Question For the California riders
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From: NorCal Rocklin
You old folks can thank prop 13 for your low property taxes, but thats another issue.
Im not sure why you waited till 7500 unless you live in CA and bought a bike outside of CA. If you just moved to CA you can register your bike as long as you had it registered in another state prior moving to CA. Make sense? Also if your bike gets broken down or stolen outside of CA you can buy a non CA bike and register it in CA since you where out of state at the time. You just have to pay for the taxes when you get home
Im not sure why you waited till 7500 unless you live in CA and bought a bike outside of CA. If you just moved to CA you can register your bike as long as you had it registered in another state prior moving to CA. Make sense? Also if your bike gets broken down or stolen outside of CA you can buy a non CA bike and register it in CA since you where out of state at the time. You just have to pay for the taxes when you get home
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From: Somewhere SW
800.00 a year!!! Thanks f'in crazy.
We pay a sales tax the first time we register it then it's about 300 or so a year.
We pay a sales tax the first time we register it then it's about 300 or so a year.
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From: TOAK western branch
For my house not the bike.
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From: Somewhere SW
You old folks can thank prop 13 for your low property taxes, but thats another issue.
Im not sure why you waited till 7500 unless you live in CA and bought a bike outside of CA. If you just moved to CA you can register your bike as long as you had it registered in another state prior moving to CA. Make sense? Also if your bike gets broken down or stolen outside of CA you can buy a non CA bike and register it in CA since you where out of state at the time. You just have to pay for the taxes when you get home
Im not sure why you waited till 7500 unless you live in CA and bought a bike outside of CA. If you just moved to CA you can register your bike as long as you had it registered in another state prior moving to CA. Make sense? Also if your bike gets broken down or stolen outside of CA you can buy a non CA bike and register it in CA since you where out of state at the time. You just have to pay for the taxes when you get home
I don't know the exact details but from what I understand it's a money saver when you do that.
Now that I think about it, it may have more to do with buying a non-califronia bike new and bringing it into the state... IIRC
Last edited by JustDave13; Nov 24, 2015 at 08:52 PM.
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Only thanks to prop 13. Or else I'd be paying 3500 a year.
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From: Somewhere SW
Same here. Those clowns keep talking about getting rid of prop 13...Idiots!
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This thread is funny how it took a few turns. Anyhow:
- no, we do not pay "property tax" on vehicles, unless you have it permanently affixed to a plot of land you own and live in it.
- sales tax sux...anywhere between 8% to 9%
- income tax sux
- real property tax is limited by proposition 13 to 1% of sales price per year. Then if you live in an area where people are math impaired they vote for every tax levy. Then add in inflation, so figure about 1.5% per year.
So, I am paying about $300 per year for my Harley annual registration, and about $400 per year for our Acura MDX registration. Oh yeah, how about $8K per year in property tax?
Pass the Corona and the sunscreen, and tell that girl along the beach that her thong is totally up her @ss.
- no, we do not pay "property tax" on vehicles, unless you have it permanently affixed to a plot of land you own and live in it.
- sales tax sux...anywhere between 8% to 9%
- income tax sux
- real property tax is limited by proposition 13 to 1% of sales price per year. Then if you live in an area where people are math impaired they vote for every tax levy. Then add in inflation, so figure about 1.5% per year.
So, I am paying about $300 per year for my Harley annual registration, and about $400 per year for our Acura MDX registration. Oh yeah, how about $8K per year in property tax?
Pass the Corona and the sunscreen, and tell that girl along the beach that her thong is totally up her @ss.