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Tag office busy as some opt into new car tax
State now requires one-time 6.5 percent fee for new owners, residents
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Stephen Hardman purchases a motorcycle tag Friday from clerk Cathy Roach at the Hall County Tax Office. Hardman waited about 15 minutes to make the purchase at a busy tag office. March 1 was the first day some car owners could opt into a new one-time tax instead of continuing to pay the annual ad valorem tax. - photo by Tom Reed
The first floor of the Hall County Government center was busier than usual Friday as residents sought to trade in annual payment of their car’s ad valorem tax for a one-time fee. The former tax was paid every year along with license tag renewals and was often called the “birthday tax.” Hall County Tax Commissioner Darla Eden explained that while the new fee looks like a sales tax, it’s not.