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Not Everyone Will See Lower Tag Fees Right Away

March 28th, 2014 by flanews

Governor Rick Scott has until Wednesday to sign into law a bill cutting motor vehicles fees by an average 25 dollars a year, nearly two million motorists will initially be left out in the cold.

The price for license plates and other motor vehicle will be going down to 2009 levels on September first, once Governor Rick Scott signs the legislation. He called for the lower fees in his State of the State Address, “so Floridians keep more of the money they earn.”

But people who need a tag before September will still pay the higher sticker price.

1.8 million who also bought two year tags will be out of luck. The legislation specifically says they are not entitled to a refund.

As recently as February, 94,000 people have bought the two-year tag, but since the legislation was passed, most tax collectors have stopped selling the two-year option.

“The September 1st date is at the request of the Department,” said Leslie Palmer of the Department of Highway Safety. “There’s a whole number of things that we need to do in terms of programming and sending files through our tax collector partners, and they send out renewal notices.

State Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-Broward County) calls the reduction political. “2006, 2010 and now 2014 are the largest tax cuts given in the last ten years and they’re all Governor election years,” he said.

The Governor is all for giving the money back, but not by lowering tag fees.

“You could do it through sales tax exemptions,” Moskowitz said, “which would drive people to businesses.”

The Republicans who pushed the cuts say now is the time.

“The fact that we’re now seeing improvement in Florida’s economy,” said Rep. Janet Adkins (R- Jacksonville Beach), “I think it’s good policy to give some of these tax dollars back to Floridians.”

More tax cuts are coming soon, in the pipeline are tax holidays for back to school, hurricane supplies, and energy efficient appliances.

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