Property tax

CharlesinGA wrote:

Ivylog wrote:
Georgia used to tax you every year when you got your tag but now you pay a one time use/sales tax of 6.7%. At 62 years old, $36K of income tax (6%)/person is free and at 65 it goes to $65K each making GA retirement friendly. Depending on the county, property taxes are very low...$7/1000 dollars of value, BUT in the Atlanta area it can be double that amount.

In Georgia the tax is known as the Title Ad Valorem Tax (TAVT). It is literally a tax on the value of the title. There are no sales or use taxes on MOTOR vehicles in Georgia. Trailers such as cargo, utility, travel trailers, fivers, etc, are still taxed each year on the particular county's millage rate where the trailer is registered (which if you have a homestead exemption, must be the county of residence).

The TAVT applies to any vehicle re-titled, purchased, or brought into the state. Some tax rates are lower for transfers within family, and the rate is currently 7% and is frozen thru 2018. after that a re-evaluation of the tax rate will be preformed and the state can raise or leave alone the precentage. It is capped at 9% by law.

For a short period of time after the TAVT went into effect, owners of vehicles purchased prior to March 1, 2013 were allowed to switch to the new system, however that has passed into history. When a vehicle under the old system is transferred to a new owner, the vehicle falls under the new system.

As with almost any tax, you have a right to appeal of the value, and you appeal that value to the Board of Assessors in the county in which you registered and titled the vehicle. You must pay the full tax in good faith while the appeal is on-going. They are usually handled in a very timely manner as the locals BOA's really do not want to handle these appeals and have established procedures to expedite the appeals.

Disclosure: I am the chairman of the county Board of Assessors of the county in which I reside in Georgia.

Charles

Vehicles purchased prior to March 1, 2013

Charles,

I just moved to Peachtree City in Fayette County last week. I know I have to pay the TAVT on my Ram 2500 & Subaru when I register them this week.

I'm trying to figure out what I will have to pay to transfer the registration from NY to Georgia on my 2015 Jayco Eagle travel trailer.

Maybe you can give me an overview on how the TAVT will work on my travel trailer?

Thanks in advance.

Ivylog wrote:
Georgia used to tax you every year when you got your tag but now you pay a one time use/sales tax of 6.7%. At 62 years old, $36K of income tax (6%)/person is free and at 65 it goes to $65K each making GA retirement friendly. Depending on the county, property taxes are very low...$7/1000 dollars of value, BUT in the Atlanta area it can be double that amount.

In Georgia the tax is known as the Title Ad Valorem Tax (TAVT). It is literally a tax on the value of the title. There are no sales or use taxes on MOTOR vehicles in Georgia. Trailers such as cargo, utility, travel trailers, fivers, etc, are still taxed each year on the particular county's millage rate where the trailer is registered (which if you have a homestead exemption, must be the county of residence).

The TAVT applies to any vehicle re-titled, purchased, or brought into the state. Some tax rates are lower for transfers within family, and the rate is currently 7% and is frozen thru 2018. after that a re-evaluation of the tax rate will be preformed and the state can raise or leave alone the precentage. It is capped at 9% by law.

For a short period of time after the TAVT went into effect, owners of vehicles purchased prior to March 1, 2013 were allowed to switch to the new system, however that has passed into history. When a vehicle under the old system is transferred to a new owner, the vehicle falls under the new system.

As with almost any tax, you have a right to appeal of the value, and you appeal that value to the Board of Assessors in the county in which you registered and titled the vehicle. You must pay the full tax in good faith while the appeal is on-going. They are usually handled in a very timely manner as the locals BOA's really do not want to handle these appeals and have established procedures to expedite the appeals.

Disclosure: I am the chairman of the county Board of Assessors of the county in which I reside in Georgia.

Charles

Vehicles purchased prior to March 1, 2013

$13K is peanuts for some people. LOL sure for like the 1/4% of people in NA and most of those have new prevosts or no MH at all

Ozlander wrote:

gutfelt wrote:

Micbob4 wrote:


It's now $6.55 for every $100 of appraised value.

that's $13,300.00 on 200K I cant believe theres a person alive out there that would pay that tax

$13K is peanuts for some people.

True! But not me. LOL. I do find the perception from some (nobody here, from people I've met) that assume because you own a class A RV you can afford anything. I am not wealthy by no means, just your average hard working family that has low house payment, aging and has chosen to do the RV thing as opposed to possible second home. So fitting this into are budget is fine but not if it's costing lots more in taxes. Enough of my rant, I truly appreciate all of your input you guys are awesome! Happy RVing everyone, go out and live life!

