Well, I made it to one of the neighborhood TXDOT approved inspection stations (a gas station) which took my $15 to "inspect" the '96 Cruiser I just bought before registering it. The dude is shakin' his head looking at his computer and then he hands me a form and says "must be exempt" I guess because it is now 25 years old......so that's cool. Then I mosey over to the title agent lady and pay her $75 to skip the line, facemask police, and "wonderful public servants" at that sh*thole. The nice lady plugs in the VIN number on the old Lexus and says, I hope you did not pay more than $1475 for that thing. I asked her why and she says, that is the "Texas Standard Presumptive Value" for that make and model, so you owe the governor $92.19 for the used car sales tax at 6.25%. I said "are you sure?" And she says, "well that's what the state says it's worth so you're just gonna have to pay it." Well OK, ma'am, here's your money.
The same title agent lady charged me $596 to register a 42 year old motorcycle last week so it looks like it was my lucky day at the title agent this week but you never seem to know what you're gonna get with them revenuers.
The same title agent lady charged me $596 to register a 42 year old motorcycle last week so it looks like it was my lucky day at the title agent this week but you never seem to know what you're gonna get with them revenuers.