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FyuckerFjord t1_je2qy7a wrote

Just sell it to your spouse for a dollar and have them register and tell the DMV to go fuck themselves with their hoops. Wish I'd have known about that loophole before they robbed me for $900 in sales tax for a truck I already paid sales tax on twice in North Carolina (once at lease start and once at lease buyout).

Other things the DMV in VT has done:

  • Marked the wrong sex on my license
  • Mailed me a registration sticker with no sticker in it
  • Made me sit in a crowded room 4 hours past my appointment for something that is done online everywhere else

I never fully appreciated the DMV hatred trope depicted in movies and shows until I moved to Vermont.

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Jackandbeansprout OP t1_je37nzq wrote

Yep. I’m going to owe 1200 likely. Wtf! Honestly considering just trading in my car and getting something else?? So I don’t have to go back and don’t have to fork up 1200 bucks?!

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FyuckerFjord t1_je38q2z wrote

Apparently it pays to drive old jalopies up here. The older and rustier, the better. Kinda backwards considering how emissions crazy Vermont is. You'd figure they'd want more newer cars on the road, but nope - they tax the hell out of them and let the death traps slide.

Have you had the pleasure of an inspection yet? Apparently thats where they fuck everyone. Lol. Glad mine passed with flying colors, but it took an hour and a half of actual testing. Down in NC it's like 10 mins in the drive-thru shelter and you're good to go.

Still, this is my only big gripe with Vermont.

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Jackandbeansprout OP t1_je3bxzk wrote

Ugh! I can’t even start to think about the inspection 😵‍💫 I’m at a breaking point between having a newborn at home and having just had a huge move. This def doesn’t make me want to live here 😂 but hopefully I’ll get through this and it’ll be it. I should have kept my old car since I had the 3 consecutive years of registration in another state 🙄.

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FyuckerFjord t1_je3dccw wrote

I had 3 years as well, still had to pay. No clue how any of it works - maybe they're just out to get us flatlanders lol

Hang in there until May/June - Vermont becomes 100% worth it (minus the ticks).

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Vtguy802812 t1_je31lnw wrote

Some states you can do that - although you technically have to sell it to your spouse before you enter the state or you would incur a use tax liability.

In VT the tax is based on either the purchase price or the NADA clean trade - whichever is greater: https://dmv.vermont.gov/tax-title/vehicle-taxation

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FyuckerFjord t1_je35jtw wrote

Someone said they did the "sell to spouse" trick last time a DMV thread came up. Guess they lied then, who knows.

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Ninjewx t1_jeelqoc wrote

This doesn’t work - we just tried it. They charge the NADA value of tax when you register it, not the purchase price.

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