Tag, registration and tax in maryland

Submitted by Remote_Debate_9846 t3_108qd6p in ColumbiaMD

Today i just transferred my license plate from out of state to maryland.I was shocked that MVA has to ring me up for 940$, I’m wondering if I’m changed the car on future do i pay similar amounts? does transferring the tag going to be cheaper? Any idea

Thanks

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Sure_Comparison6978 t1_j3ttxkk wrote

Not sure about coming from out of state, but I recently bought a new car and I paid about $300 total, and that included the dealer’s handling fees.

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saegiru t1_j3u5tj3 wrote

This is around what I had to deal with when I moved from Indiana and brought my cars over. I sadly had 3 cars to register and it was around $900 per vehicle. Luckily though, after that I haven't had anything near that bad and it's about $200 every 2 years which is much more manageable.

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JonFaul t1_j3u6ncd wrote

Maryland used to (apparently still does) charge a sales tax difference between the rate where it was registered and what the current MD rate is. It's an effort to avoid having people but cars in low tax neighbor States, but it seems rather petty to me. It sounds like that's what they're hitting you for

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ovowave t1_j3v5jjc wrote

Why is it so much? I, too, will need to transfer my registration to Maryland (coming from Ohio) and when I looked into it the cost was a little under $300. My girlfriend got the same number when looking into transferring her registration from North Carolina to Maryland.

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koei19 t1_j3vvuov wrote

Replying to ovowave (#1,331,277)

As others noted MD will charge you the difference in the sales tax that you paid and what MD sales tax would be. As military coming from overseas with a car that I bought through AAFES (and paid no tax on originally) it really hit my pocketbook. It's a bullshit policy and needs to change.

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