$465 For C350 Registration in California for 2010, OUCH! WTF
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There's more than just sales tax. Granted Cali has the highest state sales tax, but unless you're constantly making big purchases, or are a business owner, you're not getting killed over an extra 3% higher than some other states.
Take your total cost of living including all fees (insurance, registration, schooling, healthcare, housing, etc) and taxes (sales, property, etc) as a percentage of average california wage level and you'll see the ratio isn't as bad. Personal preference, but I'd much rather live in bright sunny weather and be able to drive my car on summer wheels year round than some areas experiencing extreme snow season.
Take your total cost of living including all fees (insurance, registration, schooling, healthcare, housing, etc) and taxes (sales, property, etc) as a percentage of average california wage level and you'll see the ratio isn't as bad. Personal preference, but I'd much rather live in bright sunny weather and be able to drive my car on summer wheels year round than some areas experiencing extreme snow season.
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registration fees/vehicle property tax is what it is, where it is... and i don't have any beef with it as I know u gotta have the "pay to play" mentality if you driving a new benz..
my main beef is with the $150 increase from one year to the next, just aint right on principles...
my main beef is with the $150 increase from one year to the next, just aint right on principles...
As it is, California is bankrupt and needs the cash - this is a great way to do in USA since public transit is not a viable option for most.
I expect at some point the US will look to Canada and the innumerable "user fees" for basic gov't services and add on gov't "fees" under the guise of green tax, regulation admin etc (have many names for it) to products and services. They have deployed over the years so did not have to introduce "tax" increases but raised mucho $ on "pay to play" .
Another great tax for raising huge money are airport ticket taxes - i.e $200 on a 600 mile flight and up - plus "airport improvement fee" at $25 per flight.
The only thing thay have not done yet is charge us $25 to get a tax return form...LOL. Pretty soon everything will have a separate "carbon tax" in various countries
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There's more than just sales tax. Granted Cali has the highest state sales tax, but unless you're constantly making big purchases, or are a business owner, you're not getting killed over an extra 3% higher than some other states.
Take your total cost of living including all fees (insurance, registration, schooling, healthcare, housing, etc) and taxes (sales, property, etc) as a percentage of average california wage level and you'll see the ratio isn't as bad. Personal preference, but I'd much rather live in bright sunny weather and be able to drive my car on summer wheels year round than some areas experiencing extreme snow season.
Take your total cost of living including all fees (insurance, registration, schooling, healthcare, housing, etc) and taxes (sales, property, etc) as a percentage of average california wage level and you'll see the ratio isn't as bad. Personal preference, but I'd much rather live in bright sunny weather and be able to drive my car on summer wheels year round than some areas experiencing extreme snow season.
Run a business which gainfully employs others and you’ll really feel government’s onerous pinch.
rb23lb- you got off easy with your registration fee as it’s less than a day’s net for most here.
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So our pleasant clime has somehow manifested itself into excessively burdensome taxes?
Run a business which gainfully employs others and you’ll really feel government’s onerous pinch.
rb23lb- you got off easy with your registration fee as it’s less than a day’s net for most here.
Run a business which gainfully employs others and you’ll really feel government’s onerous pinch.
rb23lb- you got off easy with your registration fee as it’s less than a day’s net for most here.
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So our pleasant clime has somehow manifested itself into excessively burdensome taxes?
Run a business which gainfully employs others and you’ll really feel government’s onerous pinch.
rb23lb- you got off easy with your registration fee as it’s less than a day’s net for most here.
Run a business which gainfully employs others and you’ll really feel government’s onerous pinch.
rb23lb- you got off easy with your registration fee as it’s less than a day’s net for most here.
its about people in cali ticked they are getting robbed by the state and won't see any benefit out of where their extra registration dollars are going... its more about the year to year increase rather than the total amount due
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I live in Santa Clara County (in CA) where they've been consistently pulling shenanigans with registration and any traffic fines by not sending the initial notice, then charging you nearly double in late fees.
Recently these @$$face b@$tards did this on both for me - my carpool lane ticket which was $484 became $780 because I received no first notification (just the "guess what? you're now late hahahah!" notice) and my registration had the almost exact same situation ($750something). I appealed both and lost both - I'm sure they hear the "I never received the notice!" line daily and are completely numb to it.
I declare shenanigans on the state of CA. This is straight-up
Recently these @$$face b@$tards did this on both for me - my carpool lane ticket which was $484 became $780 because I received no first notification (just the "guess what? you're now late hahahah!" notice) and my registration had the almost exact same situation ($750something). I appealed both and lost both - I'm sure they hear the "I never received the notice!" line daily and are completely numb to it.
I declare shenanigans on the state of CA. This is straight-up
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albeit a properly modified and eminently capable AMG. Hardly a “big baller.”
It’s telling about your character that you’ve felt the need to belittle me for busting my *** in order to provide for my family’s future while having already fully paid for our home in a decent SoCal community. Those members here with whom I’ve had the good fortune to personally make acquaintance can attest that I’m a man of relatively modest means and have a unpretentious demeanor. Point is I forfeit what seems more than my fair share of income to taxes without sniveling or pouting. Did California’s financial straits enter your consciousness only upon receiving the C’s DMV renewal notice? Perhaps another state -or country- will more fully facilitate the comfortable lifestyle with which you’ve apparently become accustomed?
Bemused that the “insane” $150 increase in your car tax has you blathering on with “OUCH!” and “WTF.” Adiós.
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I just bought a base 2009 BMW 328i for the wife and it cost $607 to register it here in Las Vegas.
PS I was looking into picking up a 2005 CL65 and checked with the DMV to see what registration would be on it...............drum roll please....................$1,850/year!!!!
PS I was looking into picking up a 2005 CL65 and checked with the DMV to see what registration would be on it...............drum roll please....................$1,850/year!!!!
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$239 to register C300 in Michigan. 6% sales tax. Beautiful lakes and landscape and, with the economy, less crowded than ever! But, the secret is getting out...all sorts of tech companies (energy and medical) and the film industry are starting to find us.
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I just bought a base 2009 BMW 328i for the wife and it cost $607 to register it here in Las Vegas.
PS I was looking into picking up a 2005 CL65 and checked with the DMV to see what registration would be on it...............drum roll please....................$1,850/year!!!!
PS I was looking into picking up a 2005 CL65 and checked with the DMV to see what registration would be on it...............drum roll please....................$1,850/year!!!!
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Mannnnnnn.... Everybody here totally missed the point I was making... It's the year to yr increase which ticks me off.
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