$30.00 car tabs.

[Nick Burkhardt]

I have never lived in Washington, but remember that the car registration was like a luxury tax, based on the book value of the vehicle. With no income tax, they gotta get ya some way.

 

[Joe13]

I have never lived in Washington, but remember that the car registration was like a luxury tax, based on the book value of the vehicle. With no income tax, they gotta get ya some way.

They get our sales tax

 

[parallax]

My first car cost less then what I now pay for new tags and DEQ.

LOL. ...Me too !.. and back then i had nothing but a few dollars in my pocket and not a care in the world... My how things have changed.....

 

[No_Regerts]

I have never lived in Washington, but remember that the car registration was like a luxury tax, based on the book value of the vehicle. With no income tax, they gotta get ya some way.

Now is a GMVW tax!

 

[wired]

I remember paying $450 a year for tabs in Washington 20 years ago so I'm not bubbleguming that much.

 

[Provincial]

For years I lived in Oregon, went to Washington to prepare an airplane for the season's work in Alaska, then returned to Washington and put it to bed for the winter, and home to Oregon until the next spring.

Oregon: "We can't make it on an Income tax and a Property tax, we need a Sales tax!
Washington: "We can't make it on a Sales tax and a Property tax, we need an Income tax!"
Alaska: "How much is my Permanent Fund check going to be this year?"

 

[Joe13]

I don't know anyone who wants to have an income tax in WA.

Personally plus some folks I know go out of their way to find employment in WA to avoid OR taxes.

 

[Diamondback]

I don't know anyone who wants to have an income tax in WA.

I do... they're all either Democrat politicians, or naive fools that think adding an income tax will result in a reduction to the sales tax.

 

[Joe13]

I do... they're all either Democrat politicians, or naive fools that think adding an income tax will result in a reduction to the sales tax.

Touché

Idiots will be idiots I suppose.

 

[wired]

We have a double sales tax in Washington with point of sale and B&O. All dwarfed by property taxes BTW.

Move back to Washington from Oregon myself last year. Saved about $12K in tax doing it.

 

[clearconscience]

Yeppers! My local liquor store is at NE 73rd and Sandy. After the idiots in Washington privatized they said they got a 33% boost in sales.

My brother is a tobacco rep and used to work the liquor store in jantzen beach off I5 and they told him there sales rose something like 400% after WA passed the state liqour law, they would get a semi truck of liquor DAILY!

 

[Joe13]

My brother is a tobacco rep and used to work the liquor store in jantzen beach off I5 and they told him there sales rose something like 400% after WA passed the state liqour law, they would get a semi truck of liquor DAILY!

I remember a news story saying that the owner had to order a second order at the beginning of the week and it was the first time he had ever had to order more then once per week - and that was just a couple days into the first week.

The few liquor store that were auctioned off in or around dowtown Vancouver ended up going under because of Jansen beach.

 

[Mikej]

Blows me away that they want to privatize booze in Oregon. I can't believe that Oregonians would vote in favor after seeing how it went in WA. My local outlet is a great place. they're like a family and they have hundreds of different liquors. It's always the same employees/owner, for years! They really know their booze and can answer question. The owner tells me that IF they privatize here that it won't put them out of business.

 

[mjbskwim]

Yeppers! My local liquor store is at NE 73rd and Sandy. After the idiots in Washington privatized they said they got a 33% boost in sales.

Hey now I got a hand slap for calling folks idiots on here
You just called me an idiot
Let's be wonderful to all on here

 

[Caveman Jim]

The state lost a ton of revinue that is now being taken from other places... like higher fees for fishing and hunting tags

It still doesn't make it right, states should not be in the liquor or tobacco business, period....

 

[Joe13]

It still doesn't make it right, states should not be in the liquor or tobacco business, period....

I don't use either so I'll be happy to agree with you or not on this one - we can't be on the same page all the time or it would be boring around here

 

[jrd541280]

We can agree to disagree. That said, not gonna take any personal jabs from some loud mouth trying to change my mind with rhetoric. Aka "whattya want". Just me.

 

[Jeedia]

If you think its bad now?!?! just wait till spring this year and ST-3 taxes kick in. average tab will be 250+ dollars. current tabs + fees + an aditional $25 fee + $100 dollars of the value of the car.

 

[jrd541280]

Lol, thinking i'll just take the ticket and plead dimentia. Judge, I thiught obamacare covered that.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I don't use either so I'll be happy to agree with you or not on this one - we can't be on the same page all the time or it would be boring around here

Agreed Brother.