Dudealicious

For some reason my renewal has gone down. $395 in 2018 down to $369.
Didn't think this was possible.
Maybe it's because I need to SMOG this year...

mancerator

If CA is like AZ the registration/license fees are based on the value of the car and slowly go down each year.

Redd

So Cali effectively has an annual personal property tax on cars?

Instead of just a $40-ish registration free?

Wow.

gk1

Same here in CO, but it drops to just $3 after 10 years. If you ask me it just keeps older cars on the roads longer....
I saw a Mclaren the other day and pondered over the multi-thousand dollar registration fee....heck an $80k 2018 S6 is $1000 to register.

mancerator

In AZ my wife's 2018 Range Rover Sport first year license fee was $1,088. The fee for 2019 will likely be around $1,000. Explains why so many snow birds register their AZ cars in their home state. A slight off-set is that on private party used car sales there is no state sales tax. (but there is sales tax on used cars purchased from a dealer)

arrtewwx

lowjdml

Yes, it's been like that forever in Calif. That portion of the fee is deductible on federal income tax. NV does the same.