My CA DMV registration fee jumped from $80 to $258!!

[Haxster]

I just received my renewal notice from the DMV for my 2016 Model S that I bought from Tesla at the end of 2016. The "registration fee" portion of the bill went from $80 to $258!

I knew it would be increasing, but, from the latest DMV info on their site, the maximum for a vehicle worth over $60K is $175.

Note: This is in addition to a still substantial "license fee" and some smaller county/district fees

Has anyone else seen this kind of fee and understand what's going on?

P.S. When I saw the envelop from the DMV, I was hoping that it was the so-called "pre-filled application" for a red carpool decal. Excitement suddenly aborted when I looked inside.

 

[NikeWings]

Yep, I got hit hard on two renewals earlier this year. Found most of my answers here, although it didn't mitigate the shock. It was an extra few hundred each. Good ole CA and their not always called a tax taxes.
Vehicle Registration Fee Calculator

Edit.....I'm still waiting for THAT other envelope too.

 

[Uncle Paul]

Same thing with the additional Gas tax they jacked up for ICE vehicles.

Believe they see vehicles as an enemy that needs to be eliminated.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

The actual tables can be found at:
Forms

 

[pedriscoll]

Indiana has added a $150 charge for electric vehicles this year. Since I don’t pay any gas tax I think that is fair.

 

[croman]

Indiana has added a $150 charge for electric vehicles this year. Since I don’t pay any gas tax I think that is fair.

That doesn't make sense. ICE cars cost us all trillions in costs from environmental, social, and health. We are literally poisoning ourselves and kids. ICE cars, if they aren't abolished, need to account for these harms in the form of taxation to pay for government programs to remedy their ills.

 

[mrbulk]

Last year for my S75D was about $1700 here, hope it stays the same...

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Indiana has added a $150 charge for electric vehicles this year. Since I don’t pay any gas tax I think that is fair.

People who use gas pay according to how much gas they use. People who use electricity pay a fixed fee.

It has to be unfair.

 

[rooter]

You poor babies.

Car tabs for my P85D were $1,300 in each of the past two years.

 

[Ulmo]

Is it possible for your Estate to have a different Use for the vehicle, and thus have a legitimate need to buy it as something other than a legal recasting, therefore you can sell the vehicle used and put the vehicle cost depreciation into it, including the 30% drive off the lot depreciation, $1/mile depreciation, and any additional wear and tear and other problems depreciation?

Or, you could sell it to another Tesla owner with the same kind of car that sells theirs to you, and those are legitimate used cars at that point. It would be even better if both of you had cars the others wanted more than the ones you already had (if they were slightly different somehow); this seems safest, but some insurance claims would be harder and might not net as much recovery.

That reminds me of an art trick: buy an entire collection of some crappy art for cheap at some "art gallery", then later sell one item in the collection to a friend who also had a preivously cheap collection, who also sells you one of their items for some huge amount, say, $3,000,000, raising the value of both collections since the demand for that artists' art suddenly went up, then both of you donate at leisure to a charity your art collection at the newfound high values (could be another "art gallery", who finds that the "demand suddenly dried up", repeat!).

I don't know if any of these ideas would land you in jail or cause civil fines.

 

[mvotb]

Vote YES on Ca. Prop 6. Repeal the gas tax and higher registration fees.

 

[alloverx]

You should check out the fees if you live in Seattle.

 

[Tam]

Vote YES on Ca. Prop 6. Repeal the gas tax and higher registration fees.

My cult leader Elon Musk supports carbon tax because polluters need to pay more. Prop 6 goes against that goal.

As a cult follower, I will vote NO on Prop 6.

 

[murphyS90D]

My registration fee in PA was $72 for two years. Of course I have to contend with snow in the winter and my driveway is 75 feet long. Personal property taxes were done away with, where I live, in a court settlement many years ago.

 

[Haxster]

That reminds me of an art trick:

A more far-fetched, but legitimate scheme from a 60s TV show:

With great difficulty and cost, a stamp collector obtains the second of only two extremely valuable stamps. With the seller and an expert in the room to verify the authenticity and value, he burns one of them right in front of them.

The shocked expert asks, "Why?"
The collector responds, "Now there is only one in the world. What's it worth?"

 

[scottycs]

Personal Property, registration, etc is about $800 a year for me.

 

[Bill_75D]

Arizona charged me $125 for a 5 year tag.

 

[Lloyd]

My 1993 truck costs $239 to register. About 10% of its value every year.

 

[Buster1]

I just received my renewal notice from the DMV for my 2016 Model S that I bought from Tesla at the end of 2016. The "registration fee" portion of the bill went from $80 to $258!

But you got the additional $2500 CA tax rebate from buying an EV.... right? Most states don’t have that.

 

[CraDavis]

Mine was $950 for a 75D in MN this year. They go purely on the MSRP of the car and subtract 10% or so per year old the car is. They added $75 this year for all EVs to offset gas tax losses in the state.