[las vegas drunk]

Originally Posted by DavieJ89

Then again, my car costs $57 a year in Florida and we have no state income tax. I wonder where the rest of their money comes from?

Davie,

I pay $54 a year here on my old Ford Escort which is the same exact you pay for your car in Florida.

[DavieJ89]

Originally Posted by las vegas drunk

Davie,

I pay $54 a year here on my old Ford Escort which is the same exact you pay for your car in Florida.

Yeah I know that. You've said that quite a few times actually in other threads

All I am saying is that by Nevada standards you have it pretty good compared to what countless others pay

[aggrofish]

I have CA plates on my cars and bikes and dont intend on changing over anytime soon. Sorry NV just a PITA.

[sheriwx]

I think that if a person registers their car in the state they live in, then move halfway through the year to a new state, they should be able to keep the original registration until the year is up and THEN register the car in the new state. I know this isn't how it works, but I think it should be. Now as to a car that has EXPIRED plates, those should definitely get a ticket.

[delgadobb]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

a guy around the corner from me had Delaware plates on his van....when I bought my house in 1962....he STILL had those same Delaware plates on his van when he sold his house last year.....

I personally think that anyone caught with out of state plates should have their vegicle impounded....period....

While I agree that perpetual deadbeats & scofflaws are the leeches of the system, some contingencies are probably in order ...

What would you do in my girlfriend's situation? She's inheriting her (deceased) father's car & we were led to believe the will would be fairly simple. After waiting a few months, we traveled to Louisiana & brought the car back, insuring it here. (Registration from Louisiana was still current.) She has documentation from the lawyer showing she is slated to inherit the car, but the will is still going through legal channels. We tried to register the car here with that documentation & title in his name & were told "No registration until the title is fully in your name." Now the will's taking longer than expected & she gets a ticket for non-NV registration.

So should she have the vehicle impounded ... period?

[dynimagelv]

don't disagree bob....there should be an appeal system and exceptions have to be made...I also agree that it should be allowed to run out the first year....if a way could be developed to stop the people from running back to CA to reregister it.....how to prove that this is the first year you lived here.....

[mario826]

I still think Nevada should have low low registration fees, what other state makes as much gaming revenue as Nevada?

[dynimagelv]

what does gaming revenue have to do with it?.....we have no income tax because of gaming....but everything else is a "Pay for what you use" system.....Gaming is the goose that laid the golden egg....why kill her....

[delgadobb]

Originally Posted by WestieJeff

AZ may have cheaper vehicle registration, but they also have state income tax which NV does not have. Go to Texas and you'll find that state receives revenue through high property taxes.

Each state has to generate revenue somehow, NV just does it differently than AZ or TX. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

This is just one reason I'd rather us have a state income tax.

No way, Jose.

Give me a consumption tax any day, even if my vehicles cost me a little more. Keep in mind I say that as someone not fully visible to the tax system (poker as a hobby & second income), so in some ways an income tax would be more beneficial to me (as opposed to higher vehicle registration). Tax me according to what I use & purchase. If I want to live an extravagant live, I'll need to pay the way. If I want to live a simple, basic life, I can keep what I make. The one caveat with that system is I don't expect help from the government if I haven't been paying into the system; why should someone else have to pay to support me if the tax dollars aren't there & I haven't been paying into the system?

While I don't enjoy higher registration fees, I'll take that any day over state income tax. The state has to get money in the coffers somehow; with business (casino) taxes presumably lower, they'll need to rely on vehicle registration, property taxes, sales taxes, etc.

[Willy702]

Consumption taxes never truly reflect economic costs on society anyways. Our gas and registration taxes are not at a level where they make you consider alternatives. Not that they should be so onerous to exclude some from having the choice of driving, but the traffic and air pollution we all live with and which burden our economy are a cause of taxes being too low, not too high.

For the vast majority an income tax in Nevada would be a mere pittance in cost. The state's cost structure is low enough and the existing gaming and sales tax bring in enough so that a 1-2% rate would be sufficient. I totally get the worries that a new tax would induce more government spending, but at the end of the day most people's fears about taxes are overblown and end up blocking any rational discussion of a more efficient manner in which to generate tax revenue.