Annual registration costs in Arizona

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I found this calculator to figure how much vehicle registration is in Arizona. It's MSRP and age based and it's accurate. Hold onto your seat it's a lot. Keep in mind the combined total property tax and vehicle registration of my parents' 1960 small ranch house and 2 1990s Chevys in rural Pennsylvania was higher than our 3x more valuable 2018 house + 2018 truck + 2002 Xterra here in Arizona.

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AZ VLT Calculator - 2024 Arizona Vehicle Registration Cost

Arizona VLT vehicle registration cost calculator. AZ MVD fees with VLT cost and amounts due for 2024 plus 5 years. Arizona VLT calculator.
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AZDOT explains it: https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/2019/08/AZ-registration-fees.pdf

Let the railing begin. 😵‍💫
 
Low taxes on one thing usually mean high taxes on another if the community wants to keep all services at a certain level.
I lived in Alabama 8 years, and everyone was proud of low property taxes. However, many food items were more expansive there in 2010 than today in CO. So, if you don't want to pay property tax, you will pay elsewhere.
The problem with that is that high sales tax is really hurting people at the bottom of the income scale.
 
Wow, cheap. $82 this year and decreases each year on my '12 Regal using a $40k MSRP.

$15 going down to $10 on our 2 remaining vehicles
 
AZjeff said:
I found this calculator to figure how much vehicle registration is in Arizona. It's MSRP and age based and it's accurate. Hold onto your seat it's a lot. Keep in mind the combined total property tax and vehicle registration of my parents' 1960 small ranch house and 2 1990s Chevys in rural Pennsylvania was higher than our 3x more valuable 2018 house + 2018 truck + 2002 Xterra here in Arizona.

www.factorywarrantylist.com

AZ VLT Calculator - 2024 Arizona Vehicle Registration Cost

Arizona VLT vehicle registration cost calculator. AZ MVD fees with VLT cost and amounts due for 2024 plus 5 years. Arizona VLT calculator.
www.factorywarrantylist.com

AZDOT explains it: https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/2019/08/AZ-registration-fees.pdf

Let the railing begin. 😵‍💫
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Actually - it is cheap.

Really cheap compared with the vehicle property tax in Virginia Beach. Hilariously cheap.

My 2016 Tundra is over $900/year + registration fees. 8 year old truck is about $1,000/year for tax and registration.

My buddy’s new Silverado - a base model - is nearly $3,000/year in property tax.

Now, the DMV will happily collect it from you on behalf of the city, but the levying authority is the city in which you live.

Your AZ fees on my wife’s SL600 in Az are about $80, according to your calculator, while here in Virginia Beach, it’s $1,500/year in tax alone.

My step-daughter and her husband live in Cave Creek. When they moved there, from Virginia Beach, they both said, “OMG! It is SO CHEAP to register a car here!”
 
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Maine's cheaper-- maybe I should tell my neighbors who complain mightily, LOL.

Four year old Prius, 27526 MSRP, 178.92+35+3 in Maine ($216.92 total), $234.82 in AZ.
 
SC Maintenance said:
They all tax you one way or the other. Low tax on one thing simply means higher tax or fees on something else. There are a few outliers but for most states it’s true.
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edyvw said:
Low taxes on one thing usually mean high taxes on another if the community wants to keep all services at a certain
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Absolutely not true. Moved from NY to TX in 2017. Overall I lowered my tax burden by 75%. No income tax is the best benefit. Property tax is also lower. General sales tax is on par but in TX there's 0 tax on groceries, so effectively also lower overall. Gas taxes massively lower in TX. Auto registration is marginally higher in TX by about $25 per car, peanuts compared to what I'm saving elsewhere.

I didn't notice any difference in services. TX is just a much better run state compared to NY and most traditionally "blue" states.

If you have decent income, obviously the states with no income tax make a huge difference.
 
