traderjohn Loc: New York City

AND???

traderjohn Loc: New York City

About 47% pay zero income tax.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Yeah, The price of your fuel makes up for the taxes.
The voters here in Missouri rejected a slightly higher fuel tax, used for Road maintenance. Now the state is trying to figure out how to maintain the roads, A mileage fee was one suggestion ( how do you collect that?).

Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire

Moooooooooooooo, just like cattle....Follow the leader to the slaughter!!!!! BillNM has the right idea, STOP voting for the incumbent...(its like the definition of insanity.......doing the same thing, over and over, and expecting a different result.) Keep voting the incumbent in folks. You will not get anything different. We can sit in front of our computer screens and type out all the crap. As individuals WE the people can do nothing. But as a GROUP, we can do wonders by VOTING. Now I don't espouse voting for bleeding heart liberals who want to give the "house" away to people to lazy to work, or not here legally. I do say vote for PEOPLE that are for the PEOPLE. Folks, there is no Robin Hood. (take from the rich and give to the poor!) Socialism has been tried ALL OVER THE WORLD!!! As yet it has not worked in ANY country!!! It is insidiously creeping in right here in the U.S.A. Stop complaining about all the taxes and giving to those who don't deserve it. Do something about them. VOTE for a change.
Oh boy! I am sure some BHL here is going to skewer me for being conservative...I moved from the great welfare state to New Hampshire, and I just love the state motto: LIVE FREE OR DIE !!!
Rich...

Ollieboy

[quote=bobmcculloch]In NYC we pay a $15 per car extra over NYS fees for the privilege of driving in the potholes that are everywhere, but bikes ignore the traffic laws and get a special lane! Now they , the city government, want congestion pricing for driving into Manhattan.[/quot

Why do bicyclists get their own lane without paying any registration fees for it. Plus they're a PIA to manuver around since they think they own the road. NYC is going third world trying to get bicycles as the main mode of transportation.

dpfoto Loc: Cape Coral, FL

Years ago, when I lived in Virginia, they had a "Personal Property Tax". We had to list EVERYTHING we owned (cars, furniture, cameras, records...etc., EVERYTHING). It became known as the "Liar's tax"). I never knew ANYBODY who reported EVERYTHING. A few months after I moved to Florida, I received a bill from Virginia, saying I owed a little over $100 (I don't remember the exact amount). Since I no longer lived in Virginia, I mailed it back to them, with a message suggesting where they could stuff it. I never heard from them again, and it's been over a half century.

Hydro47 Loc: NW Indiana

When I bought a new boat in April of 2008, I went to the Indiana BMV to register it. I was charged "lake use tax" for 2007 on a boat that wasn't even built then. Go figure.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Thankfully I don't have to get and pay for yearly emissions testing here in Georgia as I qualify for a "Senior Exemption". To qualify, you need to be over 65, drive a car over 10 years old and drive less than 5,000 miles a year. Since we have two cars, our lease car (2018 Subaru) does most of our mileage and since it's less than two years old, it is exempt from the emissions testing as well. By the time it isn't, I'll have a newer one.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

When I registered my motorcycle there, I was living in a trailer in a campground for a few summers, so I have no idea about the property tax. NH does not have a sales tax, so other taxes have to make up for that.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Interesting. In NY, a new car costs $10/year to be inspected for the first three years. Then it goes to $21.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

[quote=Indi]Jerry, Consumer Reports is asking for stories just like this from its subscribers.
Think about the fees added to the base price of an event ticket with Ticketmaster, et al, or extra fees car dealers charge.
It’s all BS. Just a way to squeeze more money from us.

You got that right! I purchased my last concert tickets online and had them sent to my computer where I printed them out, myself. I was charged a $15 "processing fee" on top of the ticket price. Now, this was all done between two computers and the only human doing anything, was me. So what was the processing procedure I was paying for? A couple of microseconds of their computer's processing time?

malawibob Loc: South Carolina

SC collects $250 per year on my hybrid because I use less gas and therfore less tax for the state.

jiminnee

Ain't that the truth! Here where I live, there are taxes of course, but also "fees" & "user charges",etc., while other things are just a flat fee. Some of the utility bills have so many "added charges" that you are paying for a lot more than you're receiving while others have just one stated charge. You have no way of knowing what you are paying for that you shouldn't be. Consumer Protection Agency (or whatever they call it)should do their job & get rid of this crap. What are they being paid to do?

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Oh, I thought you had to be a resident to register car or bike. We are once again in the going through the residency requirements for declaring NH as a permanent residence. I was told by the town no transient part-time residents can vote or register their vehicles.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

$30 per year in NC and an incredibly laborious, time-consuming and expensive process if the check engine light is on for any reason (which is an automatic emission fail even if the vehicle passes an actual emission test).