How is my bill computed?

The statutory excise rate is $25 per thousand dollars of value. The value of a vehicle for the purpose of the excise is the applicable percentage for that year of the manufacturer's suggested retail price for that vehicle. The applicable percentages are set out in state law (M.G.L. c.60A, s.1) as follows:

  • In the year preceding the year of manufacture: 50%
  • In the year of manufacture: 90%
  • In the second year: 60%
  • In the third year: 40%
  • In the fourth year: 25%
  • In the fifth and succeeding years: 10%

Vehicles older than five years should have a fixed excise bill for succeeding years of ownership. No excise bill shall be less than $5.

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1. Why am I receiving a Excise bill?
2. Who compiles the bill?
3. How is my vehicle's value calculated?
4. My vehicles valuation is too high or too low. Who do I contact?
5. How is my bill computed?
6. I just received and paid a bill. Why am I receiving another?
7. I no longer have this vehicle. Do I still have to pay the bill?
8. When are Excise Bills mailed out?
9. I should have received an Excise Bill. Why have I not received one?
10. Why am I being billed from a different town than I live in?
11. Can I make a partial payment towards my excise bill?
12. Why am I receiving another tax bill for my new car? When I registered my new car at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, I paid a tax. Am I paying twice?