Tax Fail

[Providence A's]

I received my "motor vehicle tax bill" today and the first payment is due today. Wait what? I'm not even going to get into the whole issue of the tax being ridiculous in the first place, but how the hell can the first payment be due the day I receive it in the mail? Morons. If it's a day late, then you're instantly penalized 12% interest and the whole amount is due (quarterly is no longer an option). The tax collector's phone has been busy all afternoon. They finally posted something online that there will be a 30 day grace period. I still want to call and bitch at them for being stupid.

[cjkalt]

Welcome to America

[Foster]

Thats why you vote for the 3rd party.
CAN-A-DA, CAN-A-DA, CAN-A-DA

[Providence A's]

Welcome to America

They always mail it near the end of August, but they changed the quarterly payment dates. It used to be:

Sept
Nov
Jan
Apr

Now it's:

Aug
Oct
Jan
Apr

If you're moving the due date up by a month, then you should probably mail it out earlier.

[A'sDiehard]

How much is your tax bill on a vehicle that they have to break it down like that?

BTW out here in Kalifornia it's not a tax it's a fee that way when the idiots in Sacto want to raise revenue they can skirt the Republican minority and the 2/3 requirement to raise taxes (but not fees). And they wonder why businesses are fleeing this state in droves. Brilliant!

[Saber]

In Los Angeles County they charge a 5 cent fee to get plastic bags at the market.

[Foster]

In Los Angeles County they charge a 5 cent fee to get plastic bags at the market.

They do that at the Liquor Stores here as well. I find it funny that don't charge for the brown paper bags that I get my malt liquor in.

[Saber]

That's because plastic is evil and paper is good. Years ago it was the reverse.

[Providence A's]

How much is your tax bill on a vehicle that they have to break it down like that?

BTW out here in Kalifornia it's not a tax it's a fee that way when the idiots in Sacto want to raise revenue they can skirt the Republican minority and the 2/3 requirement to raise taxes (but not fees). And they wonder why businesses are fleeing this state in droves. Brilliant!

In RI it's different city-to-city whereas in MA it's a flat state rate of $30 per $1000. Providence is the highest in the state and the state is no longer paying for the exemptions. Most cities lowered the $6000 exemption to $3000, $1000, or $500.

Last year Providence didn't lower the exemption from $6000, but the rate was $78 per $1000. They valued my 2007 car at $14,250 and I paid about $644. This year they lowered the exemption to only $1000, but the rate is now $60 per $1000. Somehow, my car was only worth $1000 less a year later ($13,250...WTF). I paid about $733. I paid the whole thing at once, but used to do the quarterly just because I could...well, I paid the last two at once actually.

[GiantsFanatic]

Motor vehicle tax bill? Correct me if I'm wrong, is that a bill for vehicle owners who gave paid off their vehicles? If so wouln't you have paid that vehicle taxes when you were making payments? I'm confused.

[A'sDiehard]

In RI it's different city-to-city whereas in MA it's a flat state rate of $30 per $1000. Providence is the highest in the state and the state is no longer paying for the exemptions. Most cities lowered the $6000 exemption to $3000, $1000, or $500.

Last year Providence didn't lower the exemption from $6000, but the rate was $78 per $1000. They valued my 2007 car at $14,250 and I paid about $644. This year they lowered the exemption to only $1000, but the rate is now $60 per $1000. Somehow, my car was only worth $1000 less a year later ($13,250...WTF). I paid about $733. I paid the whole thing at once, but used to do the quarterly just because I could...well, I paid the last two at once actually.

Holy crap that's insane! Yikes. I wonder what that does to business fleets out there.

[Tobywan]

To me the idea they tax you every year on the worth of yor car is the actual "Tax Fail" not the off time of the mailing. Gee, I guess I won't sqawk this Dec. when my car registration is due.

[realmofotalk]

How much is your tax bill on a vehicle that they have to break it down like that?

BTW out here in Kalifornia it's not a tax it's a fee that way when the idiots in Sacto want to raise revenue they can skirt the Republican minority and the 2/3 requirement to raise taxes (but not fees). And they wonder why businesses are fleeing this state in droves. Brilliant!

To make matters worse, dumbass voters last November passed Prop 25, which is a half-assed solution to budget gridlock in Sacto that allows the Democrat majority to circumvent the 2/3 requirement and come up with half-assed budgets.

[Providence A's]

Motor vehicle tax bill? Correct me if I'm wrong, is that a bill for vehicle owners who gave paid off their vehicles? If so wouln't you have paid that vehicle taxes when you were making payments? I'm confused.

I paid sales tax when I purchased any car. I've never paid taxes when mailing a payment if financing a car. This is a yearly tax to the city for owning a car. There are two categories: municipal and school. Within those it's broken down into real, real commercial, tangible, and excise. There are separate dollar amounts for each.

To me the idea they tax you every year on the worth of yor car is the actual "Tax Fail" not the off time of the mailing. Gee, I guess I won't sqawk this Dec. when my car registration is due.

Right. I agree. That was what I was alluding to with the whole "not getting into the ridiculousness of the tax in the first place." I'm annoyed by that to begin with, but receiving on the day the first payment was due was yet another ridiculous thing.

[A'sDiehard]

To make matters worse, dumbass voters last November passed Prop 25, which is a half-assed solution to budget gridlock in Sacto that allows the Democrat majority to circumvent the 2/3 requirement and come up with half-assed budgets.

CA is out of bullets and our day of reckoning is almost upon us; there's no more kicking the can down the road. In a state that has 37% of the nation's welfare recipients and businesses bailing fast it's almost here.