over 5 yrs. old, then every year if the vehicle is over 10 yrs. old.
That’s reasonable. Even 3 years. Less than a year? Fuck you pay me dealio.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
We built our home in 1998 and closed on it the week of the NFCCG we shall not speak of.
Property taxes were about $4k annual at the time. Now they are over $8k.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Rigby wrote:
NC has always required annual inspections in order to renew license plates. In 2005 they added property tax to the registration renewal. Property taxes really piss me off...
It’s excessive. I suppose when I get a travel trailer they’re going to hit me up on that too?!
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
Testing a vehicle? In Montana? Hold my beer and watch this!!!!
A few years ago, Montana went to a system where any vehicle over ten years old (a car/pickup/camper/boat/ATV etc) could get a permanent sticker. I've got a 4-wheeler that I bought new in 2003...I got the permanent sticker a dozen years ago and I never have to remember again.
Montana also has no sales tax, BTW.
Montana Tom wrote:
Testing a vehicle? In Montana? Hold my beer and watch this!!!!A few years ago, Montana went to a system where any vehicle over ten years old (a car/pickup/camper/boat/ATV etc) could get a permanent sticker. I've got a 4-wheeler that I bought new in 2003...I got the permanent sticker a dozen years ago and I never have to remember again.
Montana also has no sales tax, BTW.
Rub it in why don't you. LOL
Montana Tom wrote:
Testing a vehicle? In Montana? Hold my beer and watch this!!!!A few years ago, Montana went to a system where any vehicle over ten years old (a car/pickup/camper/boat/ATV etc) could get a permanent sticker. I've got a 4-wheeler that I bought new in 2003...I got the permanent sticker a dozen years ago and I never have to remember again.
Montana also has no sales tax, BTW.
Lol,
I cant tell you the # of buyers who wanted to buy a car from me in MN and title it in Montana.
It was a quick conversation; once I asked for proof that Montana was their permanent residence for 6 mos + 1 day a year.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
I am going to guess your tabs for the vehicle are much less every year though when it comes to renewing them. It always evens out. In MN we don't pay property taxes on the vehicle, but if you have a 2024 50K vehicle, your registration renewal is over $900.
Actually, Montana registers a LOT of RVs (Motorhome-types) from out of state. There is even a cottage industry for setting up Montana-domiciled LLCs so that you can have a Montana-based entity register a big f'ng expensive motorhome in the state for pretty small bucks.
A friend of mine here told me about this, and I found it to be true. He owned a motorhome, and was traveling in Oregon and saw an inordinate amount of Montana plates and being from Montana, did the one-finger Montana salute (no, not the middle finger) and nobody responded. (When driving on back roads, waving with your index finger while driving is a Montana-friendly thing). He thought that was odd.
So at an RV campground, he asked some guy with Montana plates where he was from and it was NOT Montana. He told him about the ploy and that he had never been to Montana.
Montana Tom wrote:
Actually, Montana registers a LOT of RVs (Motorhome-types) from out of state. There is even a cottage industry for setting up Montana-domiciled LLCs so that you can have a Montana-based entity register a big f'ng expensive motorhome in the state for pretty small bucks.A friend of mine here told me about this, and I found it to be true. He owned a motorhome, and was traveling in Oregon and saw an inordinate amount of Montana plates and being from Montana, did the one-finger Montana salute (no, not the middle finger) and nobody responded. (When driving on back roads, waving with your index finger while driving is a Montana-friendly thing). He thought that was odd.
So at an RV campground, he asked some guy with Montana plates where he was from and it was NOT Montana. He told him about the ploy and that he had never been to Montana.
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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
I live in NW Indiana, the county I live in and the one adjacent are the only two counties that require emissions tests. They are free, but you have to pass. Some in the state are trying to do away with it, as the area has passed all federal guidelines, and it’s not even close. The test is every other year, odd year cars on odd years, even year cars on even years.
My city has imposed a “Wheel Tax” which is an extra $25 per vehicle, if you live within the city. It’s to help with road repairs. News flash, they still suck! My road has needed repaved for about 6 years. Keeps getting overlooked because it’s a dead end.
My property taxes are capped by Indiana law, our taxes on vehicles go down to a State minimum after the car gets to a certain age.
Lived all over the US, moved to Tenn after retiring in NY. No state income tax, no vehicle testing, inspections, just pay registration yearly. I have a 5000 sq ft home pay 1/4 the taxes from my NY 3000 sq ft home.FREEDOM!!!
My kids went to a better school in Tenn, we get just as much if not more services from local govt. People here are so friendly. Great state, great place to retire.
People sleep peacably at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
$29/vehicle in TN
Property tax is cheap.
Sales tax is 9.75%
Montana Tom wrote:
Actually, Montana registers a LOT of RVs (Motorhome-types) from out of state. There is even a cottage industry for setting up Montana-domiciled LLCs so that you can have a Montana-based entity register a big f'ng expensive motorhome in the state for pretty small bucks.A friend of mine here told me about this, and I found it to be true. He owned a motorhome, and was traveling in Oregon and saw an inordinate amount of Montana plates and being from Montana, did the one-finger Montana salute (no, not the middle finger) and nobody responded. (When driving on back roads, waving with your index finger while driving is a Montana-friendly thing). He thought that was odd.
So at an RV campground, he asked some guy with Montana plates where he was from and it was NOT Montana. He told him about the ploy and that he had never been to Montana.
I used to keep a car down in Cabo. The deal is you register them in Polk County, South Dakota. You don't have to go there..you simply send the US title to them and you get your plates sent to you. You can renew them annually online or by calling and they'll send the tags to you in Mexico. They're inexpensive and don't require you to have US insurance (you still have to have Mexican insurance). I read somewhere that there are something like 60,000 ex-pat cars that are registered in South Dakota in Mexico. That's a lot for a County of 12,000. It was quite the cottage industry.
badgervike wrote:
I used to keep a car down in Cabo. The deal is you register them in Polk County, South Dakota. You don't have to go there..you simply send the US title to them and you get your plates sent to you. You can renew them annually online or by calling and they'll send the tags to you in Mexico. They're inexpensive and don't require you to have US insurance (you still have to have Mexican insurance). I read somewhere that there are something like 60,000 ex-pat cars that are registered in South Dakota in Mexico. That's a lot for a County of 12,000. It was quite the cottage industry.
boats, RVs, I think there are more out of staters than in staters. I know a buddy that vacations in mexico a lots says he laughs at all the boats in the marinas with SD licenses on them.
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
You can become a resident of South Dakota in one day! SD has licensed vehicles in all 50 states. SD is the land of the free. Just ask Jimmy. The man lives in paradise! Except maybe in the winter.
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