EV Supplemental Registration Fee Refund

[IBGroggy]

First, not sure if this is a new topic specifically, but I did search the forum for anything related to the supplemental fee. So my apologizes if I missed it somewhere else. Now onto the topic at hand.

About a month ago, I sold my 2021 Premium to my dealer as they had a killer deal on a 2023 GTPE. No, I didn't get as much as I was hoping, but owned for 3 1/2 years so it wasn't a rock bottom price. Based on kbb, it was close to what they predicted. My dealer has always treated me pretty well too so I knew I couldn't go wrong.

I finally got the BMV paperwork today so I could transfer the plate. Indiana currently charges $221 for the EV Fee. I renewed my plates in March so I was expecting to see some sort of credit or a prorated fee when I transferred the plate. Nope. Shockingly, got charged the full amount of $221 again. I inquired about it and I guess it's one of those non refundable fees. If I had renewed my plate a week ago, I'd still be charged the full amount on the new car. So basically, the state swindled me out of about $110 (rough math) based on when I renewed until now. Not sure if that's very fair. They credited me the other excise taxes. I'm no legal guru, but reading up on it, I seen this which confuses me. "No, Indiana's Electric Supplement fee is not refunded when transferring between vehicles, but it is credited." To me that says I should get a credit for the unused portion and applied to the new vehicle since it's still an EV. I'm curious what experience others have had.

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[kdonnel]

I don't think that is an EV specific problem.

I remember buying a Honda Accord back in 2006 and making sure we titled it in my wife's name first to take advantage of the ad valorem tax paid at purchase.

If it was titled in my name we would have had to pay the full tax at purchase and then two months later renew the tag on my birthday. If we titled it in my wife's name, her birthday had just past so the tax paid at purchase would be good for nearly 12 months.

Now Georgia operates on a different system.

 

[PA27]

Alabama also charges a flat EV and Hybrid fee of $200 and $100 respectively, annually under the guise of “road tax”. Supposedly making up what we don’t pay in road tax at the pump and no, not refundable either. Our other taxes on the registration are but this is called a fee (though clearly a tax) here and It seems to be roughly based upon a 20mpg vehicle driving 13k miles over the year to a standard EV of 100empg and 50mpg for the hybrid.
I suspect Ford would happily sell them every bit of data on my driving, including miles driven on the road, they should fairly tax me based on miles driven but, of course taxes are not meant to be fair.

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