City of Appleton imposed a $20.00 wheel tax effective 1-1-2015. Do you want to find out POSITIVELY where your vehicle is registered if you live in an out lying community. Here is the information... THERE IS A PENALTY from the STATE if you are caught falsifying your registration!!!! E-mail: [email protected] – please ask them to reference “Appleton” in the subject line, their e-mail should include: o VIN or plate # of the vehicle · Phone: (608) 266-1466 between 7:30am and 4:30pm Monday thru Friday . Any contacts/requests to change the location (or address) of a vehicle needs to be made by the registered owner of the vehicle. HERE IS MORE INFO ON THE PROCESS.... 1. What vehicles are subject to a wheel tax? Vehicles registered under s. 341.25 (1) (c), Wisconsin statutes: All automobiles, vans and Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) that qualify as a passenger vehicle and motor trucks registered at a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds and customarily kept in the municipality or county that enacted the tax. Vehicles with the following license plate types are subject to a wheel tax, except as noted: AMA Amateur Radio: Special plates issued to holders of current FCC Amateur Radio licenses.* AUT Passenger vehicles: Issued to the general public for autos, for vans and SUVs that qualify as a passenger vehicle and includes vehicles operated for hire and driver education vehicles. Driver Ed vehicles are exempt from wheel tax and are not included in WisDOT registration reports of vehicles subject to a wheel tax, CLS Collector Special: Special plates issued to persons who have one or more vehicles registered with Collector plates.* (“Collector” plates, issued to vehicles 20 or more model years old, are exempt from any wheel tax. “Collector Special” plates are issued in lieu of regular registration plates, regardless of model year, to persons who own a vehicle with Collector plates.) CVG Civilian Authorized Groups: Special plates issued to qualified members of the Civil Air Patrol, Emergency Medical Technicians and Rescue Squads.* DIS Disabled Parking: Special plates issued for disabled parking privileges to persons with specific and certified physical impairments.* DUK Ducks Unlimited: Special plates issued to the general public.* EMT Emergency Medical Technician: Special plates issued to qualified EMTs* END/ENN Endangered Resources: Special plates issued to the general public.* FFO/FRF Firefighter: Special plates issued to Firefighters.* GLF Golf Wisconsin: Special plates issued to the general public.* GST Gold Star Family: Special plates issued to eligible persons who have had an immediate family member die in combat while serving in the United States Armed Forces.* HAR Harley-Davidson/Share the road: Special plates issued to the general public.* HEG/ HEM Higher Education Group (University plates): Special plates issued to the general public.* KID Celebrate Children: Special plates issued to the general public.* LCF Lions Foundation: Special plates issued to the general public.* LIF Donate Life Wisconsin: Special plates issued to the general public.* LTK Light truck: Issued to the general public for motor trucks operated up to 8,000 pounds gross weight including vehicles operated for hire. Includes and dual-purpose motor trucks and dual-purpose farm trucks. Dual-purpose farm trucks are exempt from wheel tax and are not included in WisDOT registration reports of vehicles subject to a wheel tax. MBO/MBN Milwaukee Brewers: Special plates issued to the general public.* MGP Multi-Group: Special plates issued in recognition of a group approved by the WisDOT and that has paid implementation costs. Current groups are Lao Veteran (issued to qualified members) and Freemasons.* MLG Military Authorized Special Group: Special plates issued to eligible US veterans or retired military members of active or reserve military and medal recipients.* MRQ Marquette University: Special plates issued to the general public.* PAK Green Bay Packers: Special plates issued to the general public.* SES Sesquicentennial: Special plates issued to the general public between December 1996 and December 1998 and are no longer available for new issuance.* However, current Sesquicentennial plate holders may renew their plates indefinitely and transfer them to a replacement vehicle. SPT Wisconsin Salutes Veterans: Special plates issued to the general public.* VET Disabled Veteran parking: Special plates issued for disabled parking privileges to those people with specific physical impairments certified by the Veterans Administration as being incurred while in active service.* WHF Women’s Health Foundation: Special plates issued to the general public.* WNG Wisconsin National Guard: Special plates issued to active or retired members of the Wisconsin National Guard.* XPW Ex-Prisoner of War: Special plates issued to qualified former prisoners of war as certified by the Veterans Administration.* No registration fee or wheel tax is charged for one vehicle registered by an applicant. Subsequent vehicles are subject to registration fees including any wheel tax. (WisDOT registration records include all vehicles of this type registered at 8,000 pounds or less, including those that are exempt from a wheel tax.) * Special plates are also available for dual-purpose farm trucks, farm trucks and motor homes that are exempt from any wheel tax. WisDOT registration records of vehicle subject to a wheel tax do not include these exempt registration types. 