Wow! I was looking at Prescott to move into, I guess that DMV cost will go into my Cons list for AZ
California (SoCal San Diego) folks. How much is y’all’s registration for your 200?
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$45 here in Chesapeake, VA for a 2020 (every VA county have different rates, remote country side are much less), ....**BUT ****BUT "annual" property tax was $1900 last year!! 
It goes than as the car gets old, but NOT much for the first 5 years . I cant wait to move... Very soon!
It goes than as the car gets old, but NOT much for the first 5 years . I cant wait to move... Very soon!East TN - $35/yr. For any car/truck. Not value based.
Seth
'21 LC
Seth
'21 LC
Seriously considering moving there, Sevierville, Dandridge, Kodak area.... soon
I'll trade your $1900 personal property tax on your truck for my ~$20,000 property tax on my home. Annual real estate taxes here are around 2-2.5% of home values. Difficult to tell precisely how much because they apply all sorts of formulas, "equalization factors", exemptions, etc to come up with the number. Sufficed to say, most every state seems to get their pound of flesh somehow... if it's not on your vehicle it's on your house or income or business...$45 here in Chesapeake, VA for a 2020 (every VA county have different rates, remote country side are much less), ....**BUT ****BUT "annual" property tax was $1900 last year!!
Ouch! We do have high real estate annual taxes here too, but not as high as that.
States have to get their revenue. In Nevada, there is no income tax and property taxes are fairly low. But, DMV fees are high and are set by the value of the vehicle. If you drive an older vehicle though its pretty cheap. In New Mexico taxes in general arent too bad. DMV is cheap, and property taxes arent bad, but we have a state income tax. I've been told Texas has sky high property taxes but no income tax. California actually isnt too bad if you have been a longer term home owner. Their taxes are progressive where the lower income dont pay the same percentage as higher earners. And they've always had the highest gas tax. I keep hearing about the California exodus and thought, Hey, Home prices should be tumbling and maybe I can find something there. Ha! Good luck with that!
Yeah TX home property taxes are also in the 2 - 2.5% range. But you definitely have to look at the total taxes paid across all aspects of your life for a fair comparison. In TX, the lack of state income tax and flat-rate car registrations ($75 / year) usually more than makes up for the high property taxes by a long shot. General cost of living is generally really low, too.
Here it's kind of like a consumption tax - you can choose how much tax you want to pay by choosing the price of the house you buy (well, until crazy jumps in home value like these past couple years catch some people off guard with their taxes - but that's what a "homestead exemption" is for). Overall, even though my property taxes are higher here than they were for a similarly priced home when I lived in Massachusetts, I'm waaaay better off in TX with keeping more of my money.
