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beagletronic61 t1_iyd2v94 wrote

I would like to suggest that the cost to register a vehicle is substantially less upfront because there’s no state sales tax. Let’s take a car that has a selling price of $20,000 and a base MSRP also of $20,000 (just for round numbers). The cost to register this car in NH is $360 (plus approx $35 to the state for the GVWR). If you buy this car in MA, you have an upfront bill of around $1250 (based on 6.25% sales tax). So the upfront cash outlay is substantially less in NH which makes a vanity plate purchase less unappetizing in that moment. On top of that, NH also has the third highest median income.

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Szabaka t1_iyd8r4o wrote

The annual fee is based upon the original sales price of the car. My annual fee is now 9% of the Blue Book value of my car.

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beagletronic61 t1_iydai44 wrote

The annual fee in NH is calculated on the original BASE MSRP of the car and decreases on an annual basis from 1.8% for current model years and drops .3%/year until it hits the bottom value on the chart.

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