'Birthday' Title Tax on New Cars Goes Away After March 1
HB 386 replaces the annual ad valorem tax on newly purchased vehicles.
The so-called "birthday tax" that Georgia vehicle owners pay will end in March 2013 – for people who purchase a new vehicle. Visit the Fulton County Tax Commissioner's North Fulton Office in Alpharetta, on Royal Drive just off North Point Parkway, and next door to the North Fulton Regional Health Centers. Vehicles purchased on or after March 1, 2013 and titled in this state will be exempt from sales and use tax and the annual ad valorem tax, according to the Georgia Department of Revenue. Instead, these vehicles will be subject to a new, one-time title ad valorem tax (House Bill 386) that is based on the value of the vehicle. The Fulton County Tax Commissioner's website explains what these major changes mean. Forsyth County Chief Deputy …
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Philip Beck
9:19 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
I asked a tax commissioner friend and he emailed "On March 1, and thereafter you will Not pay sales tax but will pay the 6.5% Title Ad Valorem Tax on your vehicle purchases. Vehicles purchased between Jan 2012 to Feb 2013 can get credit for the sales tax paid toward opting in to the TAVT system on your tag renewal at the time of your birthday. You will only pay $20 for the tag renewal as long as … more ›