Registration......Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!
:M:M:M:M We have a 2016 Rockwood Roo 23ws (this is an hybrid). Every year we have to register the camper and pay the excise tax. Last year, it cost me over $600.00 and this year $486.00. (Price is ...
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drenjoey wrote:Walaby wrote:drenjoey wrote:
Not in Maine. We pay excise tax every year on our travel trailer ($486.00), my wife's car is a 2015 Honda CRV ($478.00) and my truck is a 2005 Dodge Ram (around $250.00 this year). Excise tax cost goes down as the vehicles age.....It is not a property tax.
http://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/registration/
Your excise tax is a property tax.
From the website
The payment of municipal excise (property) taxes is a prerequisite for all motor vehicle registrations.
Mike
In other states, they might call it property tax, but here in Maine, they call it excise tax
Doesn't matter what they call it.. it still smarts every year. :( The link you provided refers to it as a excise (property) tax.
Georgia is a little better in that motor vehicles you pay it one time upon purchase, but if you buy a new vehicle, it is 7 percent on the purchase price of the vehicle. Then, if you sell it, and the buyer goes to register, they get to collect the tax again!
TT's/5ers (aka not self propelled), get to pay the lovely tax annually, albeit at a reduced amount. It also reduces annually based on the value. My registration for my 2016 Lacrosse was $425(ish) in 2017. My 2014 Ram was $20(ish) since I paid the full tax up front upon purchase/initial registration.
Mike