Vehicle taxes where you live... how bad?
I live in Aiken County, SC. Last year when we purchased our new tow vehicle - a 2013 Sierra 2500HD SLT crew cab 2WD with the DuraMax - the sales taxes weren't bad at all (I mean really reasonable). Re...
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4bearhug wrote:
Every state has a different way to skin the cat. Indiana has low property taxes, but gouges you on annual plates for vehicles based upon age and original cost of vehicle. This can easily run you $400+ per vehicle. The real kicker is how they value RVs. They use the MSRP which has no basis is the actual selling price, but gives the state a higher number to use for their calculation. This is a real shocker for the new RV when they go for plates.
I don't know that our property taxes are low.
Regardless, they were just capped at 1% of assessed value a few years ago because of the uproar. Oddly enough, the assessed value has really jumped since then. For us, at least.
The license plate fees are outrageous in Indiana.
For our 2013 Silverado, our 2014 Honda Accord, our 2006 Honda Accord, and our 2013 Rockwood TT, our plates run $1,300.
Indiana is a state that now has a legislature and a governor who both claim to be about "cutting taxes" and "smaller government," yet I have yet to see any movement to cut taxes, even with our $2 Billion surplus. What I HAVE seen is lots of posturing about gay marriage.
Look at Tennessee. I think that is a state that is doing it right in regards to taxes and they aren't all that dissimilar.
