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2013 Vehicle Valuation Manual –Title Ad Valorem Tax

2013 Vehicle Valuation Manual –Title Ad Valorem Tax   Fair Market Value is the value listed in the Department of Revenue assessment manual minus trade-in for dealer sales. If not listed in the assessment manual, use the greater of the value from the bill of sale or the “clean retail”

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Georgia’s New Ad-Valorem Tax

STATE OF GEORGIA GEORGIA HOUSE BILL 386 New Ad Valorem Title Tax (“TAVT”) HB 386 (O.C.G.A. § 48-5B-1) The motor vehicle portions of this bill provide as follows: # For motor vehicles titled in Georgia on or after March 1, 2013, this bill will: Exempt purchases of such vehicles from

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