[vascott99]

Originally Posted by Hchan911

Currently, I lived in Fairfax county, just got my car tax bill (2016) for my 1991 911 C2 turbo, and was blowing away when the county assessed my car for $112000 this year and the amount of tax I have to pay is $4700 compared to $932 in (2015). The question is who do I need to contact, what do I have to do for them to lower my assessment tax bill? Any help would be appreciated!

It is 25 years old, go Antique.. 1x pay and no more taxes..down side you can not use it daily, limited to 250 miles from your home and some other little rules. Mine has been antique for 10 years. The county screwed up and had been charging me for years which I did not know. Called them and got 5 years worth back.

Other than that get it appraised and submit it at that value. Only problem is your car is well sought after hence the raised value. I think they use NADA now...The curse of owning a beautiful Turbo..

[BlackTalon]

Wow, Fairfax county works different then Alexandria. Historic plates only means no safety/ emissions inspections, but the car still gets assessed and taxed annually.

[Hchan911]

Originally Posted by vascott99

It is 25 years old, go Antique.. 1x pay and no more taxes..down side you can not use it daily, limited to 250 miles from your home and some other little rules. Mine has been antique for 10 years. The county screwed up and had been charging me for years which I did not know. Called them and got 5 years worth back.

Other than that get it appraised and submit it at that value. Only problem is your car is well sought after hence the raised value. I think they use NADA now...The curse of owning a beautiful Turbo..

Thank you! I will get an Antique plate when mine is eligible on Jan-1-2017.
I think the NADA is just a source that give you a general idea, all cars are not the same conditions and just BS and not fair when apply to the owners. They must smoke something really good.

[chillindrdude]

makes me wanna do a montana LLC.

this is frankly, a money grab.

[edevinney]

That'll only work if you garage the cars out of state...

[BlackTalon]

Actually, frankly, it is all part of the overall tax package. Want less/ no personal property tax? Well, that will mean a higher state income tax or sales tax.

Yeah, it makes it suck to consider springing for that $100k car, as you'll be paying $4,500+/ yr in personal property taxes.

[Richard Curtis]

Pl let us know if the appeals process works.

[Chopper Dropper]

Originally Posted by BlackTalon

Actually, frankly, it is all part of the overall tax package. Want less/ no personal property tax? Well, that will mean a higher state income tax or sales tax.

Yeah, it makes it suck to consider springing for that $100k car, as you'll be paying $4,500+/ yr in personal property taxes.

Damn, I don't pay half of that here in Real Estate taxes!! Plus no personal property taxes and no emmisons tests
Dirk

[BlackTalon]

and don't forget, hardly any need to have paid state income taxes the last few years, either

[Jazzbass]

Originally Posted by Chopper Dropper

Damn, I don't pay half of that here in Real Estate taxes!! Plus no personal property taxes and no emmisons tests
Dirk

Yeah - move to MoCo and see if you still say the same thing