[Greenday]

Can anyone help us? My family and I are new to ct and I just recently received a car tax bill in the mail for ~$500.00. When I called the assessor office they told me it's b/c my car is 2003 and that in July to expect a bill for $900..... Now my husband's car is also registered in CT and he has a 2006 car, we have not received his yet but you can imagine it will be higher. Is there any means of us getting assistance for paying this tax or is there any relief programs around, please let me know. Thanks

[Rich Lee]

What you have received is an interim personal property tax bill. It is pro-rated from the time of your vehicle registration in Waterbury to the new tax billing cycle.

Each July, property taxes are due covering a one-year period of time based on assets recorded on the city/town's grand list THE PRIOR OCTOBER 1. In other words, the bill due 07/01/2007 will reflect personal property on the grand list filed in the tax assessor's office on 10/01/2006.

You won't be billed again until 07/01/2008. If you move before 10/01/2007, you should NOT receive another personal property tax bill from Waterbury on 07/01/2008.

There are no relief programs to my knowledge. Unfortunately, the amounts you provided sound reasonable for a town/city with a tax rate near 55 mils.

If each jurisdiction offered an assistance program, most folks would take advantage of it thereby eliminating the purpose of the tax! The good news (yes, there is some) is that you may deduct this amount from your income taxes!

Welcome to Connecticut: close second to the People's Republic of Massachusetts (from the McLaughlin Group) in resident tax burden.

[Greenday]

Thank you Rich Lee, I just really think that it's absurd to charge someone for something they own, it's not as if it's a house where the land that it sits on is not yours. Anyway, I guess this is our welcome to Waterbury!

[TLA2009]

If you think your car taxes are high in this city I hope you dont own a house. Imagine paying over $6000.00 a year for a 1600 sq foot house. That is my reality!

[marcyct]

you can go to the tax department and say your car is not worth what they are apraising, if theres dents rust, mechanical problems, hail damage etc...if you have paper work its even better, paper work that proves its mechanicly not worth it.

[JayCT]

Please note that the original post is almost 4 years old now. Thanks anyway, Jay

[Dave1954]

The money waterbury wants for car tax is way out there seeing we have the bad roads..this city has more bad roads then any other for the tax we paid which is top dollor

[Dave1954]

I think all Waterbury residents to sign a petition two conditions of the roads which we paid top dollar for taxes for... let's do it people

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Dave1954

I think all Waterbury residents to sign a petition two conditions of the roads which we paid top dollar for taxes for... let's do it people

What have you done to help fix things? Have you contacted your Alderman to complain? Have you questioned the city's DPW staff about why certain roads are so poor? Have you gone to any meetings or written a letter to the Mayor to express your feelings? These are all things people should do when they don't like how things are handled but most will just do nothing but complain. Jay

[HumpDay]

Originally Posted by Rich Lee

What you have received is an interim personal property tax bill. It is pro-rated from the time of your vehicle registration in Waterbury to the new tax billing cycle.

Each July, property taxes are due covering a one-year period of time based on assets recorded on the city/town's grand list THE PRIOR OCTOBER 1. In other words, the bill due 07/01/2007 will reflect personal property on the grand list filed in the tax assessor's office on 10/01/2006.

You won't be billed again until 07/01/2008. If you move before 10/01/2007, you should NOT receive another personal property tax bill from Waterbury on 07/01/2008.

There are no relief programs to my knowledge. Unfortunately, the amounts you provided sound reasonable for a town/city with a tax rate near 55 mils.

If each jurisdiction offered an assistance program, most folks would take advantage of it thereby eliminating the purpose of the tax! The good news (yes, there is some) is that you may deduct this amount from your income taxes!

Welcome to Connecticut: close second to the People's Republic of Massachusetts (from the McLaughlin Group) in resident tax burden.

I was about to correct you by saying 07/01/2016 but then I realized that this thread is almost 10 years old