2. What vehicles are exempt from this fee? Vehicles exempt from wheel tax are: • Buses, motorcycles, mopeds, motor homes, low-speed vehicles and trailers • Trucks registered at more than 8,000 pounds or registered as Farm or Dual Purpose Farm • Automobiles and trucks registered as Antique, Collector, Driver Education, Historic Military Vehicle, Hobbyist, Human Service Vehicle, Low Speed Vehicle, Medal of Honor, Municipal, State-Owned or Special X and one vehicle with Ex-Prisoner Of War registration issued to any qualified individual • Any vehicle with registration issued by a Wisconsin Indian tribe or band • Vehicles displaying Dealer, Distributor, Finance Company or Manufacturer plates 3. When is the fee charged? At the time of first registration and at the time of each subsequent registration renewal. WisDOT will send customers a renewal notice at least 30 days before their plates expire. The renewal notice will show the total fee due including the wheel tax. WisDOT adds a message to renewal notices when a new wheel tax is instituted to alert affected customers of the fee change. 4. What are the administrative costs associated with a wheel tax? Currently, WisDOT charges a fee per vehicle application of 10 cents. This administrative fee is the same for all municipalities regardless of the amount of fee imposed by the municipality or the number of vehicles for which the fee is collected. 5. When are fees collected from the payment of wheel tax disbursed to the municipality? WisDOT sends the wheel tax payments collected to the municipality no later than 30 days after the end of the month in which they are collected. 6. How long after enactment can this fee be collected by WisDOT? WisDOT requires notification at least 90 days prior to the first day of the month in which the amendment is effective. WisDOT also requires notification at least 90 days prior to the first day of the month in which an amended or the repeal of a wheel tax is effective. 7. What is the policy for exemptions, refunds and proration? There are no provisions for exemptions to wheel tax, other than those stated above. A wheel tax is never prorated. The full fee is required whenever it is collected. Refund requests of the wheel tax fee paid in error may be directed to the WisDOT Research and Information Unit: • Email: [email protected] • Telephone: (608) 266-1466 • Mail: PO Box 8070, Madison, WI 53708-8070 8. Can the revenues received from wheel tax payments be used for any purpose? Counties and municipalities must use the moneys from wheel tax payments for transportation related purposes only (section 341.35(6r), Wisconsin Statutes). Highway is defined by Wisconsin Statutes to mean “all public ways and thoroughfares and bridges on the same.” Courts have interpreted highways to include trails because they are public ways and thoroughfares and bridges on the same. Sidewalk means that “portion of a highway between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, constructed for use of pedestrians.” 9. What registration fee is collected for vehicles subject to wheel tax? Not including any wheel tax, the annual registration fees collected are: • Automobiles and vans/SUVs that qualify as a passenger vehicle: $75 • Motor trucks and dual purpose motor trucks up to 4,500 pounds gross weight: $75 • Motor trucks and dual purpose motor trucks up to 6,000 pounds gross weight: $84 • Motor trucks and dual purpose motor trucks up to 8,000 pounds gross weight: $106 In addition to the registration fee, there is an issuance fee of $15 for some special plates or a $15 annual fee if the plate is personalized. An annual tax-deductible donation of $20 or $25 is collected for vehicles registered with Celebrate Children, Donate Life Wisconsin, Ducks Unlimited, Endangered Resources, Golf Wisconsin, Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, University of Wisconsin and Women’s Health plates. A $10 late fee is charged if registration fee is paid after the date of expiration. 10. What determines whether a vehicle is customarily kept in a municipality or county? Applications for original title and registration request the county and city, village or township where a vehicle is customarily kept” or domiciled. This information also prints on the registration renewal notice. Renewal notices instruct the customer to change their address, or where the vehicle is customarily kept, if incorrectly shown on the notice. 11. Which other counties or municipalities have enacted a wheel tax and what is the amount of the fee? Municipality/county Fee Implementation Date Termination Date Amery city $5 January 1, 1987 December 31, 1991 Beloit city $10 April 1, 1986 Janesville city $10 April 1, 2012 Marathon county $10 February 1, 1987 January 31, 1988 Mayville city $10 April 1, 2009 April 1, 2014 Milwaukee city $20 December 1, 2008 St. Croix county $10 January 1, 2008 Sheboygan city $10* January 1, 1990 December 31, 2006 *City of Sheboygan: • January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2002: $8 • January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2006: $6 For additional information about implementing, changing or rescinding a wheel tax program, or an estimate of the number of vehicles registered in any Wisconsin county or municipality that would be subject to a wheel tax, contact: Philip W. “Tom” Thomas WisDOT Motor Vehicle Program Specialist Telephone: (608) 266-6727 Email: [email protected]
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:05:53 +0000
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