Registration Fees!

downtheroad wrote:
Just renewed the license tab for our Subaru....
Here are the fees tacked on beyond the basic yearly fee:

Registration Filing Fee
License Plate Technology Fee
Dept. of Licensing Service Fee
Registration Service Fee

Rant over....

My truck sticker cost 120$ per year..

Every two years have to pay 35$ for emision smog test..

Still the Emmision controls on vehicles are worth it,was folowing some very old car,nicely rebuild but I could smell its stinky exhaust block away..

monkey44 wrote:
Same with phone service and Cable TV ...

I havent had a TV since Internet started..cant stand the idiotic adverts,would drive me crazy..

My cell phone w Virgin is only 20$ month,for 200 minutes,,
had this contract for over ten years or so..
Bought new Blackberry10 on Amazon for 120$ unlocked..

Bell just increased my Internet to 80$ so I dropped them and went with Virgin which uses same network for 50 $..

fj12ryder wrote:
Just remember you elected the people who approved all those fees.

X 2

down home wrote:

ken56 wrote:
GLAD I live in Tennessee. No state income taxes and we have a balanced state budget...with a surplus. Granted we have a high sales tax but I can control what I purchase. 74 bucks for renewal registration for what ever vehicle, and that used to be 25 until 2 years ago.

What county are you registering in?
We aid only 22.00 for the mh or the cars this year.

I am in Jefferson co.

Glad I also live in TN. No income tax, yes high sales tax 9.75% but we can control what we spend.

TT renewall $17.00

Vehicle renewal $29.00 plus $9.00 for emissions testing except on my one-ton which doesn't require emissions testing.

State voted to do away with emissions testing just this month.

County wheel tax to pay for two high schools that were built in 1971, really expensive schools apparently, 52.50, used to be $25.00

Cummins12V98 wrote:

catkins wrote:
Several counties in and around Seattle have an added RTA tax in addition to the normal licensing fees. Our RV license was over $1700 for one year when we renewed last week. Approx $1600 was for the Rapid Transit Tax (RTA). Unreasonable tax based on purchase price of the RV. OUCH!!!!!!!! Literally thinking of moving out of the greater Seattle area to where fees, taxes, and cost of living are so much lower.

If ya know someone north of the Stilliguamish have that as your address on the registration.

Remember who ya vote for.

I live North of the Stillaguamish River, ON Stillaguamish Ave.

I'm so glad we live in Island County, instead of King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties.:B

Lynnmor wrote:

gheicher wrote:
Here in PA, in addition to the State Registration Fee a County Tax of $5 is added. Doesn't matter if your trailer weight 100 lbs or 10,000 lbs, you still pay $5. ??????

Here is the current list of counties that are hogs.

I don't think it was necessary for another member to give a rude comment.

As a PA. resident, I think it's pretty funny to watch members here snivel about a $5 county fee. Others talk of $3000 annual personal property tax on a pickup truck, and $1700 in registration fees for a motorhome. Now this is before anybody from CA. jumps onboard with their obscene RV plate costs, or anybody from VA. with their massive annual personal property taxes on anything with wheels, or a hull.

The problem with my fellow PA. residents whining, is they have no idea what some of the options are out there. My motorhome registration is currently 87% less than my father paid for his similarly valued motorhome in California, THIRTY YEARS AGO! The DW and I did a lot of this math, as we covered the eastern 2/3rd of the states, over a few year period of fulltiming, and shopping for a place to retire. Our state tax burden this past year was 4/10th of one percent of our gross income. This is meaningless compared to many other states we ran the numbers on. If you cry about a $5 increase in a registration fee, all I can say is take a look around. There are plenty of places where you can move where your costs (insurance, registration, income taxes, etc....) will be exponentially higher than in PA. and you would wish that you were only crying about five bucks.

catkins wrote:
Several counties in and around Seattle have an added RTA tax in addition to the normal licensing fees. Our RV license was over $1700 for one year when we renewed last week. Approx $1600 was for the Rapid Transit Tax (RTA). Unreasonable tax based on purchase price of the RV. OUCH!!!!!!!! Literally thinking of moving out of the greater Seattle area to where fees, taxes, and cost of living are so much lower.

Wow. Down here in SW WA my trailer is $41.75 and the 3500 is $101, way better than the old excise tax. Oh well, Rapid Transit is the reason your roads are clear and free moving!!!! This might be the reason why a petition to reduce registration fees is currently floating around.

gheicher wrote:
Here in PA, in addition to the State Registration Fee a County Tax of $5 is added. Doesn't matter if your trailer weight 100 lbs or 10,000 lbs, you still pay $5. ??????

Depends on the county, I just renewed and didn't pay the extra fee. The motorhome was less than $200, which is apparently pretty cheap, compared to some states.

DutchmenSport wrote:
Have you ever looked at the extra add on fees form the electric company? Actual usage of electricity may be only $25.00 a month. After all the fees added on, it's $125.00 a month. I'm not kidding, look at your detailed electric bill for your house.

We have PPL, a giant utility covering PA. my lowest bill in the last year was $21.89. This was largely fees, as the house was empty, with only an oil furnace and a few very light loads on. The highest was $111. When the AC was basically going 24/7. This is a sixty year old, 1400 sq. ft. all masonry house, that is essentially uninsulated.

When it comes to fees, one big difference between here and the midwest may be that our state government refuses to allow utilities to pile "legacy costs" of billions of dollars on to homeowners, as a result of the nuclear industry no longer being able to compete with natural gas and renewables.