Problem with RI Excise Tax Value for Deuce. Please help..

[hankthetank]

The state of RI is saying the value of my M35A3 is 54K, result i am getting a excise tax bill for $700+. I called the city and they say they get this value from NADA.

I was pretty sure there are no blue book values on these trauck, am i correct? Has anyone had this issue before?

Thanks for any help...

Mike

 

[WarrenD]

I think Infinity (car brand) has model called the M35. The computer is probably keying on that. Good luck trying to straighten this mess out. Might require a visit to the local assessor's office. Be sure you tell them the manufacturer, AMGeneral.
I don't think these are in the blue book, so that's why I think they are looking at Infinity.

 

[WarrenD]

Just got back from the local assessor's office (it's just downstairs...) and I can't find any valuation book that they use which covers MVs. The commercial truck books stop between 2002 and 1992 depending on the make and none of them lists brands like AMGeneral, Kaiser, etc. This would be standard for all local assessors in CT, so I'm not sure how that would translate to RI but it might be a start.

 

[hankthetank]

Thanks guys, yea I don't really know where they pulled the 54k from... I guess I'll just go down to tax office and explain this to them.I contacted the NADA people and they said they do not have values for military vehicles.

 

[emmado22]

Politely ask them to show you how they came up with 54K. And then go from there.

 

[gunboy1656]

2 things I would take with me. 1st would be my truck and 2nd (if you have a copy) is David Doyle's Standard catalog of military vehicles. I know it is not an official price guide, but it does have a price guide in it for them to see. Any info you give them will help.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Did you buy it from GL? Do you have the bill of sale? I'd take that too. The more paperwork the better. (Works for the government.)

That's how you make a deuce go faster. List it as a sportscar on your taxes.

 

[glcaines]

I used the invoice from GL for the value.

 

[G-Force]

Tell them you got the "Stripped" basic model M35. No leather seats, no A/C, no Power Steering.....that should bring the price down.....

 

[SCSG-G4]

In South Carolina, they go by the age of the vehicle. Anything over 15 years old is worth $500, period, no matter what you paid for it, for tax purposes. Works for me!

You can also tell them that the company AM General, was formed as a subsidiary of Kaiser (jeep), and then have them look up Kaiser trucks - value will fall off a cliff!

 

[Ripcord01]

You can also tell them that the company AM General, was formed as a subsidiary of Kaiser (jeep), and then have them look up Kaiser trucks - value will fall off a cliff!

Ohh so true.

 

[jasonjc]

Tell them if they say it worth $54,000.00 you want a check and they can have the truck. I think if they say it's worth "X" they should have to pay you that for it on demaned. That would keep the assessor's office a little more in touch with the real world. Around here they pull $$ out of a$$'s.

 

[Welder Sam]

Nobody knows nuthin and they dont wanna in any form of arkansas govt. Didn take me long to learn that.