SKnight
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When I got my TT I did the same thing. Figured all this stuff in with about $20 for a tag, it's just a trailer right? Went to get the tag and fell over when she said $480. Oh yes, it's valued like a car. Not as bad as your PPT, but that's one of those things they omit telling you at the dealer.
It's down to about $200 a year now.
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squirescampers
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Makes me appreciate 'live free or die' New Hampshire.
NO sales tax, and just an annual registration fee for the plates.
Those in seasonal sites, and don't tow their trailers don't have to pay the registration fee.
Don't ask about the property tax though 
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TALLADEGACHESSIE
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In Alabama, I think the only tax I pay is advalorem tax on the tag. No property tax unless you put it on a site permanently and remove wheels. Most trailers in Alabama do not even have tags. No boat trailer tags. No car hauler trailer tags. Most utility trailers do not have tags. They will sell you one but it is not necessary.
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pete42
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ladymc53 wrote:(snip) Come to Texas, we're friendly here, no state tax, no personal property tax...yeah, it probably comes in different ways, but it hurts less.
"it comes in different ways" Yea like having to live there...
PS I have a 96 year old aunt in Houston, and 2 cousins one in DFW and one in Houston. I kid them all the time and they me.
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Mr. C
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Larry--Are you saying the value of your TT is $1200 and they are taxing you of that amount? When we bought ours, I thought I would be able to save money by storing it at the fairgrounds in Manassas--No PPT on boats/rv in PWC. The storage fee was as much as the PPT in Fx Co.
This year it's a little bit over $500 on a 2 yr old TT with as assessed value of $11,500.
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LarryJM
NoVa
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dyb wrote:LarryJM, you sure made me feel better ( I think ). your tax is almost as much as mine -But your amount is on a 1982 TT.
Unfortunately that was last year and we bought a new trailer $26K+ MSRP for 19K back in Oct 2007 and just got my 2008 PPT bill for the new trailer and it was assessed at $11,520 with a PPT of $526.46. At least the county thinks it's worth a lot less than me 
Bad thing is when it's fully depreciated for PPT purposes I will pay about $175/yr on it forever
Larry
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LarryJM
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Mr. C wrote:Larry--Are you saying the value of your TT is $1200 and they are taxing you of that amount? When we bought ours, I thought I would be able to save money by storing it at the fairgrounds in Manassas--No PPT on boats/rv in PWC. The storage fee was as much as the PPT in Fx Co.
This year it's a little bit over $500 on a 2 yr old TT with as assessed value of $11,500.
Dave.........
No that was what the PPT assessed value was and I looked and it goes to 20% of the original purchase price not 25% so my first post was in error on the %, but the assessed value was correct. On that old 1981 trailer I have been paying just about $55/yr in PPT since 1990. It had significant hail damage from the hail storm several years ago on two sides and the roof and when I traded it in on our current trailer last October they gave me $1,500 sight unseen, so I still got more in trade in than what Fairfax Cty assessed it at. I also, got a 1200lb Equal-i-zer and slide topper added to my new trailer for $450 for both so I was happy overall especially since I didn't have to find a place to stow our old trailer and then mess with trying to sell it.
I don't have the records that far back, but IIRC it was still assessed at $1,200 back in 1990 when I first registered it with the Cty when I retired from the Navy.
Larry
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SteveRankin
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About 25 years ago I'd bought a new sailboat and moored it in a municipal marina. I paid state sales tax on the purchase and I paid my county property taxes on the boat. Then I got another tax bill in the mail. The county wanted me to pay "Escaped Taxes" on the slip in the marina. Their logic was that since the marina was a gov't agency, they couldn't charge the city property taxes, but they could charge the tenents of the city for the taxes that they 'escaped' by renting a slip from the city instead of from a business that would have paid property taxes and included those taxes in the rent. 
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naturist
Lynchburg, VA
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jplunkett wrote:I feel your pain. Living in a small town in a small rural county, I enjoy the benefits of both county and town property tax. Admittedly, neither is has high as I've paid in other localities, but the double-dip always gets me.
safe travels,
Um, I just gotta ask how you manage to have to pay both a town and county personal property tax, given that Virginia is the only state in the Union wherein towns/cities are not part of counties? Thus, since you can't physically live in both the county and the town at the same time, what makes 'em think they can both tax you?
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mike12110
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When you think you have it bad ask someone from New York City. They pay Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax and CITY INCOME TAX. I'm sure there is more but they have it real bad.
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