[Thunder Dump]

Originally Posted by redfred18t

Ugh. At least this year it's not horrible.. it's like $235 or so.

Mine was $660 for this year.

[jopa489]

Still no sign of mine quite yet, must be en route by now though.

[willyd158]

Mine was $15....

No idea why it was so low, guessing it is because I just bought the car in Dec. 09?

[TL]

Originally Posted by willyd158

Mine was $15....

No idea why it was so low, guessing it is because I just bought the car in Dec. 09?

haha nice but yea you're going to get a new bill in the mail

[MassBimmer]

Mine was $500+...awesome

[LuisBoston]

Just got mine. $215. Car valued at $8600.

[LuisBoston]

Originally Posted by souzar

I claimed this...but I feel dirty. Why is my state sales tax deducted from my federal tax liability? Such BS.

Don't feel dirty - it was part of stimulating car sales. It won't last.

If you really feel dirty donate it to your town or local charity I can give you my address too...

[InsanePineapple]

Anyone know how they determine the original value of your vehicle? The website says "Figures are the manufacturers’ list prices for vehicles in their year of manufacture." Does that include options, or just the base price without options?

[JeffL]

I've already paid $220 on the benz, from Oct to Dec I guess. Interested to see what the full year one will be. The way amg's depreciate they should be giving me money.

[InsanePineapple]

Originally Posted by morfinx

Anyone know how they determine the original value of your vehicle? The website says "Figures are the manufacturers’ list prices for vehicles in their year of manufacture." Does that include options, or just the base price without options?

Nobody knows? Can someone take your excise tax amount, and work it back to the assumed list price using this table here and see if the prices include options?

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisexc/excidx.htm

[JeffL]

Originally Posted by morfinx

Anyone know how they determine the original value of your vehicle? The website says "Figures are the manufacturers’ list prices for vehicles in their year of manufacture." Does that include options, or just the base price without options?

I'd say manufactures list price would include options on the car. more or less the sticker price of the car.

this is key though:
In the model year
90%

In the second year
60%

In the third year
40%

In the fourth year
25%

In the fifth and succeeding years
10%

[H4n]

Didn't get mine yet. Mine wasn't so much for 2010 (6 months) I had it was $148

[Thunder Dump]

Originally Posted by JeffL

I'd say manufactures list price would include options on the car. more or less the sticker price of the car.

this is key though:
In the model year
90%

In the second year
60%

In the third year
40%

In the fourth year
25%

In the fifth and succeeding years
10%

One addition: if you have a MY vehicle that is *ahead* of the actual year, it is 50% for that year. So if you bought a 2012 MY vehicle in the middle of 2011, you would pay 50% for 2011, 90% for 2012, etc.

[LuisBoston]

Originally Posted by morfinx

Nobody knows? Can someone take your excise tax amount, and work it back to the assumed list price using this table here and see if the prices include options?

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisexc/excidx.htm

It's based on MSRP of the base model in the model year, without options. So my 328xi 2007 is based on an MSRP of something like $32k, even though it had $10k in options. $32k

My bill last year was $215.
This year it should be around $80 = (32000x10%x25/1000).

[InsanePineapple]

Originally Posted by lem144

It's based on MSRP of the base model in the model year, without options. So my 328xi 2007 is based on an MSRP of something like $32k, even though it had $10k in options. $32k

My bill last year was $215.
This year it should be around $80 = (32000x10%x25/1000).

So a 52K 335i is only counted as 36K (price w/ no options) for excise tax purposes? Awesome, this is the ONLY area where BMW's nickel-and-dime scheme has a benefit

[leemik]

there's gotta be something wrong with my bill for years

bought my car in Jan 2009 new.. excise bill came in Feb 2009 for ~$1260
last year I paid $863 for said bimmer
this year I'm hoping it will be down around $600?

but this is just not in line with what you guys are paying.. i have complained to deaf ears already

[InsanePineapple]

Originally Posted by leemik

there's gotta be something wrong with my bill for years

bought my car in Jan 2009 new.. excise bill came in Feb 2009 for ~$1260
last year I paid $863 for said bimmer
this year I'm hoping it will be down around $600?

but this is just not in line with what you guys are paying.. i have complained to deaf ears already

What was the sticker price on your car?

[JeffL]

every option e92 m3....sticker was probably like $75k

[JeffL]

Originally Posted by leemik

there's gotta be something wrong with my bill for years

bought my car in Jan 2009 new.. excise bill came in Feb 2009 for ~$1260
last year I paid $863 for said bimmer
this year I'm hoping it will be down around $600?

but this is just not in line with what you guys are paying.. i have complained to deaf ears already

baller.

[leemik]

yea but didn't someone say they did it on base price of the car? so it should be like $60K tops!

[InsanePineapple]

Originally Posted by leemik

yea but didn't someone say they did it on base price of the car? so it should be like $60K tops!

Assuming model year (90% value):

$1260 / 2.5% / 90% = $56,000

[leemik]

so you mean they actually right? damn