It's threads like this that remind me there are some really good points to being domiciled in NY State. No personal property taxes, and with the various available property and school tax exemptions for seniors, veterans, etc, the taxes on our lakeside cottage on 2 acres in the Adirondacks are only about $1500/year. And our motorhome's weight based registration fee is just $70/year for vehicles over 6951 lbs, although some counties do collect supplemental fees of $5-$25/year in addition to the base fee.

Groover wrote:

Ralph Cramden wrote:
No matter where you reside you're going to pay it one way or another. Here in PA there is no property tax on RV,s or vehicles, just sales tax on the front end. We do enjoy however one of the highest, if not the highest, fuel taxes in the nation.

If you don't like it move somewhere else, you may save a little, you may not. It's the price you pay for having roads to move your RV on, public parks with campgrounds of which most are not self sufficient and depend on general fund dollars, and other infrastructure.

I find your high fuel tax to be ironic because my experience has been that PA has the worst roads of anywhere that I have been. Meanwhile, in my home state of TN we some of the lowest fuel taxes and I belive the best roads of anywhere I go. I admit that I have not been to PA in over 10 years. I hope that roads have gotten better for you there.

While I am here and back to the op's question, TN does not have property tax on vehicles, just a 7.5% sales tax and in my county 30$/year for any private vehicle larger than a motorcycle. Some counties have a "wheel tax" which tacks on an extra $25 per vehicle. We also don't have income tax except for interest and dividends and are phasing out the death tax.

That's what I was going to touch on in my previous post but didn't want to side-track the thread so early. The OP was asking specifically about VA taxes.

Our TN property taxes aren't really that bad depending on the value of your home.
In reference to automobiles, in the city limits we have the wheel tax, so the tag cost is about $106 per year. In the county, it's about $65 for a yearly tag fee.

Mississippi, Arkansas and California, charge a yearly tag fee based on the value of the car. That's why I keep all the cars and coach tagged in TN. Can you imagine what my tag would be on the Liberty? Wow, don't want to think about it.

Anyway, a friend in California had bought a new 2004 RR Phantom and his first tag cost was $3,000 then went down year after year but still high. Yeah, I know people say if you can shell out the bucks for a new RR, you shouldn't complain. When I buy something and pay the sales tax, I just don't like being taxed to death with additional personal tax..... and the roads in California aren't the very best either.

To me, like in Mississippi, charging tax on value hinders new car sales. If a set fee was in place like in TN, I think it would boost new car sales (and newer used car sales) because the cost would be the same if you have a '89 Corsica or a '18 Impala. It keeps the economy moving. Of course, you have to be able to buy the new car.

Safe travels,
MM.

Ralph Cramden wrote:
No matter where you reside you're going to pay it one way or another. Here in PA there is no property tax on RV,s or vehicles, just sales tax on the front end. We do enjoy however one of the highest, if not the highest, fuel taxes in the nation.

If you don't like it move somewhere else, you may save a little, you may not. It's the price you pay for having roads to move your RV on, public parks with campgrounds of which most are not self sufficient and depend on general fund dollars, and other infrastructure.

I find your high fuel tax to be ironic because my experience has been that PA has the worst roads of anywhere that I have been. Meanwhile, in my home state of TN we some of the lowest fuel taxes and I belive the best roads of anywhere I go. I admit that I have not been to PA in over 10 years. I hope that roads have gotten better for you there.

While I am here and back to the op's question, TN does not have property tax on vehicles, just a 7.5% sales tax and in my county 30$/year for any private vehicle larger than a motorcycle. Some counties have a "wheel tax" which tacks on an extra $25 per vehicle. We also don't have income tax except for interest and dividends and are phasing out the death tax.

gutfelt wrote:

Micbob4 wrote:


It's now $6.55 for every $100 of appraised value.

that's $13,300.00 on 200K I cant believe theres a person alive out there that would pay that tax

$13K is peanuts for some people.

Micbob4 wrote:

Bill.Satellite wrote:
VA is a serious pain if you own an RV. You don't pay property tax as if it's a house on the ground but you pay Personal Property tax and it is VERY high and VERY expensive. Take a look at the tax tables and you will see just how bad it really is. It's based upon the "book" value of your RV so it only goes down a little every year but it is always VERY expensive. Maybe if you buy a 20 year old coach it won't hurt too much but I seem to remember that it was 3% or 4% of the coach value each year. On a $200,000 coach, that's a lot of money (plus registration).

It's now $6.55 for every $100 of appraised value.

that's $13,300.00 on 200K I cant believe theres a person alive out there that would pay that tax

We live in VA and property taxes sucked the life out of us faster the personal property taxes. We moved further south and are only paying a quarter of what we were paying before. Total taxes before the move $7500 - after the move $2000.