How Much Tax Do I Pay To Register My Car

Whether registering a vehicle for the first time or renewing registration, all customers pay an annual excise revenue enhancement and a registration fee. Passenger vehicles and recreational vehicles have separate vehicle excise taxation rates.

Customers living in certain counties and municipalities volition also pay county and municipal vehicle excise taxation or wheel revenue enhancement.

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What do the fees on my renewal observe mean?

Plate Fees
Plate fees are additional fees assessed when purchasing certain types of license plates (i.e., Distinctive Plate fee, Personalized License Plate fee, and Amateur Radio fee).
Supplemental Fee
A supplemental fee is the fee due for an SGR plate in addition to the SGR plate fee.
Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fee (TIIF)
All motor vehicle registrations are subject to Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fee. This fee is part of the state's road funding bundle passed by the Full general Assembly in 2017. The fee volition be paid when the vehicle is commencement registered and at every renewal.
Hybrid/Electric Fee
All hybrid or electrical vehicles that are required to be registered are subject to a supplemental registration fee. This fee is part of the country'southward road funding package passed by the General Assembly in 2017. The fee volition exist paid when the vehicle is start registered and at every renewal.

What are the different taxes I may pay on a vehicle registration?

County Taxation

A vehicle is assessed the canton vehicle excise revenue enhancement and wheel revenue enhancement only when the county in which the vehicle is registered has adopted these taxes by ordinance.

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Municipal Revenue enhancement
Depending on where you lot live, some motorists may be required to pay a municipal tax. A vehicle is assessed the municipal vehicle excise tax and wheel taxation when the municipality in which the vehicle is registered has adopted these taxes by ordinance.

Effective Jan ane, 2020, the following vehicle types are assessed Municipal Vehicle Excise Taxation. They are charged the same corporeality shown in the Wheel Tax table for the specified vehicle blazon and weight classification. However, if the amount shown is greater than $25.00, then only $25.00 will be charged, which is the maximum amount immune to exist assessed for Municipal Vehicle Excise Revenue enhancement.
- Trailer 3,000 pounds
- Trailer ix,000 pounds
- Semitractor ("Tractor Trailer") 11,000 pounds
- Collector Vehicle – any vehicle type of whatever weight classification registered as a collector vehicle
- Military Vehicle – any vehicle type of any weight nomenclature registered every bit a military vehicle
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Vehicle Excise Taxation

Vehicle excise revenue enhancement is an annual taxation that must be paid in order to annals a vehicle in Indiana. About vehicles are bailiwick to the vehicle excise tax. Vehicle excise taxation is either a flat rate or based on the value and historic period of the vehicle. Generally, excise taxes are used to maintain roads, streets, highways, bridges and other infrastructure within the state or a local area.

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Donate Life
Donate Life is a state-authorized non-profit organization that maintains the Indiana Donor Registry. During a registration transaction, customers have the opportunity to make a donation that will aid Donate Life educate Hoosiers about how to register every bit an organ donor.

When am I entitled to whatsoever excise tax credits or refunds?

Excise Tax Credits/Refunds for Vehicles Sold or Destroyed
If you have sold or destroyed (total loss) a vehicle, you may apply to receive a credit/refund of a portion of the Indiana vehicle excise taxes by submitting Application for Vehicle Excise Tax Credit / Refund – Land Form 55296.

Only vehicles charged Vehicle Excise Tax, Recreational Vehicle Excise Tax (RVET), County Vehicle Excise Taxation, and Municipal Vehicle Excise Tax are eligible to receive a Vehicle Excise revenue enhancement credit or refund. Proof that the Vehicle was sold, destroyed, or otherwise tending of is required in order to apply for a credit or refund. The documents that may be used as proof include, only are not limited to:
- Bill of Sale – Must contain the name of purchaser, engagement of sale, hull identification number (HIN), selling toll, and signature of the seller.
- Certificate of Gross Retail or Apply Tax (ST-108) – State Form 48842 – Must be completed by dealer and show the watercraft was traded in.
- Copy of assigned title, front and back.
- A argument from the insurance company that states the vehicle was a full loss. The argument must include the vehicle'southward VIN.
Excise Tax Credit/Refunds for Vehicles Registered in a Different Country
If you have a vehicle that is registered in a different state, you may apply to receive a credit/refund of a portion of the Indiana vehicle excise taxes past submitting Application for Vehicle Excise Tax Credit / Refund – Country Class 55296.

Only vehicles charged Vehicle Excise Tax, Recreational Vehicle Excise Tax (RVET), County Vehicle Excise Taxation, and Municipal Vehicle Excise Tax are eligible to receive a Vehicle Excise revenue enhancement credit or refund. Proof that the vehicle was registered out of state along with a copy of the Indiana certificate of registration (if available) is required in club to utilize for a credit or refund. The documents that may exist used as proof include, but are not limited to:
- A copy of the vehicle's certificate of registration.
- A registration receipt from the new state of registration