Also, don't forget that (if you hadn't paid it already), there would be no sales tax when you buy the car either.
I understand the shock as I just went through it also. But as the other post noted, it's really just a different way of collecting the sales and excise taxes.
For many years, I lived in MA, and my brother lived in NH. We often compared total taxes and fees at the end of the year. Despite the respective reputations, when all was said and done, the two states were not that far from each other.
I hope this doesn't start yet another long thread on taxation. Anyone with an interest in that debate can search the forum and find all the positions, from almost every angle, that have been stated already.
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