Re: [A/S] Re: California Taxes

[Gary Quamen <gquamen@xxxxxxxx>]

Ah jeeze Airstreamer:

I gotta do all your legwork (mousework) for you.  

OK   I think you did not look FAR enough.

To make it easy on ME, how about trying this:

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/howto/nonresident.htm

This happens to be instructions for bringing a vehicle in from out of 
state. (For all I know this is what you want to do, if not....)  There 
are all kinds of other instructions there as well if this one doesn't 
suit you.

Under: HOW MUCH WILL I HAVE TO PAY? (about in the middle of the three 
pages) you will find all the goodies.  The only thing that it does not 
make very clear is the Vehicle License Fee, which is "assessed based on 
the value of your vehicle and collected in lieu of a personal property 
tax".  This fee is 2% of the value, which deminishes by 10% per year 
thereafter down to some minimum that I don't remember what it is.

If you want to know what that minimum is....look it up or call the DMV.

Later,

GQ '67 Safari

PS:  Also, when you think you have it all figured out, the DMV will do 
their special voodoo whammy on it and it will cost you a few more bucks 
for a variety of reasons, PLUS typically, you will have to make more than 
one trip there to straighten out the paperwork.  They got me for 3 trips 
when I registered my Safari from out of state.  My tax dollars at work.