Tesla Motors Club
All,
This may affect your automobile taxes.
Here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, we have a $25 per $1,000 auto excise tax. I received my excise tax bill a few days ago, and noticed that the Model S was valued at $130K. So I copied by Bill of Sale and call my Town Hall assessor, who said to come down with the paperwork and he'd do what he could.
Paul the Assessor was most helpful. We chatted a bit about the car, and he pulled and copied my excise tax bills from 2012 and 2013 and provided a number at the Mass Registry to call, and warned they were difficult to deal with and the wait might be long. He also explained what was and was not included in the excise tax calculation (e.g., MSRP - which i had a hard time explaining as they did not understand a direct from the manufacturer purchase - and that i should not be charged for the HPWC (which is GREAT!)).
We chatted some more about the car, and he asked me if it was outside and he could see it. Before long, i gave him a full test ride, along with a performance demo. He was beaming. By the time we got back to his office, the registry picked up and he took notes and coached me on what to do (actually, they were quite nice and helpful). I have to fax the paperwork to the registry and they will 'pull their papers' over the course of the next week. Paul also said he'd rebate any excess on my 2012 excise bills.
Net - i think the registry valued the Model S based on the first delivery here in August (i met the owner of a Silver "Founder's Edition" charging along with me at the Natick Store last week). I hope we get adjusted back to reasonable value, and hope this will help everyone else here in the PRM. I posted to the general forum in case the same issue manifests in other states.
Jack
This may affect your automobile taxes.
Here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, we have a $25 per $1,000 auto excise tax. I received my excise tax bill a few days ago, and noticed that the Model S was valued at $130K. So I copied by Bill of Sale and call my Town Hall assessor, who said to come down with the paperwork and he'd do what he could.
Paul the Assessor was most helpful. We chatted a bit about the car, and he pulled and copied my excise tax bills from 2012 and 2013 and provided a number at the Mass Registry to call, and warned they were difficult to deal with and the wait might be long. He also explained what was and was not included in the excise tax calculation (e.g., MSRP - which i had a hard time explaining as they did not understand a direct from the manufacturer purchase - and that i should not be charged for the HPWC (which is GREAT!)).
We chatted some more about the car, and he asked me if it was outside and he could see it. Before long, i gave him a full test ride, along with a performance demo. He was beaming. By the time we got back to his office, the registry picked up and he took notes and coached me on what to do (actually, they were quite nice and helpful). I have to fax the paperwork to the registry and they will 'pull their papers' over the course of the next week. Paul also said he'd rebate any excess on my 2012 excise bills.
Net - i think the registry valued the Model S based on the first delivery here in August (i met the owner of a Silver "Founder's Edition" charging along with me at the Natick Store last week). I hope we get adjusted back to reasonable value, and hope this will help everyone else here in the PRM. I posted to the general forum in case the same issue manifests in other states.
Jack