ProbeGT said:
Absolutely not true. Moved from NY to TX in 2017. Overall I lowered my tax burden by 75%. No income tax is the best benefit. Property tax is also lower. General sales tax is on par but in TX there's 0 tax on groceries, so effectively also lower overall. Gas taxes massively lower in TX. Auto registration is marginally higher in TX by about $25 per car, peanuts compared to what I'm saving elsewhere.

I didn't notice any difference in services. TX is just a much better run state compared to NY and most traditionally "blue" states.

If you have decent income, obviously the states with no income tax make a huge difference.
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I said there were a few outliers. You named one. Everyone knows who they are, mostly the ones where everyone is leaving.


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Tax Burden by State in 2024

Tax Burden by State in 2024
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That's crazy! IL doesn't have that, just the flat registration fee based off your plates (passenger, truck, EV.) How do you pay the state and how do they determine the value????
 
ProbeGT said:
Absolutely not true. Moved from NY to TX in 2017. Overall I lowered my tax burden by 75%. No income tax is the best benefit. Property tax is also lower. General sales tax is on par but in TX there's 0 tax on groceries, so effectively also lower overall. Gas taxes massively lower in TX. Auto registration is marginally higher in TX by about $25 per car, peanuts compared to what I'm saving elsewhere.

I didn't notice any difference in services. TX is just a much better run state compared to NY and most traditionally "blue" states.

If you have decent income, obviously the states with no income tax make a huge difference.
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That is not how you measure services, education etc. Just bcs. it doesn’t affect you, doesn’t mean it is overall that way.
Some places are better for single people, some for couples, some for families.
My friend moved from Montgomery, AL where he lived in most expensive neighborhood and paid $1200 in property taxes, to similar house in San Antonio and similar value, just to pay $10,000+ more in property taxes. No income tax though.
 
Yup, my 7 year old Genesis.

Though the older cars are dirt cheap.

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ProbeGT said:
I didn't notice any difference in services. TX is just a much better run state compared to NY and most traditionally "blue" states.
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They also have resources to extract and a lack of snow removal budget and winter damage to highways.
 
Pew said:
That's crazy! IL doesn't have that, just the flat registration fee based off your plates (passenger, truck, EV.) How do you pay the state and how do they determine the value????
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You pay like anyone else, it's the amount of your vehicle registration. AZDOT has a formula based on msrp and year I linked above in the OP.

My experience is with Pa and Az costs, it was a shock when we first registered our vehicles.
 
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Astro14 said:
Actually - it is cheap.

Really cheap compared with the vehicle property tax in Virginia Beach. Hilariously cheap.

My 2016 Tundra is over $900/year + registration fees. 8 year old truck is about $1,000/year for tax and registration.

My buddy’s new Silverado - a base model - is nearly $3,000/year in property tax.

Now, the DMV will happily collect it from you on behalf of the city, but the levying authority is the city in which you live.

Your AZ fees on my wife’s SL600 in Az are about $80, according to your calculator, while here in Virginia Beach, it’s $1,500/year in tax alone.

My step-daughter and her husband live in Cave Creek. When they moved there, from Virginia Beach, they both said, “OMG! It is SO CHEAP to register a car here!”
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Wow that is crazy expensive. Registration on my Porches are $45 each. and our Q5 its around $70 its based on vehicle weight. Everyone complains about NJ taxes but I don't think they are so bad people need to look at all expenses
 
AZ registration fees decrease yearly until reaching the minimum $10 VLT fee.
So only drive vehicles that are at least 20 years old. I'm already doing that anyway.
 
Yep. Truck this year was like $450, Van was $400, and CR-V was like $350 I think. Yippeeeeeee

One of the instructors I worked with a few years ago bought a brand new SRT392 Charger, thinking it was badass. The 2nd year he owned he, he went to go do registration and it was like $1,700 with everything.....he ended up selling it. :ROFLMAO::LOL:
 
I license for 5 years at a time. It saves a few dollars and a lot of hassle. If you sell or trade the car you usually get the credit for unused license fees.
 
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